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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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Allow custom path configuration of Extended Rule Library path in the Sterling Mapper

Currently the Sterling Mapper defaults to a path of C:\Program Files (x86)\Sterling Commerce\Map Editor\Extended Rule Library due to security policies some users are not able to place their Extended Rule Libraries to that location. The desired beh...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted

Preserve text as text and Booleans as Booleans

We received the following XML:<CAD05><false</CAD05> The XML is defined as a "string" in the XML Schema. We output this to JSON to a field also defined as "string" in the JSON Schema. Yet, even with TEXT() or PACKAGE() calls the outp...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / B2Bi Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted

Gentran notifications

I set up our Gentran Server to send email notifications when translator errors take place. Is there a way to add the ability to set it up in a way that would send these messages only for certain types of EDI transactions (only for 850s and 810s, a...

Integrate CCM with Open Telemetry

Provide the ability to emit key MFT/B2B events using Open Telemetry so they can be consumed and used for troubleshooting with open tools. Adding CCM capability to consume Open Telemetry signals will simplify integration across 3rd party products a...

ID logging for added / deleted/ modiifed ID's in User proxy/ Functional Authorities

We need logging to be done as to what ID has been added deleted or modified in connect Direct Proxy users or functional authorities in windows Connect Direct as currently no modification can be seen of users only submitter details are found
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4

InFlight API - request to filter by Business Alias

This a request for an enhancement to the current API for retrieving tracking details from InFlight. Specifically, we would like to introduce the ability to filter by Business Alias. Currently, the API retrieves the Business Alias in the response b...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Under review

To include option to depoly the maps into multiple Business Aliases

Existing system: Current option doesn't allow us to upload the maps into all the Business Aliases when multiple Business Aliases are present for a client. We have to load the map into each Business Alias individually in this case. Also If user mis...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 12 Planned for future release

Enhancement Request: Order Service API Audit Logs

Hi IBM Sterling Support Team, We are requesting an enhancement to the Order Service API to provide comprehensive audit logs for API calls. Currently, we lack detailed, accessible audit trails for interactions with the Order Service API. This absen...
3 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

accessing specific folder inside a AWS S3 bucket with list action

Currently, Adapater has capability yto list files and folders in bucket, but not in the specific folder. Only get option available, not list. Usually access is restricted to folder, not to bucket.
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Submitted

Restarting a Carbon Copy Branch in InFlight

We work on a lot of Business scenarios for the SCBN Customers where the main document is carbon copied and sent for parallel processing. In this case, we would see a separate entry for the main branch and separate entries for the Carbon Copied bra...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Future consideration