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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...

Sterling B2B Integrator

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Allow to create PGP Partner & PGP sponsor through API's on SFG Swagger UI using Native PGP

There is no way to create on Native PGP a PGP Partner or a PGP sponsor using API's through this url : http://<host>:<baseport+74>/sfgapis/swagger-ui.html We would like 2 new menus in the swagger : pgp-partner-controller pgp-sponsor-con...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration

RestAPIs support to Create/Update and Delete MAP Files

This will help us to include Maps for our CICD Pipeline where we are updating B2Bi Assets using B2Bi RestAPIs.
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 2 Future consideration

Allow PS log file name to be configured with standard name

Currently the PS log file name is like PS.Logger.Dyyyymmmdd.Thhmmss. It should be configurable and follow the same name convention as what's used in CM and SSP etc.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 1 Planned for future release

enable file transfer using smb protocol

In the current state, we will need to mount the samba file shares on the Sterling B2B Integrator hosted servers to be able to access the servers. It would be good to access the files using smb protocol without the need to mount the file shares.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 2 Not under consideration

Code List Metrics - How often used, and when last used

We currently use multiple code lists in our environment. Over the years, these code lists have grown exponentially. Unfortunately, we have no way of easily knowing how often a row within a code list is used, or when the last time that row was used...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 1 Not under consideration

Revive Health Check Utility for Sterling Integrator

We had been widely using the Health Check Utility to examine the health and performance of the application on a weekly basis. After the utility was removed from recent versions, we are having difficulty validating the application on a routine basi...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Needed feature to disable User Account and corresponding RestAPI

Currently in Sterling B2B Integrator Product, user account can be either edited or deleted, there is not option to "disable" it. There are business scenarios where business need to disable user account for certain period of time (days or months) a...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 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 ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

B2Bi Sterling Integrator generating invalid delivery status in the application UI following deadlock

In April 2024 an external client submitted a payment file into the B2Bi Sterling Integrator product within my production environment. The file routed and delivered successfully to the remote target system, and the payment file processed through th...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Needs more information

API to verify the Heartbeat of B2Bi/SFG

API to verify the Heartbeat of B2Bi/SFG, we can achieve Heartbeat of B2Bi/SFG by calling Hello world http adapter with hello world bp. Here is a chance of raising false alarm though application is up & running state, but HTTP adapter is in dow...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration