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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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Do Not Assume GET Responses

Currently, when using a GET API, the 'sample response' must have all values nullified, or the 'sample response' is treated as a default answer, even if the API is skipped. The purpose of the sample response is to provide data structure only - not ...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 0 Is a defect

EBICS Client is not listed in the protocol list when defining a B2Bi server.

Need to have EBICS Client monitoring, today, only EBICS Server is available. Almost all protocol are available for Cotrol Center monitoring except EBICS Client.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Future consideration

Manage NDM for z/OS from Windows NDM

Like DB2 explorer, allow NDM for Windows act as a management client, to show and manage NDM for z/OS. Such as copyfile, manage queues, even display/update Netmap.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Future consideration

Should be able to import ED25519 format remote SFTP host keys

This functionality would allow B2B Integrator to manage SFTP file transfer activities with trading partners who are using ED25519 format remote host keys.
about 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 7 Planned for future release

Add "Session ID" for SEAS authentication attempts

In a high-traffic system it can be difficult to determine which log entries in the seas logs are related to a given authentication attempt. Currently we're forced to grep / search for the specific username /timeframe and then manually parse throug...
about 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Gift card auto cash out is currently not supported by OMS even though its the law in certain states

Several states in united states have a law for gift cards tender i.e. after gift card tender if remaining balance on the card is below threshold, it must be given as cash to customer in same transaction. Threshold varies by state, some states have...
about 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Need to have an override property file to prevent wipe of customized settings

With higher volume customers it is common to require customization to property files, especially engine.properties and Engine.log4j. However, with application of an iFix or FixPack (or upgrade), there is a risk that these settings will be lost. B2...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Allow 50 attributes, with 500 values

We will be running various activities that may make it difficult to keep attributes to 10
about 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

VISA needs support for Refund Authorization

VISA has a new mandate regarding refunds: https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/global/support-legal/documents/new-purchase-return-vbs-10-apr-17.pdf According to this, retailers/merchants are required to make a refund authorization call to VISA before the...
about 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Add support for alpha numeric TransactionId values in TLog data

Currently, TransactionId (trn_nbr) field in the TLog data feed is an INT data type.This should be changed to a "STRING" data type to support alphanumeric TransactionId values. Several retailers have transactionId values which are "strings" or alph...
about 5 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Data Maintenance & Management 1 Not under consideration