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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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New Dutch language pack to be added to standard language packs

Dutch is a core European language and many European OMS clients have operations in the Benelux territory. The Netherlands is a major hub for European supply chain operations.
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Allow page refresh on any page within Store Engagement

If you perform a page refresh via the browser or code, it loads the default Store Engagement page and you lose the view of where you were. It would be useful to allow a page refresh within any page of Store Engagement to reload the current context...
over 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Permit for quota-free import of in-store TAKE SALES (not orders) for one-stop shop in customer order history

Take sales (ie. walk-in spot purchases of in-store stock) are not a majority of overall enterprise-wide transactions, and the OMS is not expected to process them in any regard, ie settlement or fulfillment - This is all taken care of by the POS pl...
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Product improvement for reading pdf and ZPL data along with image format

Currently OMS Provides SFS Feature which helps to print data only if it is in image format. FedEx and UPS carrier system supports image data. But other carriers like postAT, DHL send response in pdf data or ZPL data form. IBM does not support thos...
over 3 years ago in Store Engagement 1 Not under consideration

Trigger SupplyChange Event based on change in timestamp in addition to quantity change

Currently, IV triggers supply change event for an item only when there is an update to supply bucket quantity. To make the event updates robust, we need capability to generate the events on the change of timestamps.
over 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Not under consideration

Ability to setup Node Capacity for a ship node by item type

A Retailer broadly classifies their products into two types - Soft line - Clothing, shoes etc. Big Ticket - Electronics, Appliances etc. Because the effort to pick/pack/ship these product type is different, the capacity for each ship node to handl...
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

The 'To Date' in the Issues and Receipts window ought to reflect the latest system update date, not today's date

It's not intuitive and has confused new users that this 'to date' shows today's date -- and doesn't as easily cement their understanding that system updates are monthly (where Delta updates aren't applied) especially when validating data with thei...
over 3 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 0 Not under consideration

Multiple User Credentials

Our product team has grown exponentially; we now have around 9 teams with 2-4 developers in each team, and potentially all will have PROD access to IV at some point. Currently, we only have one generic user credentials to make changes in PROD. Thi...
over 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Not under consideration

ValidateItem flag behavior same as PROD items even for PS/DS service item types

For a business requirement, don't want to have a defined PS item in OMS but still want to proceed with order creation and fulfillment. To achieve this, tried using a flag given by Product called ValidateItem as N at OrderLine level during order cr...
almost 4 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

Delivery charge should be refunded for carry orders with non pre-paid tenders

The business requirement is to support order level promotional discounts(which applies to the whole basket) for Carry orders. For Carry order with non pre-paid tender (not pre-settled) and having header charges as promotions passed in the create o...
almost 4 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration