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Ability to add custom resource permissions for Store Engagement App

Application Manager currently restricts ability to add custom resource permissions for IBM Store Engagement application. This idea would provide ability to manage permissions for custom UI components in IBM Store Engagement application.
about 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 1 Is a defect

Remove the need of 'Log on locally' permission for user accounts in Connect:Direct Windows

Remove the need of 'Log on locally' permission for user accounts in Connect:Direct Windows. In our organization providing service accounts with 'Log on locally' permission is picked as a Non-standard security configuration and deviating from our s...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

Add support for CNAMEs/aliases in the initparms.cfg port.check:\:trusted.addr

As long as the CNAME/alias is addressable, administrators should be able to use it for the port.check:\:trusted.addr parameter. We have AWS ec2 instances that are running CD UNIX behind a load balancer. When a new deployment is run, the DNS name a...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 6 Not under consideration

Store UI: Requirement to capture user making inventory adjustments/cycle count approvals

In Store UI, when we perform inventory adjustments, user info who did the adjustment is not stored/displayed in store UI nor it is passed in the webhook inventory adjustment subscription. Impact: User will not be able to backtrack who performed in...
over 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Use alias/CNAME for the DNS/IP address in a CD netmap

We have some Connect Direct UNIX for Linux nodes running on AWS ec2 instances. These CD nodes run behind a load balancer. When a new deployment is ran, it is possible for the DNS and IPs of the load balancer may change. Our AWS egineer implemented...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Not under consideration

snode.work.path parameter for IBM Connect:Direct for Windows

The "snode.work.path" parameter is available in IBM Connect:Direct for UNIX while it is not in IBM Connect:Direct for Windows. The idea is to have similar functionality in Windows version. It will allow to share SNODE work files among nodes in a l...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Native Variables in Connect:Direct Unix

We currently use some of the native Connect variables in: Windows for Windows, Windows for Mainframe, and Windows for UNIX. However, we need to use these same variables from a UNIX server and we are having problems. Examples:% SUBDATE1 and% SUBTIM...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Check the Write permission on Destination folder without submitting COPY statement

Hi Team, We are trying out a way if we can check permission on target folder on SNODE, before doing actual transfer. Like we do 'Echo Test" to test if the NDM connectivity is good between 2 NDM nodes. If we can have option in NDM to do 'Echo" test...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Group system in userfile.cfg (UNIX)

In an environment with hundreds of users defined in the same userfile.cfg, it would be nice to be able to govern them through a system of groups or profiles to reduce administration time and avoid unnecessary failures.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

Standardize SYSOPTS syntax for multi-environments

SYSOPTS syntax is written differently depending on the environment: Windows, i5/OS, z/OS, and UNIX. Example on z/OS: SYSOPTS = "DATATYPE(BINARY) XLATE(YES) STRIP.BLANKS(NO)" Same example on UNIX: sysopts=":datatype=binary:xlate=yes:pipe=yes:" This...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration