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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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ITX offers ADDDAYS, ADDHOURS and ADDMINUTES to Date Time objects. I have a requirement to add seconds, but there is currently no ADDSECONDS function offered to support this. My idea is to make an ADDSECONDS function available in ITX.

Given seconds can often be part of a date time object, not having a proper function to adjust seconds as easily as minutes, hours and days seems to be a gap that should be addressed.
7 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Future consideration

CCD should keep track of connection high water mark

One of the ways to license C:D is based on the max number of connections over a given period. However, I'm told that this information is no longer available in CCD. The other option that was mentioned is being able to pull this from C:D directly.
about 1 month ago in Sterling Control Center Director 1 Functionality already exists

be able to create a single new user through REST API

Make it possible to add a new user in the User Store using Rest API.
about 1 month ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 0 Submitted

MapTrace should be written to memory

Currently, there is no equivalent to the SI Map Translation Report when ITX maps are handled. The MapTrace provides similar information in that it can be used to determine the cause for failure, however it is currently only possible to generated t...
9 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 7 Needs more information

Uploading of Test Files to be Optional for IBMers

While uploading a map to Config Hub it is mandatory to upload a valid Input file even in CTE, along with the Source and Compiled map.
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Option to default the optimization method to better service level of "Optimal" and "Fixed Service Level"

For our critical materials, it is imperative that we have stock availability. To ensure this, we use fixed service levels of 98% (for top tier equipment) and 95% for the remainder of material marked critical in SAP. HOWEVER, often times, the Optim...
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Control Center needs the ability to pull account passwords from a corporate password manager/vault

Due to security requirements and best practices, passwords should be changed periodically and wherever possible, should not be stored on local systems in text/XML files, etc. Control Center should have an option to utilize external Password Vault ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 1

Reason codes in Important events tab under order line details page should be visible after re-shiping the order line

After reshipping the order line, we are unable to see the reason codes on the order line details page under Important Events tab. We wnated to know how these important events gets populated. Please refer IBM PMR#: TS016070217 - thanks, Avnish
about 1 month ago in OMS - Call Center 1 Functionality already exists

Physical Kit items are not showing components under it in Next Gen Call Center

It is useful to get the components under the Physical Kit items
about 1 month ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Under review

Allow IBM SFG to use ECC PGP key

Currently, IBM B2Bi doesnt allow ECC PGP key. Would this be in the roadmap?
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted