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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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1 click to set to Override rules and set to Optimal

Ideally we want the decision status to be Optimal so when I see the potential OOB ROP and OOB Max as 0/0 and the status hold zero I will 'Overide' rules, then change SAP ROP and SAP Max to 0. I think it would be very useful and time saving to have...
over 2 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 2 Functionality already exists

Implement SelectMethod attribute for all OMS ListAPI

Suggest to include the SelectMethod handling as the standard attribute for all List APIs.
over 4 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Adding in additional triggers for alt.comm.outbound

The idea behind this is to allow alt.comm.outbound to be triggered for other situations. Such as TCP timeouts after a session had been initiated.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

TO should get scheduled on product Available date rather than moving it into further date while performing backward date calculation on ETS based on ETD for optimal solution

Currently as per design When the TO is created on Tuesday, and the transit time identified based on the carrier service is 2 days, then the ETS is on Tuesday and the ETD is on Thursday (considering the working hours). Similarly, when the TO is cre...
over 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

Sponsor and Partner Admin can update the Partner Admin to an already existing user or a new user

No description provided
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 1 Functionality already exists

Add a feature to pass the failed response from PP to PEM.

Hi, Currently, in PEM under the tab "Wait for Provisioning" when the control passes from PEM to PP to provision the resources in respective environments then in the PEM side we see a triangle draft kind of sign stating that the PP is working to cr...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Future consideration

prioritizing routing of files, File A routing needs to take precedence over File B. Routing channel template is complex and burdensome. provided by Matt Moder

File ABC and File XYZ both hit their respective mailboxes in SFG at the same time or close to it. Both files use the same routing rule/ template (and associated business processes) File XYZ routing needs to take precedence over File ABC Once File ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 1 Future consideration

Add support for the "OPTS UTF8 ON" FTP Client command/parameter.

Beginning with Windows Server 2016, the Microsoft FTP Client includes the "OPTS UTF8 ON" command. The Sterling B2B Integrator FTP Server does not support this command, and returns a 501 error message. This "OPTS UTF8 ON" command is included in RFC...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

Update SNMP support to v3

Security benefits, as per security issues detailed here: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-156A
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Not under consideration

Ability to generate/expose OpenAPI specifications for OMS APIs

This idea if implemented can be used by developers, ISVs and clients to refer to API documentation, usage and testing purposes to expedite development and testing purposes. Some of the applications used for system/ application integration like IBM...
over 4 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration