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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...
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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...
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Add an indicator on the Web Console for Connect Direct that would show as to whether it has Secure + or not

Adding a Secure + indicator to the Web console would be beneficial in that it would provide a more complete picture.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security / Usability 0 Future consideration

Queued Process Monitor needs to be updated

There are instances where the queued process monitor shows processes that are sometimes days old. There should be a way to ensure that processes in the Queued Processes are actually running.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Performance / Usability 0 Future consideration

Have OMS Events publish JSON in addition to XML

Today Events in OMS only publish XML, it requires a translation to JSON before they can be consumed by external systems
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

JSON Support for Agents/Integration Servers

Be able to consume a JSON message via Agents and Integration Server. Currently only XML Messages are consumed. Similar to APIs we should be able to consume JSON messages.
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Prevent Cognos pop-up from being closed without logging out first.

Currently the Cognos pop-up can be closed without any feedback, but then the user can't log in again. Having Cognos to force a pop-up similar to how Call Center does, the "Changes you made may not be saved" prompt which gives a warning before clos...
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Enhancement to Server Inventory Report - Add File Agent version

I think it would be useful if the version of File Agent that is being used for a Connect Direct server (Windows or UNIX) be displayed on this report as well. Especially for Connect Direct Windows because File Agent is still a separate component.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Connect:Direct ZOS Support for UTF-8 BOM and FB (Fixed Block) format

Cutomer evaluating Connect:Direct on Windows and ZOS feedback that Connect:Direct does not support UTF-8 BOM and VB to FB format. Customer compares C:D to their current MFT solution that already supports this encoding conversions out of box. Custo...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 1 Not under consideration

Add Release notes for 6.X in the format of 5.X

The Link - https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS3JSW_5.2.0/nav_container_topics/sub_overview_release_notes.html used to provide complete details on what is changing in the version but for 6.X there is no update as such. This will help ...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Documentation 0 Is a defect

Enable use of wildcards in the Watched directories list of File Agent

Currently one can only define a list of directories in CDFA. Each of this directory must be explicitely defined and hence cannot contain wildcards. The "Monitor sub-directories" option can be activated but this can result, in case of a complex di...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 2 Not under consideration

Need Additional Columns in Inflight Trading Partner Activity Report

The additional Columns in Inflight Activity Report ( Data Received and Data Sent Date-time stamp ) will help Clients (any SCBN clients)to generate more detailed reports. For instance, it will help them determine the time taken for data (i.e. ORDE...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Planned for future release

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