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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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Enable Control Center reports to display in multiple time zones

Currently when a user starts to setup a report to be ran, Control Center defaults with the time zone that the console preferences are set it. There is a drop down menu for other time zones, but when a user selects one of these, the report will not...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Planned for future release

Allow for friendly names in e-mail configuration for PEM

It would give end users a more friendly e-mail from the PEM system. Our internal groups would like it to be associated with an entity like Partner Engagement Manager rather than text @subdomain.domain.com.
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 1 Not under consideration

IBM software needs some form of integrity check / digitally signed agent as proof of authenticity

We have a requirement when obtaining software and need IBM to provide an answer around the following requirement: We need to be able to test the source and integrity of the software being installed in the HSD environments. In my experience, this i...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Functionality already exists

Connect:Direct - Certify SQLServer 2016 Express Edition as a supported database for C:D v.4.7 or v.4.8

Ability to upgrade to the latest software.
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Add CRL caching support to Connect:Direct z/OS v6.1

We have started to use CRL checking in CDZ via EASERVER and urgently need CRL caching to be in effect similar to what has been implemented for Windows/Linux platforms.
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Future consideration

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for Control Center

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

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for SSP

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

Provide a field on the Payment UI for return orders for user to enter the amount intended to refund against each tender.

Provide a field on the Payment UI for return orders for user to enter the amount intended to refund against each tender. We had requirement to add new payment method on return since it was requirement to refund to a new tender on return . Currentl...
almost 6 years ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Planned for future release

Multiple Customer Views - Support Personnel View

As a support person, I would like to have access to all the tenants of all the customers as a potential solution to access all customer tenant. Other solution that need development. Drop down list accessible to support to select any tenant to w...
almost 6 years ago in Supply Chain Insights / Data Management 0 Not under consideration