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Enable Config Hub UI to Select the Core System Map 'bldvda' in Outbound VDA Envelope for IBMers Only

VDA 4913 Outbound Interchange Header 711 version 03 vs 02 issue. Config Hub currently has Outbound envelope limitation issue which could create a blockage for future VDA onboardings for current and future clients. According to a current client req...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Under review

Problem Statement: ATP Calculation is not able to exclude future demand beyond request ship date

Here is the detailed scenario. Problem Statement:ATP calculation is not able to exclude future demand beyond request Ship date. ​ IV- ATP Calculation – Additional Scenarios​ Current Date: 25 July 2025 (Day 1) & Consider Future...
14 days ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Submitted

improve house cleaning efficiency

We at FEPOC has been using this product together with ITXA and ITX since 2019. The issue here is that the house cleaning jobs are not keeping up with the high volume we process every day. See the detail word document in support ticket TS018931836....
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 5 Planned for future release

File Encoding Not Properly Reflected in InFlight UI

The "Encoding" option in the InFlight UI currently displays "default," which does not provide meaningful information to the user. As a result, users must download the file, open it in a text editor such as Notepad++, and manually check the actual ...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight (beta) 3 Under review

Simplify the JDBC Driver Update Procedure

During a recent database migration, it was necessary to update the JDBC driver used by Sterling Integrator. The procedure to do this is well-documented here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-update-jdbc-driver-ibm-sterling-b2b-integrator-vers...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Allow Remote Profiles to have two passwords attached (Primary and Backup)

Attempt passwords in order when establishing the remote connection When a password is updated, automatically move the current value to the backup password and set the new value to the primary password. For key-based authentication, allow primary a...

Limit MIO Work Queue Data by New Discipline Specific MRP Controllers from SAP

Currently the Work Queue Sets are limited only by Plant, however much of the time spares can be a mix of onshore and offshore locations depending on how close the teams need access to the stock, also due to the set up of maintenance / and the engi...
7 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Enhancement Request - Partner Community Name update in Sterling File Gateway

Problem Statement: Currently, when a partner's community name needs to be updated in Sterling File Gateway, there is no direct "edit" functionality available for existing partners. The only apparent method to change a partner's community is to del...

SFTP: Emit a Communication Session entry (or equivalent event) for each authentication failure attempt, including attempt number and reason

Product / Component IBM Sterling B2B Integrator / SFG – SFTP Server Adapter Current Behavior For SFTP, authentication may fail up to multiple times within a single SSH session negotiation. These failures do not produce distinct Communication Sessi...
7 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 0 Submitted

Amazon Resource Name (ARN) roles for integration between S3 adapter and S3 buckets.

Today, SBI only supports access to AWS S3 buckets via secret and access keys. While keys can be configured, the preference from our security and cloud team is to have ARN roles supported as key management becomes difficult with rotating keys every...
7 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 0 Submitted