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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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Show price customer paid in Order Summary

In the old order summary UI we had to make a customization to show the price the customer paid vs the price of the item. In the new UI we would like this to be OOTB or configurable.
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Call Center 4 Not under consideration

Be able show gift card number in the order summary

At this time we need to go to the order line to be able to see the gift card numbers in full. In the new UI we would like a way to be able to add/view a full gift card number in the order summary screen.
almost 2 years ago in OMS - Call Center 1 Not under consideration

Map report in design server

In Desing studio we have this option to create a map report, Map->generate report. Can we have something like that in desing server version to generate report of the mapping component?
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Multi Factor Authentication for Administrator accounts

Need to be able to require Multi Factor Authentication for administrative accounts in B2BI, SSPCM, SEAS.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Not under consideration

Allow segregation of administrators to discrete lists of trading partners

Our organization has multiple business units. We need the ability to assign administrators so that they can make changes to only those accounts assigned to their business unit. Example - Trading partners A, B, and C are assigned to business unit A...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Not under consideration

Remove case sensitivity in trading partner accounts logins

SFG/B2BI requires case sensitivity when our trading partners log into the system (abcd is not equal to ABCD). This is causing issues for our trading partners as we migrate from our legacy MFT that did not have this restriction.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Allow b2bi trading partners to change file ownership and permissions

Many of our customers have legal and regulatory requirements to set the permissions and ownership of files after they are sent to our MFT. This is currently not supported on Sterling File Gateway. This is causing issues for our customers. The abil...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Enable SequenceGenerationKey usage in Router Action step

Currently, SequenceGenerationKey is only enabled to use with Basic transation action. It will be very helpful if we have access to use this with other actions too. ( Example : Enveloping, Router etc )
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Not under consideration

Group system in userfile.cfg (UNIX)

In an environment with hundreds of users defined in the same userfile.cfg, it would be nice to be able to govern them through a system of groups or profiles to reduce administration time and avoid unnecessary failures.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

Standardize SYSOPTS syntax for multi-environments

SYSOPTS syntax is written differently depending on the environment: Windows, i5/OS, z/OS, and UNIX. Example on z/OS: SYSOPTS = "DATATYPE(BINARY) XLATE(YES) STRIP.BLANKS(NO)" Same example on UNIX: sysopts=":datatype=binary:xlate=yes:pipe=yes:" This...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration