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Ad Hoc Report Functionality

In version 6.1.3 and earlier when a report is run, the user has the option to keep/download in different versions such as pdf, xls, csv, etc and to email the report. However, in version 6.2, this ad hoc functionality has been removed. While an ad ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Add ability to monitor Connect:Direct I5 on any selected port.

Due to CIP mandate, Cigna is disabling all unencrypted ports and we need the ability to select an SSL encrypted port in SCC to monitor I5 Connect:Direct nodes. SCC currently monitors I5 nodes on default ports and current default unencrypted ports ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Planned for future release

Add line number column to be used for Active Alerts

On the Active Alerts screen for the Web console there isn't a line/item # column. This exists in version 6.0.0.2 for the Java/Swing console, but not 6.1 and above Web console. Add to user configuration view allowing users to select.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Ability to right click in order to comment and/or handle an alert

On Control Center 6.1.3 there are two different icons for commenting and handling alerts. The user currently has to select a check box and then click on the comment or handle icons for the alert. These comment and handle icons are static. Dependin...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Display actual time instead of elapsed time for recent completed transfers

When trying to pinpoint when a transfer happened for troubleshooting, or any other reason, it would be a lot better if the time was displayed instead of 47 minutes ago or 2 hours ago...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Allow users to save filters in the Web console

Our operators are responsible for monitoring a particular set of servers. Currently, the users would need to either select the servers they want to monitor Active Alerts and Queued Activity for from the Java swing console or they will need to filt...
about 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Planned for future release

Mannualy Delete an Alert

Customer is one of the biggest bank in Brazil. They have the need to, as soon as the action handle an alert, delete the alert from the list
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Add release and delete functionality to Queued Processes Monitor in Control Center 6.1.2.1

I believe I just found that there is no option to delete or release a process that is shown in the Queued Processes monitor (aka Queued Activity Monitor). The only option is to clear. The functionality to delete or release a process needs to be im...
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Planned for future release

Audit logs should be created when a CD or B2Bi node is Paused/Resumed recording the ID

In production situations node monitoring by Control Center is critical for alerting on failures. Currently someone can pause monitoring and we have no way of determining who did so.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Planned for future release

Adding feature such as “Generating SSL Certificate Report with expiration dates” from IBM Control Center for all Connect Direct Nodes would definitely be helpful and can have quick glance. It helps in avoiding outages

Adding feature such as “Generating SSL Certificate Report with expiration dates” from IBM Control Center for all Connect Direct Nodes would definitely be helpful and can have quick glance as a report. It helps in avoiding outages as well.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release