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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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Requirement for SSH keys to be generated with 4096 key lengths instead of 2048

Banks and insurances in Nordics are having this as a requirement
4 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted

Usage Report for each client based on mailbox present in Doc Tracker Application

It helps customer to track their mailbox usage and prevent potential overages if any. Customer gets option to download / subscribe to usage report from Document tracking application and hence elevates user experience. Currently support send usage ...
6 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 0 Submitted

Document Visibility : Option to see proof of delivery like MDN / X400 ADMD

This idea is useful for customers to track the files delivered to their partner without raising a support case. Customer could view themselves the proof of delivery such as MDN for AS2, MTS ID for X400 connections.
6 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 0 Submitted

Enhance the EBMS:0006 Polling Response Detail

Currently the B2BAC platform returns the generic EMBS:0006 error response to a polling request with the generic description "There is no message available for pulling from this MPC at this moment' This generic response is returned in three distinc...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 0 Submitted

Enhancing ISA Envelope Handling to Support Transaction-Level Control Number Checks

At present, a single ISA envelope is shared across multiple transactions for a given partner/client/version combination. This setup limits our ability to implement transaction-specific ISA envelope configurations—particularly for enabling duplicat...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 1 Submitted

Ability to clear inventory for a DC in SIP to reload

Similar to loadinventoryMismatch, we want the ability to zero out all inventory supplies that we didn't provide during the supply load. This would help us fix any inventory issues quickly rather than having to zero out manually again
12 days ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Submitted

To be able to use same UOM code for multiple UOM Type (Eg: Quantity and Weight)

Currently OMoC is not able to define same UOM code for 2 different purposes. Eg: KGS / LBS for Weight and Quantity. This creates an issue and requires workaround to use different UOMs which would not be in sync with other systems. Hence leading to...
16 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Feature Parity: Implement File Extension Restrictions for Global Mailbox (MYSFG & SFTP)

Currently, the robust file extension filtering mechanism available for traditional Sterling File Gateway (SFG) mailboxes via the disallowExtensionsToUpload property in mailbox.properties does not work for Global Mailboxes across all protocols Ex...
18 days ago in Global Mailbox 0 Submitted

Simplify the JDBC Driver Update Procedure

During a recent database migration, it was necessary to update the JDBC driver used by Sterling Integrator. The procedure to do this is well-documented here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-update-jdbc-driver-ibm-sterling-b2b-integrator-vers...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

IBM License Service for containerized B2b +additional Sterling Data Exchange Products

Chief Architect suggested that I open this with B2B, as B2B owns the helm deployment and container. When integrated, ITX, ITXA and B2BI all run in the same container and that container only reports B2BI VPC to the Licensing service. This makes cli...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Submitted