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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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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

Add Columns to the User and Roles section.

I would like to be able to see the User Description when I am looking at the User and Roles section. In our shop, we use the User Description for enter the person's name. This can be much different when compared to their userid. Adding the User De...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Retrieve Provisioner Activity details using API

The "Activity Services" APIs at /activities/ and /activityinstances/ are hardcoded to only act upon Portal activities. Attempting to use them to retrieve instance details of Provisioner activities results in 404 errors. The API needs to be able to...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 0 Planned for future release

Support long connection for large volumes of small files

Our competitor, Tongtech, provide a file transfer tool based on MQ to transfer files and support long connection which means if doesn't need to initiate a new session for each repective files which really lead to a high performance for large volum...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Not under consideration

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF In ITX Map : When we Import JSON File as a Type Tree, Output Layout by default is getting generated with Indentation Turned off. Currently below are Missing in ITX Type Tree. When we...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for SEAS

User accounts created in LDAP must also be created in the following GUIs: SFG, SSPcm, Control Center. Ability to centralize/ "one time" provisioning for all Sterling software would simplify the system administration.
over 6 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

ITXA is allowing duplicate envelopes

ITXA allows users to create duplicate envelopes which causes enveloping and deenveloping process failures . Better to enhance ITXA product not to allow duplicate envelopes
over 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 1 Not under consideration

Maintain Rule versions/version manager for routing rules created under BPN support Tool

Many process flows is designed using BPN support tool. Currently if a rule is modified/updated, The only way is to search the rule update by audit logs and manually revert back the values incase there is a processing issue. Many rules are being up...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Not under consideration