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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...

Sterling B2B Integrator

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Support Multiple CA certificates in HTTP client adapters

We have partners that are starting to deploy systems in multiple geographic zones in an active/active configuration. Each zone is presenting its own SSL certificate. For smooth processing, it would be ideal if a list of certificates could be provi...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Future consideration

Read REST API Client for POST

In the documentation, https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrator/6.0.2?topic=z-rest-api-client-service, the outputpath is specified for a GET but we are attempting to POST. While the BP uses the path I've specified to write a file, it's a 0 byte f...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 0 Under review

Allow PS log file name to be configured with standard name

Currently the PS log file name is like PS.Logger.Dyyyymmmdd.Thhmmss. It should be configurable and follow the same name convention as what's used in CM and SSP etc.
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 1 Planned for future release

Add AD Authentication option for Database Connections

Add support for AD authentication between SI and its database. This would allow the username/password to be managed outside of the application properties files and more easily align with company policies regarding password complexity and who has a...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Future consideration

Indicate Perimeter Servers which do not have a Service Adapter using it

In Troubleshooter, SI shows the current status of Perimeter Servers. This is the location where users are able to disable/enable the PS. On this same screen, it could also show a count of how many service adapters are using each perimeter server.e...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Allow Sterling Integrator to support STARTTLS SMTP when connecting to MS Office 365

I am geting the following error java.rmi.ServerException: RemoteException occurred in server thread; nested exception is:java.rmi.RemoteException: B2BMailSMTPImpl, mail cannot be sent because of an exception received from the server; nested except...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Not under consideration

Include ability to specify CD properties overrides in customer_overrides.properties file

Include ability to specify CD properties overrides in customer_overrides.properties file From https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SS3JSW_6.0.3/administering/administering/integrator/SI_PrpFile_Overriding_Props_Using_cust_overrides.html The...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Planned for future release

File replay on surviving data center using metadata from cassandra if the processing data center goes down

Currently , if the file is uploaded to the datacenter (DC) and that DC goes down, there is no way to replay that file until the DC comes up. This causes adverse impact on customer's business. Having this will help the production support to replay ...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

B2B System Logs UI - Logging Level Should Exist on All Logs

Currently, if you are in B2B -> System Logs UI and attempt to edit Log Settings for a log, you are offered two different scenarios: Scenario 1 - You are provided the Roll Over Interval drop-down and a Logging Level of "on" or "off". Scenario 2 ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

API Endpoint for Document Envelopes

We are currently querying the SI tables directly to get data related to trading partner document envelopes. We prefer to use API endpoints to query data from our management tools.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Future consideration