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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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Need to read/write files to 3rd part encryption format/schema via an I/O exit able to utilize sub processes for the decrypt/encrypt step.

We would be able to read/write to encrypted devices having proprietary formats.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

Add Optimizer configuration to allow expedited orders to bypass backlog consideration

Add a configuration option to allow Order Optimizer to bypass backlog consideration / penalty for expedited orders (e.g. 1-day or 2-day service levels were purchased). This configuration option should allow for configuration choices between:1. cur...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Order Optimizer support for additional air carrier capacity constraint

Add Order Optimizer support for an additional 'carrier capacity' constraint. This configurable network level constraint would stop using a specific carrier once a configured number of orders for that day has been assigned to that carrier. Order Op...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Add Order Optimizer capability to feed Expected Ship order details downstream

Add Order Optimizer capability to retain and send downstream Expected Ship details for each package. These Expected Ship metrics include the Order Optimizer derived ship date, shipping method/carrier, and estimated shipping cost.Initially the prio...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Handle ship alone packaging logic in Order Optimizer

Allow Order Optimizer to handle items that require custom shipping logic. Examples may include hazmat, special packaging, items already packaged for shipping as-is, and other large size / weight items that are required to ship alone (and not be co...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Publish In-Stock and Out-of-stock events only to COS Bucket

Currently, we cannot publish only the events to a cos bucket when the On hand inventory of an SKU becomes out of stock or comes back in stock. Instead, we are forced to use threshold values to control the publish, which is not very efficient. Ther...
about 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Planned for future release

Supervisor Approval flow missing in Store engagement

At Costco, we have a usecase to support Supervisor approval workflow to override price in case the current user doesn't have relevant permissions. This feature is missing in Store engagement per current documention
about 2 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Allocation Safety factor separate from availability safety stock for SHP and PICK delivery methods

We want the ability to shut off the selling of an item using safety factor by setting the safety factor for the item above inventory availability levels but still let orders accumulated in the system be allocated to nodes with availability. In the...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Sterling Integrator JMS Adapter Issue in consuming messages

There is an issue that happens when an outside source sends a file with a “null” message inside the message body to the B2Bi JMS adapter: the Sterling JMS adapter process is going into an endless loop when receiving the Null value inside the body ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Is a defect

Return quantity with three decimal places does not work in WCC.

While creating returns from WCC we cannot enter quantity with more than 2 decimal places. This field should be customizable, i.e., one should be able to configure how many digits they can have after the decimal.
about 2 years ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Future consideration