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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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Add proxy authentication to the bulk upload utility

Without authentication, we cannot get out from behind our proxy. We use Forcepoint proxies. The script fails and we need to bypass auth or the proxy altogether to be able to get out. This causes a delay in our testing.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Import/Export 0 Delivered

Ability for a child item (keyboard) to belong to multiple parent items (Intel PC as well as AMD PC) at the same time

Ability for a child item (keyboard) to belong to multiple parent items (Inter PC as well as AMD PC) at the same time. It is common in the retail world that a product is bundled as combos in multiple permutation and combinations. It means allowing ...
almost 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

SSP to support 9000+ IPs/range nodes in Inbound Netmaps for all protocols

Currently, we have 9000+ IPs/CIDR ranges to allow the traffic from. We have added 9000+ entries in Netmap nodes but when we try to edit/save/add more nodes manually the SSP CM GUI is hanging/breaks/not responding properly/going to inoperable state...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered

Feature to manage order line holds in Order Hub

Mattel has requirement to both systematically and manually add and resolve line level holds on B2B orders. As such following features are required in Order Hub. a. Search orders by line level hold a. On navigating to order details page, lines whic...
about 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Delivered

Expand the 40-Character Limitation on the Size of the Launcher's Private Trigger Directory

Removing this limitation will create pod-specific private trigger directories and enable scaling up the Launcher into multiple pods/containers sharing a common application work area. This enhancement will prevent multiple Launcher from triggering ...
9 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 2 Delivered

Will connect:Direct windows v6.2 support running on MS Window server 2022?

We noticed that C:D Windows 6.3 supports windows server 2022, however, we would like to know C:D Windows v6.2 can support Windows server 2022 as well. Many Thanks.
9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Delivered

CC 6.1 handling more than 10 alerts at a time

Sometimes we need to handle a lot of alerts at a time, e.g. more than 900. Because this is currently not possible with version 6.1 we can't use it.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Delivered

Add POP3 SSL and or IMAP to TX Email adapter

POP3 SSL is useful to send and receive email using SSL , to securize data transmission by email as it will be encrypted as it is transmitted. Most activity sectors would benefit from this feature . For POP3 SSL , the certificates would be in the...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 Delivered

PEM Cloud - Email Notification for Approval Task in Activity

Sponsors would like an email notification when an activity hits an approval task. Currently, sponsors need to log in daily to see if there are any pending approval task. IBM advised that this is by design to avoid flooding the sponsor's mailbox. H...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Delivered

PEM Cloud - Customize Registration Page and required fields

Client would like to customize the PEM registration page including not prompting for out-of-the-box fields such as company (e.g., company name, company address, etc.). For the required fields, they would prefer to have the option to set a default ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Onboarding 1 Delivered