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Attachment sorting in form view from latest to earliest

In form view of items, newly added attachments are listed to the bottom of the existing list. Hence if we need to refer the related attachment to the latest workflow, needs to scroll down to the bottom. It is suggested to place the latest attachme...
over 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

Allow File Agent to be a selectable CDW component for Control Center Director upgrades.

When we run our CDW installs/upgrades, either via manual or automated installations, we do not choose to install the FA component. When we've attempted to utilize CCD as our lifecycle management tool, it automatically installs the optional FA com...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 4 Delivered

Compliance map not generating valid XML message on edi_log.xml

edi_log.xml generated output compliance maps are not valid XML for both EDIFACT and X12. They are missing closing tag for EDIFACT & root opening/closing tags for X12.
5 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 0 Delivered

Provide support for S3 compatible storage

While many customers use S3 they may wish to use other vendors and universal support for S3 versus just AWS would be helpful
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Delivered

Password Vault Support for Connect Direct for Windows

IT Security forbids the use of static passwords and mandates that they are changed periodically.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Delivered

Hiding of unnecessary ROP/ROQ Methods

MRO provides a number of ROP/ROQ Methods that may not be applicable for a given client's environment. These methods are usually included by default in their drop-down list for selection by users. I'd like a method to either hide or remove methods ...
11 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

Block users from attempting authentication at the Secure Proxy level

We have a Secure Proxy engine that is exposed to the internet. As such we are subjected to a large number of "probing" login attempts from usernames such as "root", "admin", etc. All of our login attempts are passed to a Sterling External Authenti...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered

Connect:Direct Win/Unix Interface to Cyberark or other Priviledged Account Solutions

If a PAM-tool like Cyberark is in use, users don't have real logon-credentials for Windows- or Unix-Server any more; these are maintained by Cyberark.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 3 Delivered

EBICS Order Types, Custom Order Types

We find the need to have the following 'order types' available in EBICS for B2B Integrator.​ GVO/Order type Description Direction Origin Comment/ Remark CCU Urgent Credit Transfers XML (URGP) G EBICS SCT urgent Pain.001 messages - Service Level UR...
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Delivered

With advancement of technology, Connect Direct needs to compatible with new OS versions and DB versions

We noticed that Connect Direct ver 6.0 is only compatible with Windows 2016 and SQL 2016. There are new versions of both Windows and SQL are available like SQL 2017, SQL 2019. ABN AMRO who is one of the prestigious strategic customer of IBM is usi...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 Delivered

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