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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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Fix some bin scripts bang line

When automating bin/runAll.sh script, it failed to find bang line on first line of script. This is on a new install of b2bi 6.1.0.2 Running cmd below on b2bi bin dir: head -n1 *.sh > /tmp/bin_head1_list.txt Shows that these 6 scripts have somet...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

View transfer order information in Call Center

We are using procurement transfer order in our current implementation. There was a requirement to see the transfer order details in Call Center, mainly the tracking number while it is in transit. We could see that the Procurement tab at order line...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Call Center 4 Not under consideration

Add Additional DL and custom message to the proactive notifications and service disruptions from IBM

0n 7/16, Network disruption at IBM end had impacted the Release order agent to look for GIV inventory instead of IV and closely 5000 orders got cancelled because of this issue. Later we restarted release agent to fix the issue. OMS team did not re...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Future consideration

DB Backup and Reset feature

To train guest services users on Sterling OMS functionalities primarily around Call center features, need to refresh the database meaning take a backup of a particular state of the initial order set and later restore the backup so that we can prov...
over 1 year ago in Self Service Tool 3 Future consideration

Provide Option to export in Jar file while using export Command Line Utility

In Sterling Integrator, export command line utility, export.sh, is available under <INSTALL_DIR>/tp_import directory. It is currently having export options as XML (Default), WAR file. There are no options to do export in JAR file format.
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Certify all components of Sterling suite to be use in virtual machines of clouds platforms like Azure, AWS, bluemix, etc.

Many customers are moving there infrastructure to the cloud, as a company that use computing services of IBM, the needs of our customers are essentials, so we need that the sterling suite must be compatible like on premise, with the O.S most use l...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Planned for future release

Access to create new dashboards and configure alerts in Graylog

Creating new dashboards and option to configure custom alerts would provide a better solution overall in terms of analytical reporting and also would help in addressing issues at a faster rate.
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Passphrase Support for 100 Characters

RACF currently supports 100 characters for passphrases. Having all z/OS software/products also support that limit aligns them with the RACF limitations. This allows users even greater options at creating longer passphrases thus a more secure one.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Fulfillment of bundle or install lines across multiple zones (Zones configured as separate ship nodes in OMS)

Client has two zones within an owned warehouse. Regular zone is the warehouse zone that holds inventory owned by the client. Consignment zone is the warehouse zone that holds inventory that is Consigned, owned by a vendor. Both zones are considere...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

Visibility of general notes to other users when the workflow is in approval stage

In current setup, no visibility to other users on the comments added to notes except the requester and approvers until completion of the workflow approval. It is good to have the visibility of these to all, which will be helpful especially if any ...
over 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration