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ADD MQ headers to GIODE JMS connector

Currently JMS connector on GIODE supports only 25 header values. We have a potential customer who sends JMS headers with 40 values which caused issues while coming into GIODE via JMS connector. IBM is not able to read additional header values. Act...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 0 Future consideration

"Soft Stop" functionality for SSP engines for upgrading without service interruptions

Currently even though we have multiple SSP engines it isn't possible to perform a true "high availability" upgrade of the engines because anybody who is connected to an individual SSP engine will be disconnected when the engine is taken down for p...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 2 Future consideration

Ability to route files from alternate datacentre in Global Mailbox

We currently receive files internally from multiple sources into Global Mailbox which is load balanced across the two datacentres. We have had situation whereby a file has come into DC1 and we have needed to redeliver the file in DC2 due to issues...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

An enhancement request with Product Management to add support for AWS RDS SQL*Server and/or AWS RDS Postgres with Kerberos authentication.

We are migrating existing SQL*Server database (w/ Kerberos authentication) to AWS RDS platform. Current C::D Control Center does NOT support AWS RDS (any databases, such as Postgres). We won;t be able to configure Control Center as IT IS NOT MEET ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 1 Future consideration

Let Control Center have the ability to monitor critical database system events on a monitored SI server

Today, if a B2BI node looses its connection to the database server, it sends out an email. I would like Control Center to have the ability to detect if that event has occurred and send out an alert.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 3 Future consideration

Capacity support for carrier services

- Ability to define capacity restrictions at carrier service level along with time slot offerings- Capacity restriction example: 10 orders/lines/units on specified days for "Next Day Delivery" at "Store A" and 15 orders/lines/units on specified da...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Add fonctionnality to re-Deliver file from Filegateway

Would it be possible to re-deliver an Filegateway transfer error directly from the Control Center web console? We alert our teams with Control Center but they cannot restart directly from Control Center. Our teams should connect à Control Center ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Future consideration

Sending email updates to stakeholders on env activity

When a deployment or a CDT is carried out on any env in OMoC, the stakeholders of the env needs to be informed by manually sending an email about the activity performed. This process needs to be automated. An email needs to be triggered to the env...
10 months ago in Self Service Tool 2 Future consideration

Status "Wait Queue" on SMF record

Add the Wait Queue" statuses (WC, WP, WT, and WX) in the SMF records.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Future consideration

EDIDeenvelope Service needs support zero document CII standard data

SBI support normal CII Standard, but zero document CII standard data with only Interchange header and trailer data recognize bad data in EDIDeenvelope Service. Please support zero document CII standard data.
10 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 1 Future consideration