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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...
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...

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Adding 997 Ack status report on SPE which covers all status along with ExtraInfo1 and ExtraInfo2 data fields

As per the existing BPN Reporting we have multiple options to pull reports including the Externalinfo1, Externainfo2 fields reports which covers the Ackstatus of the outbound files including the success, failures and overdue. I have attached a scr...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

A z/OS callable stub to aid program development and test.

Business use of programs developed internally or by third parties or IBM may require load and execution during IPL or program load. The problem is the acquired storage address may change which which present difficulties in setting needed debug SLI...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS 1 Not under consideration

Adding ExtraInfo1 and ExtraInfo2 onto SPE reports

I can see that the existing BPN Reports has options for running reports to get the ExteraInfo1 and ExtraInfo2 reports but the SPE Reporting has not been given with this option. We need this information as we are storing some of the important det...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Verify ControllerWorkflow is functioning properly in 6.0.2.1 with regard to force terminate

ControllerWorkflow.sh doesn't seem to be force terminating a BP when it is in a halting or active state when the BP shows it is in wait queue.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 2 Is a defect

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

Mapping, Transformation from/to Excel

Excel is becoming the usability standard for structured data. On many occassions the CSV file can't be used and formatted in Excel, so natively Excel is being used to exchange data.
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Include ability to specify CD properties overrides in customer_overrides.properties file

Include ability to specify CD properties overrides in customer_overrides.properties file From https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS3JSW_6.0.3/administering/administering/integrator/SI_PrpFile_Overriding_Props_Using_cust_overrides.html The...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Planned for future release

OM Next gen + IV to support CARRY/DEL delivery methods

Existing OM supports multiple delivery methods, but next gen SaaS plus IIV only supports SHP for availability. A simple fix as an interim solution is send delivery method SHP to IIV so that it returns that availability back so that DEL/CARRY metho...
about 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 3 Planned for future release

Add the HIPAA 834 318 and 277DRA transaction to the HIPAA pack

The state of New York is requiring insurance carriers to use the 834X318 and 277DRA transactions. These transactions are currently not in the HIPAA pack. This will cause compliance checking not to work and the mapping type tree is not available fo...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Compliance 5 Not under consideration

ConnectDirect to throw message when it gets hung.

If ConnectDirect is hung there is no way to tell if it is, there must be a heartbeat check to confirm if NDM is healthy.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration