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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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Have an option for Items List View "Notes" icon be visible for Item Notes only

Currently the "Notes Icon" in the Items List view is intended to let the user know if there are relevant notes for the user, however notes are created every time an item is submitted through workflow, so many items present as having a "Note", when...
3 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Recalculating Inventory Availability Based on Item Attribute Changes

Existing inventory availability calculations do not automatically adjust to changes in item attributes such as Department or Product Line, leading to potential inaccuracies in stock levels and order fulfillment. The recalculation should also be ap...
3 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

KPI Monitoring - Credit consumption

We need to have real time monitoring solution for following up our consumption of AppPoints and other KPIs: Real time ideally Possibility to consolidate the data per day, over a period, per month, per year. Possibility to compare the consumption w...
3 months ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 0 Future consideration

Show payload content in the Transparent Supply interface

We find it particularly difficult to send and view payloads using the IBM Transparent supply graphical interface. Using the interface, we can only send payloads using spreadsheets and it is difficult to check if they have been successfully uploade...
3 months ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 1 Future consideration

Querying payloads with the products search endpoint

We use custom fields for our products that we store into payloads. When using the search endpoint /outbound/v2/products, we would like to use our custom fields as filters (maybe as a key/value input). We already use the tags to filter on a categor...
3 months ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 1 Future consideration

Most effective KPIs based on business need

As of today, Order HUB’s Workspace allows for the creation of personalised dashboard workspaces and reports, based on the two KPIS of purchase orders and sales orders, that can only be consulted online and targeted up to 30 days before. The object...
3 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Enable Order Type Filter in dashboard and workspace of OrderHub

In OrderHub to show KPIs there are 2 options : dashboard workspace Both are not having filter for ordertype. There is an attribute present in order model (/Order/@OrderType) which should be enabled to define the filter. All KPIs should be based on...
3 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

CDWindows Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Official CDWindows product support for the Microsoft Windows 2025 OS , for future/standard lifecycle management purposes and continued OS supportability.
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Enhance IV bundles to support the idea of key skus

If I have a bundle 789 consisting of components: SKU 123 (key sku) SKU 234 (key sku)a SKU 345 (non key sku) SKU 456 (non key sku) While inquiring availability for bundle 789, I would like IV to only check the bundle components where getNodeAvailab...
4 months ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Future consideration

We need an ability to create user name upto 60characters and email address upto 68 characters in B2Bi

We have a requirement to onboardi-ng partners with the user name upto 60 chars and email address up to 68 chars, and currently we noticed b2bi only allows 36chars in the user name field and 64chars in the email address field, and so can you provid...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration