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Export of Trading Partner list to a file

We need an export functionality in IBM Sterling B2B Integration SaaS Hub > My company > Trading partners to easily get the complete list of the TP IDs and their corresponding names. The exported file from here is to be used to feed into our ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 6 Future consideration

To install Connect:Direct on Kubernetes using OpenShift Restricted SCC

When operating in Connect Direct for Unix operating in Standard User Mode, the SCC allows the following capabilities and SETUID and SETGID requires Privilege Escalation. The customer request the Privilege Escalation to be false. The product should...
7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Future consideration

Add metadata parameters to S3 object storage GET and PUT

The S3 APIs allow for adding headers to the bucket object GET and PUT to include user metadata (see https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/UsingMetadata.html). Adding these as parameters passed to and from the AWS S3 Client Service ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 1 Future consideration

Protect usage of the 'decrypt_string.sh|cmd' command

The database password stored in sandbox.cfg can be encrypted, but the facility to decrypt it is readily available within the installation (i.e. "decrypt_string.cmd|sh"). A user with access to the SFG installation directory would therefore not have...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 4 Future consideration

Allow to use two wildcards in SFTP Client LIST service

We would like to pick up files from our partners using two wildcards in RemoteFileName field in SFTP Client LIST and SFTP Client GET services.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

Password Vault support for outgoing Connect Direct for Windows transfers

There is a need to execute Connect Direct transfers securely as a User/Functional ID managed through Password Vault.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 9 Future consideration

Support for AS4 compatible with Peppol Network

Currently, there is no option in IBM B2B Sterling for AS4 to use directly without installing additional software, like IBM Advanced Communications, and in this case looks like the AS4 protocol used it's not by the standards of the Peppol network. ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 4 Future consideration

Smaller Stack/Images

Currently, IBM Sterling has a very monolithic deployment, which means that the entire OMS scope is included in the deployment image.Especially in cases of limited use, where a customer does not use all functions, customers have to install signific...
about 2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Chained order link is not always visible on Order Lines table in Order Hub

Chained order link is missing in Sales order line table, for scenario where a Return order is archived (residing in history table) and sales order is active order (residing in transaction table). It shows up fine when the return order also resides...
7 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Future consideration

Config Hub Codelist download in CTE/Production must have filename prefix or suffix - CTE/PROD/Business Alias

When an SME is trying to download codelist from CTE/Production via Config Hub both of them have the same file name which creates to much confusion, Can we have a prefix or suffix as CTE or PROD or at least Business Alias that can indicate from whi...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Future consideration