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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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Using the MS Edge UI make the previous and next buttons static, or duplicate them at the end of the page to save scrolling up the page, having reached the bottom, to click 'next'.

MS Edge UI for Sterling CD. I the display screens for Partners for example, the left and right (previous and next) symbols < and > scroll off the screen when navigating to the bottom of the list. One has then required to scroll back to the t...
23 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Submitted

The Edge UI, when viewing the details of a partner node where the Alt-comm outbound display contains 'long text', it will obliterate the Alt-Comm Information title and display further along the screen.

MS Edge UI for Sterling CD. The Alt-com outbound (display, not edit) obliterates the Alt Communication Information title and values if the Alt Communication outbound contains ‘long text’. It should wrap around the long text into it’s own field.
23 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Submitted

Allow the validation of data in the Edge UI to ignore spaces between entries rather than issuing an error message indicating that the data is incorrect

It is useful because it is often better to use spaces after a comma to aid readability. This is relevant for the Alt Communication Information and Alt-com outbound where the validation regards a space after the comma separating out more than one e...
23 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Submitted

Stop the default 10 rows of data in the Edge UI returning to the default after choosing another value to display more rows.

If will be useful to anyone using the UI interface where it will save them having to choose another value again after selecting it previously when returning to the 'front' screen/display.
23 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Future consideration

All store inventory statuses mapped to on-hand should be pickable

Currently, inventory with valid on-hand status is not being picked due to store inventory status mismatch. This results in store inventory being stuck indefinitely and can't be picked to fulfill an outbound order. IBM Support had suggested to do a...
26 days ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Allow SSP application to accept spaces and special characters in the username for LDAP integration

SSP application is not allowing AD username with spaces and special characters like '-'. Since our AD account has spaces and – in the username, this is not allowing us to integrate SSP with LDAP.
26 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

Adapter names truncated on the SSPcm UI display

Hello - Adapter names in the SSP UI display are truncated in the display, TS019511000 for reference. it's across the board - netmap, policy, adapter names etc are truncted on the UI display. please provide an adjustable display to view the names c...
27 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Other 0 Submitted

Connect:Direct limitation retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories.

Connect:Direct has a known limitation when retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories. If you attempt to retrieve ( GET ) a file located in a specific subfolder within a bucket (e.g., /folder1/file), and the user does not have permission to ac...
30 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 2 Future consideration

For the Netmap extract batch utility DGADNTLD to add map creation and updated date.

This request is to enhance the Netmap extract batch utility DGADNTLD to add map creation and updated dates. As of now, the extract only has the last used date. The created date is only available in the Connect:Direct panel options (in browse mode ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Confighub – Business Alias Name Not Displayed in Code Lists and Maps

Currently, we have several customers where identical code lists and maps are deployed across multiple Business Aliases (BAs) under the same customer account. This setup creates confusion for both customers and support teams, as it becomes difficul...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Future consideration