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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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Azure Event Hub Native Connectivity & Service Principal Authentication

Request that IBM provide native connectivity to Microsoft Event Hub in B2bi with authentication via Microsoft Entra id service principal. Unlike the current configuration option which supports secret key or account key, the enhancement would suppo...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

AS4 Connectivity and Configuration Support

Request the IBM update Sterling B2b to support complete AS4 (Applicability Statement 4) functionality for client and server transmissions. Initial request is focused on European standards, but desire is for design to meet global AS4 options. Reque...

Increase buffer size from 262144 to unlimited similar to SFG

Some of our clients when they try connecting through SSP they are facing error requested buffer size (1048576) is larger than max: 262144 When they connect directly to SFG they are able to send without any issue. We request to increase the buffer ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Performance 0 Submitted

Multiple Configuration Support for Integrated File Agent

I don't think Integrated File Agent currently supports or allows multiple File Agent configurations. Having this capability would support organization and separation of work. We currently use Integrated File Agent with our AWS ec2 instances. Havin...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 4 Future consideration

Request for improvement of the CONNECT DIRECT manual contents so that incompatibility information items are clearly indicated

Our client plans to upgrade Connect:Direcr for z/OS from V6.1 to V6.4 in 2025 and we need to provide them with information about incompatibilities from V6.4 to V6.1. We checked the manual of IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS 6.4 Documentaion, but there ...
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Functionality already exists

Target node alternate communication paths not retried when connected via Sterling Secure Proxy.

There appears to be a design flow within CD/Z when communicating via SSP and target CD node not being reachable via primary path, CD/Z initial SSL handshake times out and connection to target CD node not retried by CD/Z via ALT.COMM path(s).
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 11

Calculate and publish Inventory Availability Based on Item Assigned Attribute Changes

Existing inventory availability calculations do not automatically adjust to changes in custom item attributes ( ItemAssignedAttribute ) leading to potential inaccuracies in stock levels and order fulfillment. For example, if the department value i...
6 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Planned for future release

Ability to invoke a BP in a specific queue other than its default queue

In order to prioritize processing of certain transactions over others in common BP's it would be useful if we were able to specify a specific queue for an Async BP to be invoked in rather than have it invoked in its default queue.
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Under review

Accept Encrypted password in the SNODEID=(ID,passwd) for UNIX/Windows CD process

Hi Team, While sending files to mainframe where SPOE use is restricted, we have to provide password in plain text in SNODEID=(ID,passwd). This is a major security concern. Hence we want to know if enhancement can be made so that NDM can accept enc...
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Needs more information

Archived document should always contains both input and output data even though there are multiple processing steps.

I have noticed that, for a flow, IBM is receiving the files from the trading partner with the CII format and converting them to XML format before sending them to the customer, and finally, the customer is receiving XML files from IBM. In this flow...
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Future consideration