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Putback capability for click and collect order cancellations

For BOPIS orders as part of backroom pick the picked items are moved to a BOPIS staging location or some secure location which is not then available for picking or walk-in customers. In case of a customer cancellation at that point or a no-show, t...
about 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Passphrase Support for 100 Characters

RACF currently supports 100 characters for passphrases. Having all z/OS software/products also support that limit aligns them with the RACF limitations. This allows users even greater options at creating longer passphrases thus a more secure one.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Microsoft Deprecating IMAP and Basic Auth - Oct/2022

Microsoft is deprecating the IMAP and Basic Auth authentication for mailboxes from Oct/2022 - please see the link below. As of now the only options to connect to Office 365 mailboxes is using IMAP and Basic Auth - but that will not be available es...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Add REST API for the RUN TIME information

REST API for the RUN TIME details (Connect, Validate, Invalidate, Generate, etc.,) will be helpful and simplify the integration with other systems.
over 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Clone option for Code list item Config:Center:

We generally add new entries (SenderID/ReceiverDI Lookup) to the existing codelist table. where most of the time we endup adding same Text1 to Text9 values to the new entry. Hence by having a "clone item" option beside the "Add item" it will be he...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Sterling REST API Update without prior get

Hi, We would like to update a specific user groups and accounts without changing the earlier configurations and permissions. In order to do so, we have to first GET the earlier configuration of the interested account, then add the new configuratio...
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 4 Planned for future release

Allow Sponsor More Flexibility in Changing Partner Account User Roles

Here is some information on the issues associated with having a main partner admin associated with every PEM partner account. Let's call this the super admin for the purposes of this email. The super admin is the partner admin who is required to r...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Planned for future release

Add an Undo Button with Control+Z functionality

Undo (Ctrl+z) should undo the last few actions. The UI designer makes it especially easy to accidentally move an item and there is no way to move it back. Simple mistakes like this should be undo-able.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Fulfillment of bundle or install lines across multiple zones (Zones configured as separate ship nodes in OMS)

Client has two zones within an owned warehouse. Regular zone is the warehouse zone that holds inventory owned by the client. Consignment zone is the warehouse zone that holds inventory that is Consigned, owned by a vendor. Both zones are considere...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

Visibility of general notes to other users when the workflow is in approval stage

In current setup, no visibility to other users on the comments added to notes except the requester and approvers until completion of the workflow approval. It is good to have the visibility of these to all, which will be helpful especially if any ...
over 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration