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Item Change Request Form for Processors is different from Requestors

When a requestor submits a CR, they see the "Current" values and the "Requested" values, but from the processor's view - they are unable to see the "Current" values
8 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

make "in list" filtering work as a "select from list"

When you use a filter of "in list" or "one of" the user has to type out individual values, which can be difficult for users to know exactly what values are acceptable. - if the field is "list" based, we should provide the list and allow the user t...
8 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Upgrade Jasper Reports for the PDF Creation in Myfilegateway

For Myfilegateway version 6.1.X and 6.2.X the current version of Jasper Reports 6.19.0 used to create PDF reports is outdated and affected by several vulnerabilities. Also the metadata of all pdf created by Myfilegateway provided info of the PDF C...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Planned for future release

Application/Partner automatic search in the DataFlow

The current process of selecting partners or applications within the DataFlow lacks visibility on existing relationships with other partners or applications. As the number of partners and applications grows, it becomes increasingly challenging to ...
8 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Submitted

Overwrite protection for transferred files

The current file transfer process lacks an essential feature: the ability to control file overwrites when a transferred file shares the same name as an existing file at the destination. We propose implementing a checkbox option to enable or disabl...
8 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Future consideration

Please add 'Delete After Collection' functionality for mailbox protocol

The current implementation of the mailbox protocol lacks the ability to delete files after collection, which significantly limits its utility for our requirements. As we frequently need to remove source files post-collection, this omission renders...
8 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 2 Needs more information

Checbox to enable/disable error notifications if file in the source location does not match the naming pattern defined in Data Flow

Currently, when adding file naming pattern in DataFlow, PEM CM sends error notifications via email for every file in the source location that doesn't match specified naming pattern. The error notification is sent even if the file in the source mat...
8 months ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 1 Future consideration

Properly document SEAS

There are many screens in SEAS UI that are not documented at all or fully.
over 1 year ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

A set of SQL queries tied to the Activity Snapshot tool is creating an overhead on the database and could be effectively optimised.

We have an issue with the overhead of a specific set of SQLs in SFG 6.1.1.1. IBM confirmed that these queries have been looked at for version 6.1.1.3 but as we have no details of the changes, we’d like to create an Idea. These are the SQLs seen ru...
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 1 Functionality already exists

ITX Design Studio should show functions while doing the mapping in ITX window the moment we start typing the function.

Right now, while doing the mapping, for every function we want to use we have to manually type that function regardless of the length of that function and this causes issues if even one character is wrong or absent in the function. What I want is ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / B2Bi Mapping & Translation 2 Not under consideration