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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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Store UI Inventory Adjustment Screen should be supporting Additional Configurable Inventory Reason Codes

In our project, there is a requirement to display 40+ inventory reason codes while adjusting inventory in Store UI. These reason codes should be displaying in the drop-down (i.e., the same drop down that OOB uses to display inventory reasons) and ...
almost 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Add DB2 11.5 support for Sterling Order Management 9.5

End of support for DB2 11.1 is 2022-04-30. We are currently running 9.5 on DB2 11.1.4.6 Advanced Enterprise Server Edition. We would like to upgrade the database to 11.5.6.0 or newer to remain supported.
almost 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

snode.work.path parameter for IBM Connect:Direct for Windows

The "snode.work.path" parameter is available in IBM Connect:Direct for UNIX while it is not in IBM Connect:Direct for Windows. The idea is to have similar functionality in Windows version. It will allow to share SNODE work files among nodes in a l...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

MRO-IO Analytics - Report Scheduling

Client had a number of reports created - but was requesting if reports could be scheduled to be run with defined filters and a distribution list to receive the report via email with file type (PDF vs Excel).
over 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Send all Partner related Events / activity to ICC

We are looking for some kind of report from SSP / ICC that would provide all the activity happening in SSP related to partners login attempt. At any point of time, we should be able to generate a report by partner to find out. how many successful ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 3 Planned for future release

Same alternate UOMs to be used across same Item-Ids

Our company uses multiple UOMs for items. There are few alt UOMs which are maintained in an OOB table provided by IBM. When another item is being created with a different UOM in item table but same UOMs in alt table, the item creation failed, stat...
almost 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 4 Not under consideration

EBICS Client is not listed in the protocol list when defining a B2Bi server.

Need to have EBICS Client monitoring, today, only EBICS Server is available. Almost all protocol are available for Cotrol Center monitoring except EBICS Client.
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Future consideration

Change sequence of create order screens in OMS - Call Center

Currently, the sequence of screens for the create order flow in OMS is as follows: Enter SKU(s) Enter in customer and customer address information Enter additional order information (shipping option, etc.) Confirm payment information Submit order ...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Call Center 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to convert rich-text to plain text - Call Center

Today in OMS - Call Center, a user must click on different links, tasks, pages, etc. in order to execute their various day-to-day workflows (some of which are performed many times per day). If users were able to utilize key shortcuts (in addition ...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Call Center 16 Not under consideration

Import/Export REST API

Would like to integrate with other change management software to facilitate the export and import of resources between SI instances.
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Planned for future release