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Enable New ProcessingFlags 4/5/6 to support complex implementations

We are currently supporting ProcessingFlags 1/2/3 only in GIODE. These processing flags are preserved and passed to down stream flows (from parent to child processes). They are available in rule conditions as well to decide data routing. We would ...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Planned for future release

Option to NOT allocate orders against PO data

Orders allocate to PO_PLACED if eta of PO is equal to or less than the current date. If suppliers do not provide ETA updates in a timely manner we could be allocating to POs that have not yet arrived or will not arrive on time. We still want to tr...
22 days ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Future consideration

Support Acknowledgement Reconciliations for NONEDI flows

We are currently supporting acknowledgment reconciliations for OUTBOUND EDI documents only based on inbound "997/CONTRL" documents. Customer wants IBM to support acknowledgement reconciliations for NONEDI interfaces as well. They are sending outbo...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

Build "Mass Data Compare Tool" that can handle comparing any payload formats in bulk

Customer wants IBM to compare their post translated data between SCBN outputs and outputs from their on-premise systems. They want to pump 3-4 months worth of data via new solution and have all those files compared against similar outputs from the...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 2 Not under consideration

Ability to trigger Status Message and Email Notification based on Protocol Delivery Event

Customer wants IBM to trigger status message generation and email notification based on protocol delivery eventsAS2 - trigger status message (success & failure) and email alerts based on positive & negative MDN'sOFTP2 - trigger status mess...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 2 Not under consideration

Ability to HOLD data at IBM during customer's maintenance window and RELEASE it after maintenance (SAP ALE Connections)

Couple of protocols like CD allows IBM to HOLD inbound data during customer's maintenance/outage window and release it when their system is back to normal. We don't have similar "HOLD" mechanism with other protocols like SAP ALE adapter. For Proto...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Planned for future release

Require sequential number/counter that resets every day

Customer requires a new sequential counter that resets every day. They use this counter in the data content as well as in file names. This counter reset should be configurable based on timezone and accessed by maps as well as routing rules
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 3 Not under consideration

Ability to set EventThreshold at Node and DeliveryMethod level

Why is it useful? It provides ability to just publish only SHP or PICK Inventory Events (either Node or Dg level). Because in many of the IV implementations, where there is no separate Availability for SHP and PICK. In such cases, currently, the r...
7 days ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Submitted

Support individual system RSU upgrade in CDPLEX environment

We are trying to achieve a high availability environment for CD with CDPLEX. Supporting RSU upgrade per system instead of per SYSPLEX will allow us to failover seamlessly if there is an issue with RSU upgrade on one particular LPAR.
7 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Submitted

Support ICAP Virus scan for Forward Proxy connections

Sterling customers that receive data from partners benefit from ICAP streaming virus scan. However, most customers support both file transfer motions where SFG/B2Bi reach out to partners to move files as well. This reach out (listening producer) s...
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Submitted