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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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Workflow tab set to “Awaiting my attention” as a default for all users as first priority. If not, for Read only users at least.

Currently when we select the Workflow tab, MRO IO application is set to show "My outstanding Workflows" by default Since many of our high end approvers are not regular users they are getting confused and require guidance on how to get into their l...
9 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

File replay on surviving data center using metadata from cassandra if the processing data center goes down

Currently , if the file is uploaded to the datacenter (DC) and that DC goes down, there is no way to replay that file until the DC comes up. This causes adverse impact on customer's business. Having this will help the production support to replay ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

"Basic Authentication" on myfilegateway 2.0 not working

On myfilegateway 2.0, the trouble we get is that the authentication failed if the basic authentication is activated (option "User authentication Required").During the authentication, the browser request credentials but there are no taken into acco...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Allow user to override Change History for Code List versions

Currently, the number of codes is saved in "Change History" for each version. However, there are times when several versions are created for testing purposes. Having the ability to put a meaningful description (like we do for maps) would be very u...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Future consideration

ICC Ability To Monitor Cassandra, Zookeeper, Reaper, MQ for Global Mailbox

If we could see application statuses within ICC like we do for Secure Proxy & Global Mailbox (SFG/GM) applications, it would be much easier to troubleshoot issues. ICC should be a true monitoring tool for Global Mailbox, which would include di...
9 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Future consideration

Automated way to copy exported SSL conf file from CM to Engine

We use a common SSL certificate for the CM, engine and Jetty web server communications. We export the SSL certificate store file from the CM (via ./configureCmSsl.sh -e file=<export file>) and store that in a location on the server the CM ru...
9 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Need Connect Direct supported on IBM's own ppc64le architecture in the OpenShift environment.

As the industry is moving to containerization, and IBM is pushing hard to sell their Cloud Paks, we are hoping that they can see the importance of supporting their own software on their own products they are pushing. We are starting to do much con...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

Export users list with user status (enabled or disabled)

Admin is not able to enable or disable the users in Sterling Filegateway and not able to export the user status whether the user is in active state or not.
4 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Please put an enhancement for IBM Control Center Monitor to pull through Java logs that are recorded in logfiles for B2BI and CD onto the ICCM Dashboard for more transparency of logfiles that these applications are encountering

A client requested for this enhancement before they can purchase the IBM Control Center.
9 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / APIs & SDKs 0 Future consideration

OMS Call Center - Have the user's enterprise default to their locale

Hi there, User's Enterprise Defaulting to Their Locale At Brooks Running and I'm sure many other companies, manual created and systematically created records could be tied to one of multiple different enterprise options. Currently in Brooks' insta...
9 months ago in OMS - Call Center 6 Future consideration