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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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PEM Should notify sponsor when an email is bounced back.

Some Partners email servers are not receiving PEM emails and are likely bouncing them back. PEM should let the sponsors know if the Trading Partner did not receive the email.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 1 Not under consideration

IV availability nodes should have safety stock along with on hand quantity

Reference for IBM ticket PMR TS015117738 Big Lots wanted to know safety stock in same API call and not to make additional API call to know the safety stock. If IBM can add safety stock also along with on hand quantity to following API:- https://ap...
about 1 year ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Functionality already exists

Enhance REST API Client service to allow connection via DMZ / Perimeter server

Currently REST API Client service can establish connection to REST API endpoint via local perimeter or proxy only. This presents an issue while connecting to external partners. Request is to enhance REST API Client service to allow configuration f...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 3 Functionality already exists

Support token based authentication for HTTP adapters and Product REST communications

We are using the 6.1 product REST, the REST Auth.war and a set of custom REST services (the latter two in HTTP Adapters). We have a security challenge on the use of Basic Auth for securing these services which we access via a gateway (Tyk) from a ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration

Location Inventory transition rules for Store Inventory Management

Store Setup:: Next gen store with store that is SIM enabled and the store is configured with multiple locations. We need the ability to define location inventory status transition rules. What that means is for a specific location or zone we need a...
about 1 year ago in Store Engagement / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

Enable the Equipment Module (and Where Used) to be able to link to BOM’s using just ‘DIVISION’, instead of DIVISION and DISTRICT_CD

This is useful as it will allow client to filter through on materials issued against equipment at Division level and get the right count when they view that material against all District_Cd affected
about 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

IBM CoC Data Extract Agent - To be able to pull data within specific time range. Need ability to provide startts and endts for the agent to run to extract older records.

Currently CoC Data extract agent doesn't have the ability to pull records within a specific date range. We understand that the data extract tool is currently designed to extract data on an ongoing basis. In case we decide older data (past one mont...
about 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Planned for future release

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

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

Support for tag controlled inventory in Store/SIM

There are products that are unique to batch, lot, manufacture date, and other attributes that require tagged inventory control to identify a specific or subset of a product. For example, products like granite/stone slab countertops each have a uni...
over 2 years ago in Store Engagement / APIs & SDKs 0 Future consideration