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Expand the Smart Review code so it works for Dow data

The Smart Review feature does not work for Dow. We believe that this feature would increase the efficiency of work queue recommendation reviews, which are all manual by a Reliability Engineer and Inventory Coordinator.
5 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Uploading of Test Files to be Optional for IBMers

While uploading a map to Config Hub it is mandatory to upload a valid Input file even in CTE, along with the Source and Compiled map.
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

AES-256 encryption for .bin file creation

we understand that when a .bin file is created via lcu.jar it is encrypted with AES-128. We would like to see this encryption increased to AES-256 to satisfy our Security requirements.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Ad Hoc Report Functionality

In version 6.1.3 and earlier when a report is run, the user has the option to keep/download in different versions such as pdf, xls, csv, etc and to email the report. However, in version 6.2, this ad hoc functionality has been removed. While an ad ...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting / Usability 3 Not under consideration

Accept Encrypted password in the SNODEID=(ID,passwd) for UNIX/Windows CD process

Hi Team, While sending files to mainframe where SPOE use is restricted, we have to provide password in plain text in SNODEID=(ID,passwd). This is a major security concern. Hence we want to know if enhancement can be made so that NDM can accept enc...
11 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 6 Not under consideration

Ability to create workflow based on the requester.

We have lots of different users of the tools with different roles and levels of authority. I would like to be able to create a workflow rule based on the requestor, so that, if that individual does not have the proper level of authority to make th...
11 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Decompress and read .tar files

Currently BPN tool is able to unzip and extract only .zip files. We have customers and trading partner ( for Ex : Electrolux) sending us .tar files. Requirements are to unzip the .tar files and extract the files within. This is not possible using ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Enable custom widgets in CCM dashboards with global filters/multiple dashboards

MFT operators want to see multiple aspects of the health of their systems pulling in data from other tools such as sever performance as well as their own reports (either built with Jasper or by embedding reports from other tools like Grafana) on k...
6 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Submitted

Add Secure Plus statistics to the Microsoft Windows Event Logging Facility

Our organization is requiring that all Connect Direct statistics be sent to Splunk. However, it seems that Secure Plus statistics are not captured. I am aware of the Secure Plus logs that are created and we could probably get those sent to Splunk....
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Needs more information

Addidtion of Date Range for Workflow assignment

Addition of Date Range for Workflow assignment would be a Useful feature. It would be like a Process of Delegation for a certain time period.
6 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release