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Message received at M & M but Inflight has not received a response that it is processed.

A report which provides more indepth information on the the Invoice details, where the file is processed from IBM side to the client but an acknowledgment is not received from client. For Example, If an autoDx invoice is processed from Trading p...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

Identify Procurement assignments in YFSConfirmAssignmentsUE

YFSConfirmAssignmentsUE is implemented to validate the assignments with the external system (primarily inventory check with inventory source system). Is there any way to identify a line that is being procured from a vendor based on the fields in t...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Not under consideration

Partner Level Authentication

We are starting to see more and more customers want to move to SSH Key only auth, however, we are not set to that today, nor are all of our customers ready/willing to make that switch. Since the authentication requirement is set at a system level,...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Not under consideration

Remove limitation to not install in C:\Program Files

As per the release notes: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6362027 It is mentioned not to specify C:\Program Files as the install directory. It is requested if you could remove those compatibility issues
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 3 Not under consideration

VISA needs support for Refund Authorization

VISA has a new mandate regarding refunds: https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/global/support-legal/documents/new-purchase-return-vbs-10-apr-17.pdf According to this, retailers/merchants are required to make a refund authorization call to VISA before the...
almost 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Compliance Check map to include the CTX segments in the 999 Negative Acknowledgement

the usage of the CTX segment in the 999 would utilized in the LOOP ID - 2100 - AK2/IK3 ERROR IDENTIFICATION. where the Business Unit Identifier can correctly show the transaction error. TR3 rules state "Required when the error reported in this IK3...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 5 Not under consideration

SIGNON command could provide a parameter for the message file and process library

It is useful for the SIGNON command to provide additional CDz software file specification parameters like the NETMAP parameter. This allows a user to use the same JCL procedure but able to override DDs within the control cards of CDz's SYSIN witho...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Meet the new names for huge and tiny numbers: The metric system has gotten an update

Numbers may be infinite, but our names for them aren't. That's why the metric system just got an update. Woodward Academy vs Langston Hughes Live Several new prefixes have been introduced to describe incredibly large and incredibly small numbers. ...
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Not under consideration

A Lasting Legacy of COVID: Far-Right Platforms Spreading Health Myths

WASHINGTON — Not long after Randy Watt died of COVID-19, his daughter Danielle sat down at her computer, searching for clues as to why the smart and thoughtful man she knew had refused to get vaccinated. She pulled up Google, typed in a screen nam...
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Not under consideration

RPM for automated installation

We need a RPM installation package for Connect:Direct to simple deploy in our Cloud enviroment. The RPM must inform all dependencies for a automated instalation process (like Puppet).
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration