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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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I would like to see control center monitor use active directory as an authenticator vs just SQL authentication when connecting to a MSSQL database

For security reasons we don't use SQL Authentication for local accounts. We use domain service accounts. We would like to see the CC adopt this option for authentication.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1 Not under consideration

Observability Dashboard for Synchronization Jobs Performance

Monitoring Dashboard of IV processes. Supply, Demand, Reservation Async Jobs Performance Dashboard with KPIs like Average Processing Time, Max on Daily/Weekly/Monthly Periods, and Adherence to SLAs.For example, avg time to complete Supply Sync cal...
about 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Future consideration

ITX output validation

ITX has option to validation the input file against schema by using the Schema-validation Option on the input card. Same can be disabled by choosing Well-formed. This option is not available for output file that is generated by the map. It would b...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 4 Functionality already exists

InFlight API' - TP Summary

We have Reports available in inflight which Customer can run and download them from inflight (TP Summary /Inbound Activity Report /outbound Activity reports) Customer is asking for API so that they can fetch the Reports through API,Please do the n...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Planned for future release

Perform checkouts before actual upgrade

Please consider to move or duplicate some of the checks before actual upgrade action. For example - cfgcheck can be initiated before upgrade action, this will eliminate situation where e.g. error in netmap.cfg/userfile.cfg causes rollback action a...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Functionality already exists

External Schedulers (TWS/Tidal) trigger business process capability in Sterling B2B Integrator

Sterling B2B integrator is tightly coupled with internal schedulers for triggering business process. This is creating a bottleneck for few business requirements which has dependency on external schedulers like TWS,Tidal.. Need capability in Sterli...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Future consideration

Containers should support logging to filesystem, console, or both.

Our containers need to be configurable via helm to log to either a persistent volume, the console, or both. A lot of our containers today support either console or persistent volume but do not allow both at the same time.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Planned for future release

Sample Data for NCPDP D.0 all types

We would like to get some sample data for NCPDP D.0 all types, or a functionality to create proper sample data which aligns with all the component rules and restrictions.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Planned for future release

Support for IV/SIP metrics from OMoC and external integrations

Currently, clients in OMoC are required to raise requests for monitoring data via a PMR. Instead clients should be able to see how their tenant is performing as well as OMS and external integrations towards performance towards IV / SIP
about 1 year ago in Self Service Tool 1

Upload UI component - improve user experience

The user experience of the Upload button in UI dialogs could be improved greatly. Currently, not counting the browser's file-selection window, it takes 5 mouse clicks and typing in a name to upload a new file: 1) Click the Upload button in t...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Not under consideration