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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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Tracing User Activity Across Multiple Sterling Applications

We are frequently receiving some requirements from the business regarding user activity for different applications(for ex: Call Center for Commerce, Sterling Business Center, IBM Store) which they are currently using. For some users we are prov...
about 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Boradcasting a common message to all store users

Can we have a feature in OMS through which we can broadcast common messages to all stores together on Store engagement application.e.g. "XYZ carrier system is down. Do not perform any packing operation". This will help in avoiding multiple tickets...
about 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Store Associate should have visibility entire order when fulfillement is pending by another location (transfer to pick scenarios)

For orders which are partially fulfilled by a store (eg BOPIS order being partially transferred from another store or DC), the store user does not have visibility to the entire order picture, thus is unable to service the customer's request of fin...
over 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Prevent Netmap Node deletion if node is referenced by a Functional Authority

When an admin retires a netmap node that is no longer needed, sometimes we end up with an orphaned Functional Authority (FA) referencing a now non-existent netmap node. To prevent this from occurring, a new functionality could be created where Con...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 0 Future consideration

Provide an audit of demand in a similar way to how inventory audit works today to see an audit of supply.

Whenever demand is created, cancelled, or closed by a reservation or schedule change the audit of that change should be written to a table. Could even use the existing YFS_INVENTORY_AUDIT table with the addition of a column to define whether a dem...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Receive Certificate Expiration Warnings for Connect Direct Web Services on Control Center

Since Connect Direct Web Services is a component of Connect Direct and uses certificates for securing connections to the Connect Direct, there needs to be a way to receive warnings when a certificate is due to expire from Control Center.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Add REST API for the RUN TIME information

REST API for the RUN TIME details (Connect, Validate, Invalidate, Generate, etc.,) will be helpful and simplify the integration with other systems.
over 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Sterling B2Bi File Transfer Report type should include filename field.

The Sterling B2Bi File Transfer Report in the report configuration editor has a selection on filename for filtering on filename but the name of the files is not a field in the report. If it is selection value why isn’t it a report value? Wouldn't ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Future consideration

Quantity Tiers to honor steps appropriately

Today For SKU 1234, When Qty Tiers are defined From Qty To Qty Price 1 10 100 11 50 90 51 unlimited 85 In a Quote/Order SKU 1234 Qty: 55 is priced as — Unit price 85 —> 85 X 55 It looks like the Pricing API program is using the low...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

GCM mode for SFTP

We are seeing increased reluctance from partner organisations to trust CBC mode, due to OpenSSH's withdrawal of support for this mode by default. This leaves Secure Proxy with only CTR mode encryption as a widely accepted option. To ensure that we...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Future consideration