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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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Job Status >>> Job Item Summary enhancement for failed codelist due to duplicate entries

We have request from customers like VF Services to update new codelist entries (more then 100 +) for an already existing codelist . For such request Support/PER/Implementer would normally take the back up of the existing codelist (XML) and merge t...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 1 Not under consideration

Verify ControllerWorkflow is functioning properly in 6.0.2.1 with regard to force terminate

ControllerWorkflow.sh doesn't seem to be force terminating a BP when it is in a halting or active state when the BP shows it is in wait queue.
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 2 Is a defect

User should be able to use variable in Send email >To field under the action.

Currently, we are only able to provide mail ids only when we create the action in Control Center Monitor. IN our project, we are using meta data and we want to use the meta data variable in Send email so that as per server, email should get to own...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Enhance your automated email on a VAN Failure transmission to us

We sometimes receive emails entitled: "IBM Sterling Information Broker Services (System Notification) - Message Undeliverable".The email tells us something went wrong sending a message from someone to someone. It lacks any useful information to he...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 2 Not under consideration

ITXA - Include "Created by" column for Code Lists in Trading Partner UI

Currently, the "Created by" column is not available for Code Lists, but is available for Maps and Envelopes. This column is needed to give developers and support staff visibility on who has created/updated Code Lists.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 1 Not under consideration

Make ECHDE ciphers available for Selection in Connect Direct for IBM i

Current only RSA ciphers are available on Connect Direct for IBM in version 3.8. RSA ciphers are not considered deprecated due to ROBOT vulnerability.
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Not under consideration

Removal of Outer join query in WORKFLOW_CONTEXT Table

The below SQL query is one of the important one to get output from DB Statistics report. However, from what we can see, we are not sure why the 2nd join with WORKFLOW_CONTEXT (WC2) is needed (see the yellow-highlight in the attached screenshot). I...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Needs more information

Partner Registration Approval should trigger an action

The Partner Registration Approval should trigger an action to perform user customized actions like Rest API to push the partner details to customer LDAP or customer custom tables for auditing or other purposes. As SSO implementation is getting int...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / User Administration 1 Planned for future release

Have an option for Items List View "Notes" icon be visible for Item Notes only

Currently the "Notes Icon" in the Items List view is intended to let the user know if there are relevant notes for the user, however notes are created every time an item is submitted through workflow, so many items present as having a "Note", when...
about 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Ability to modify public filters

Unable to modify or delete public filters once they are shared. Admin or originator of the public filters should have the ability to modify or delete these public filters. These filters are extremely useful and a edit feature will very helpful.
about 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists