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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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Create Better SFG Rebranding Documentation

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS4TGX_2.2.0/com.ibm.help.sfg_sys_admin.doc/sfg_rebranding.html This document could use some serious expansion and updating. It would also be nice if some of the basic re-branding could be handled wi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Is a defect

[Copy] Have one "map" to convert EDI into a human readable format, such as HTML

Currently, we have several maps that translate EDI into HTML. They are for 824s, 864s, and 860s. There are separate maps for various versions (i.e. 4010, 4060, 5010). The maps are VERY large and complex. Plus, they all contain user exits, and IBM ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 2 Not under consideration

Multi-UOM support in Store

Multi-UOM support with interconversion and a primary UOM. As an example, be able to receive as a case, putaway inventory by case and individual units that totals up to received qty, pick in different UOM e.g. dozen based on order or be able to bre...
over 4 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Functionality already exists

Restrict file types that can can be received by the SFTP server adaptor

it would add another layer to security
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Not under consideration

Possibility of deleting large number of alerts on IBM Control Center

We didn't use IBM Control Center for a while and now we have thousands of alerts to handle. The problem is we only can handle alerts 10 by 10. With this fonctionality, we can handle large number of requests (due to inactivity, IT problem, ...)
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Future consideration

Filtering out inactive items for inventory publish from IV service

Current IV service publishes different events for inventory updates. Throughout the year, there are multiple SKUs that become inactive and are not sold anymore. IBM OMS has an option to maintain active flag for an item, but the IV service doesn't ...
about 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Functionality already exists

Security enhancement in GUI: would it be possible to add GUI session timeout parameter which would lock session or log off user ?

this request came from security team/audit, they believe it would improve product security
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Functionality already exists

Processes which are NOT OK should remain in TCQ

In most situations, where a process ends not OK, it is moved from TCQ to statistics, i. e. LSMG244I. Finding the original //SYSIN of the batchjob for repeating is difficult and time consuming. There should be a mechanism (exit, initparm, ...) to i...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Future consideration

Allow Pallet Receiving

The application currently supports receiving at the shipment level and container level, only leaving out pallet. The reason is not clear. Receiving should be allowed at all levels.
over 1 year ago in Store Engagement / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Custom HTTP Headers Response for B2B Sterling Integrator Applications

Web Application Security is always evolving and new vulnerabilities and hardening futures are being created continously. Many of the vulnerabilities remediation are based of add parameters in the HTTP Response Header. For example: Content-Security...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration