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PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...
PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...

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Modify UpdateItemRelationship API to support to multiple items

API Update Item Relationship can use to update one item relationship at once .
almost 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Not under consideration

DBCS directory/file name support in CD Process

Customers in China often creates directory and file name in Chinese. C:D doesn't support src/dest file path containing DBCS. Request to enahnce the C:D Win/Linux/Unix product by adding an additional parameter in CD Process to specify the encoding ...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 0 Not under consideration

oceans as inexhaustible source of hydrogen

Some years ago, I was the P.I. for a proposal to the EU with German, Spanish and Polish partners, for Autonomous Sailboats Moving Turbines to harvest hydrogen from sea water. The key to the economics of this how much of the energy obtained from th...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Support long connection for large volumes of small files

Our competitor, Tongtech, provide a file transfer tool based on MQ to transfer files and support long connection which means if doesn't need to initiate a new session for each repective files which really lead to a high performance for large volum...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Not under consideration

Would like to be able to backorder a single line on a release

Once an order is released, we would like the ability to back order a single line. At this time we are only able to back order a full release.
about 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 4 Not under consideration

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF In ITX Map : When we Import JSON File as a Type Tree, Output Layout by default is getting generated with Indentation Turned off. Currently below are Missing in ITX Type Tree. When...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

In the BPN Tool, "Search" screen, when we search for a BA, the SCI company ID / GBilling code of a Business Alias to be displayed.

In the BPN Tool, "Search" screen, when we search for a BA, the SCI company ID / GBilling code of a Business Alias to be displayed.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Not under consideration

SSP Authentication APIs

SFG REST APIs could send/receive files however for the external trading partners this is not possible with SSP in between
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

WorkOrder Purge effeciency

Observation in workOrder purge agent. 1) Multiple getsJobs are getting triggered with EnterpriseCode. 2) yfs_task_queue table doesn't have EnterpriseCode column, which leads to pick unnecessary records for executeJob (multiple enterprise scenario)...
about 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Not under consideration

To authenticate users/applications based on the Certificates rather than using userid and passwords

Currently, Any user trying to access NDM has to logon with userid and password either manually or via batch jobs. In order to avoid clear text passwords, Users can be authenticated based on certificates.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Not under consideration