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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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Store Replenishment based on reorder point for certain items

As inventory reaches to re-order point, based on setup at product / store / org level, store should automatically or manually (via store manager) trigger a Transfer Inventory Request from DC. This request can also go to an Inventory Planner who wo...
about 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Store Replenishment

As a store manager/planner, I could go through the store during the course of day and add items to my list via scan or manual entry. I could create multiple such lists. I could submit these lists for replenishment. This internally could directly g...
about 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Improvements in Blind Returns

Be able to process a blind return however, larger amount may require a manager override Issue gift card for the amount, issue credit to a credit card with manager override (CC info manually typed in) Exchange order with blind return items where cr...
about 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Transaction ID should be treated as unique by Sterling IV regardless of when it is posted. This will help to avoid duplicate transaction updates into the Platform.

Currently, Sterling IV has the ability to not reprocess a transaction with the same transaction id only for 15 mins. But at BigLots, we have business cases wherein the same transaction can be reposted after 15 days to one month. We have discussed ...
over 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Planned for future release

API for Handling Alerts

Please develop an API for handling Control Center alerts. Internal applications that use Control Center data would benefit from this.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Queued Process Monitor needs to be updated

There are instances where the queued process monitor shows processes that are sometimes days old. There should be a way to ensure that processes in the Queued Processes are actually running.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Performance / Usability 0 Functionality already exists

Customer Pickup to pass Modification Reason when Cancel is selected and changeOrder is invoked

During Customer Pickup if "Cancel" is chosen as "More Actions" then cancellation reasons are provided in dropdown however when recordCustomerPick is invoked it internally calls changeOrder to cancel however the cancel reason code is not passed int...
over 2 years ago in Store Engagement / APIs & SDKs 1 Is a defect

Have OMS Events publish JSON in addition to XML

Today Events in OMS only publish XML, it requires a translation to JSON before they can be consumed by external systems
about 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Prevent Cognos pop-up from being closed without logging out first.

Currently the Cognos pop-up can be closed without any feedback, but then the user can't log in again. Having Cognos to force a pop-up similar to how Call Center does, the "Changes you made may not be saved" prompt which gives a warning before clos...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Support for Oracle Linux

Regarding Connect:Direct(Managed File Transfer), We would like to request getting support for Oracle Linux as soon as possible.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Not under consideration