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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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SFG integration with Mainframe SFTP server Co:Z

Hi Team, We have SFTP server on mainframe using product CO:Z. In order to send files from open system to mainframe we have to set DCB parameters. Along with we want to trigger processes on mainframe. ls /+mode=text ,lrecl=80,recfm=fb,space=cyl.5.5...
5 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Native PGP needs to support AEAD(Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) cipher

Our multiple finance customers requesting to support for AEAD cipher in PGP in file transfers. We are using Native PGP which is bundled in B2Bi/SFG. Current Native PGP adheres to RFC 4880 which doesn't support AEAD. We need AEAD support in product...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

Automatic recovery for critical failures such as database failures

We have an SFG/B2B environment installed on Linux/AIX machines and in tests simulating the loss of the database we noticed that after the database becomes operational, SFG/B2B does not recover, making it necessary to perform a STOP/START of the pr...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 4 Functionality already exists

AI-Powered B2BI Tuning Recommender

IBM Sterling B2BI provides a wide range of configuration options to maximize performance. As file volumes increase due to business growth, manually identifying and applying the right tuning adjustments becomes complex and time-consuming. Currently...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Submitted

Config Hub Codelist download in CTE/Production must have filename prefix or suffix - CTE/PROD/Business Alias

When an SME is trying to download codelist from CTE/Production via Config Hub both of them have the same file name which creates to much confusion, Can we have a prefix or suffix as CTE or PROD or at least Business Alias that can indicate from whi...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Future consideration

Having different Status icon and Status in InFlight for the files that are Finished and not delivered to Partner/Customer.

Currently we see a Green tick mark for the files that get successfully processed irrespective of the fact whether these were delivered to the receiving party via an established connectivity or else FINISHED on SCBN. Many times while working on the...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Under review

Historical data needed for ICD-10 Diagnosis codes

Reference Case: TS020156791, TS014894344 ICD10 code sets (T5_896 and T5_897) was enhanced in year 2023 to include start and end dates for multiple fiscal years. This was done at the request of Deloitte case TS014894344, and it was decided then to ...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 0 Under review

Migrate all files from an old SI Documents to new repository

When SI property jdbcService.document_dir is updated, new files are stored on the new location, but existing files remain on the previously configured location. There is no functionality to migrate data from old to new location. This is an enhance...
about 2 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Support the update to routing rules during file activity

B2Bi documentation states that Mailbox Routing Rules or FIle Gateway Routing Channels should not be updated during periods of file activity. The consequences of ignoring this are not specified in any detail in the documentation. https://www.ibm.co...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Future consideration

AWS S3 adapter to do multipart upload to support files larger than 5GB

AWS S3 Adapter by default does NOT support multipart upload. So any files, as of today, which are >5GB fail to upload to S3. It fails, with "Exception occurred - Failed to commit transaction: Your proposed upload exceeds the maximum allowed siz...
5 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Planned for future release