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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...
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...

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Address the log4J 1.x vulnerable Liberty WAR files in SB2Bi version 6.1.2

According to the release notes by IBM on the Sterling B2B Integrator version 6.1.2 it states "Apache log4j 1.x is removed and now we are using Apache log4j 2.17.2." However after updating to 6.1.2 The war files listed below still contained log4j 1...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Is a defect

Alternative to +SETALL permissions requirement on IBM MQ Adapter connections using -EQN

IBM MQ Adapter connections often use the -EQN facility to designate an alternate queue from the input -QN so that error messages do not get stuck in the input queue and interfere with message processing over time. The use of -EQN requires the +S...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 0 Future consideration

Reuqest to have Connect Direct Windows support a Database AG Cluster and multisubnetfailover=true

We have created a Database AG for our Connect Direct Windows instance and would like it to support a failover from one data center to the other so we would like to see support for Connect DIrect Windows connecting to a Database Cluster and multisu...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Functionality already exists

Ability to add custom resource permissions for Store Engagement App

Application Manager currently restricts ability to add custom resource permissions for IBM Store Engagement application. This idea would provide ability to manage permissions for custom UI components in IBM Store Engagement application.
about 2 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 1 Is a defect

Does IBM have the capability to attach an 864 or 824 to an original OB doc in IBM when a 864/824 is sent back by a customer to highlight the said errors

Does IBM have the capability to attach an 864 or 824 to an original OB doc in IBM when a 864/824 is sent back by a customer to highlight the said errors? Similar to how a 997 is attached to document in the "Document Detail" section of Inflight. Ba...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS 4 Not under consideration

Add DR profile when primary doesn't work

Provide feature to add disaster recovery(DR) IPs by various partners for their primary sites while we setup sftp or other protocol remote profiles while configuring the profile. As on date, there is no way for SFG to setup so that the disaster rec...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Not under consideration

Track users' changes for each item

This feature can be implemented as a new widget in item form or a new tab under Recent activity widget along with Note and workflow and only should display changes that users have made to an item. It's kind of an audit log and can be used in troub...
about 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Analytics report that provides live information on the changes made by users.

Management would like to see how may items are reviewed/exported/changed by users. This could be listed on the item grid so it's included in the item export.
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to import / update XSLTs from the command line to allow better automated deployments

We have many XSLT sheets in the B2B Integrator, but would like to have the source control of these XSLTs externalised from Sterling B2B Integrator and allow deployment via our automated deployment pipelines. Currently there is no ability to import...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

Short pick/reject from a store results in a inventory oversell

When a shortage is reported from a store (through out of the box IBM Store module) that results in the order being backordered, the backorder demand is not being considered in the overall shipping aggregate ATP in OMS. As a result, this will resul...
over 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 6 Future consideration