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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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Connect:Direct netmap may contain only 3 addresses on HP Nonstop

Hello, Today on unix, mainframe or windows the number of alternate ip addresses that we may enter in a netmap definition is unlimited. On HP Nonstop (not HP-UX), we are limited to 3 hostnames or ip addresses (the documentation says: IPADDR=ip.addr...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Adding support for Pipes to Connect:Direct by z/OS

Adding support for Pipes on Connect:Direct for z/OS can help to speed up the overal file transfer process for distributing dat towards distributed platforms.Analogy to functionality already available in C:D for Unix.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Not under consideration

SCCD deploy xlate tables

We need to use SCCD to deploy user configured xlate tables to CD Linux and CD Windows servers. We have more than 2100 servers, and if we need to change the xlate tables in all of them one by one, the cost in hours it's not affordable.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Functionality already exists

Inflight - User Access Export Capability

We would like the capability to export all user access information to include the role and permissions for each user. This export would allow us to import the data into our compliance system to ensure each user has the correct access. This is part...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

Monitoring CLA2 Adapter from B2B Sterling Integrator

Control Center has nos show information about state from CLA2 Adapter that we have setup in B2B Sterling Integrator
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

[Copy] Have one "map" to convert EDI into a human readable format, such as HTML

Currently, we have several maps that translate EDI into HTML. They are for 824s, 864s, and 860s. There are separate maps for various versions (i.e. 4010, 4060, 5010). The maps are VERY large and complex. Plus, they all contain user exits, and IBM ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 2 Not under consideration

Sponsor announcement message on partner home page

Ability for sponsor to add a welcome message pop-up on the home page once a partner logs in
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Copy/paste Dialog Objects

Allow items to be copy and pasted within a page. Item property ‰ÛÏname‰Û should then be Copy, Copy 2, etc.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Increase Width Limit of Dialogs

Currently there is a maximum width of 1000 px. We would like to request a wider dialog size option. This would help to fit information nicely on the screen and reduce number of screens.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Test Mode for Context Data

Since context data has been added to PEM we have created a second activity for transmitters who need the same activity rolled out to them multiple times. The issue with the second activity is that all APIs with the reference to context data automa...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration