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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Select statistics with information of the XLATE name being used.

I currently use conversion tables for file transfers and receipts.But I need to have control over the logs, which tables are being used. Currently, I only identify in the Connect logs whether or not the transmission process is using a table (Selec...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

File not picking up from the source folder, if we move the file to local directory and copy back to original location, files are picked and deliverd.

File not picking up from the source folder, if we move the file to local directory and copy back to original location, files are picked and deliverd.
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 1 Not under consideration

Connect:Direct for HP Non-Stop v3.6.0.2 bug fix needed to display protocol in full in NDM log

Currently in NDM log for C:D HP Non-Stop v3.6.0.2, the protocol is not displayed in full. In v3.6.0.1 there was only SSL vs TLS, but in v3.6.0.2, it is TLS1.0 and TLS1.2, thus truncation happened. Since operation/application support teams do not u...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

Allowing multiple certificates with the same common name and subject to be loaded into the JAVA Key store for Secure+

Connect Direct 4.2 Secure+ JAVA key store does not allow for multiple certificates with the same common name and subject but with different serials and expiration dates to be loaded. Only one will load. We have this issue with our FRB, DevTOCA, TO...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Not under consideration

Request Spooler Option print process to include milliseconds in time

Since we've upgraded to the HP Nonstop NS2400 from the S-series, printjobs are hitting the spooler so fast that using the Spooler Optioncreates duplicate filenames at the target server. This causes many jobstransfers to fail due to duplicate names...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Log Aged Processes for Recovery Purposes

When processes exceed the MAX.AGE initialization parameter value and are purged from the queue at the MAX.AGE.TOD setting value, NDM should write out something listing at least the process numbers that were removed in case any of them needed to stay.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Sterling Connect:Direct to provide for CCSID 1371 extension (EBCDIC MBCS) support

CCSID 1371 extension is recently working by IBM Globalization Center of Competency to release the reserved area from [wards 4A-4B, 92-C1, E3-FE] to accommodate more Traditional Chinese characters. Sterling Connect:Direct should provide the support...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 0 Future consideration

A hope about the alt.comm.outbound parameter in the netmap.cfg

A hope about the alt.comm.outbound parameter in the netmap.cfg
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Enhancement of ndmapi_connect_c( )

There is an API in CD, it is ndmapi_connect_c(ERROR_H error, char * ndm_hostname, char * ndm_portname). But we need a new version of this API. It is like this: ndmapi_connect_c(ERROR_H error, char * ndm_hostname, char * ndm_portname, char *user_na...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 0 Future consideration

Limit the number of processes by parameter for Sterling C:D HP NonStop

Since Sterling C:D for HP NonStop version 3.6.0 there is no way to limit the total number of concurrent sessions. This used to be the case by means of the License file which was used by version 3.5.0. The only way now is to configure the number of...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration