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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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Add appl.id & policy.id PasswordExit parameters to Functional Authorities

Currently Password Exit feature for Connect Direct for Windows allows to specify "passwrod.exit.appl.id" & "password.exit.policy.id" only in the "Initparms" section. The aim is to add more granularity to the configuration and provide an option...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Delivered

Maintain item search details and context over the different selections in BUC

It would help productivity in BUC if the item search feature remembered the selections previously made. There is the breadcrumb offering some persistence, but if the user jumps to Orders or anywhere else, all the item search selections are cleared...
about 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Delivered

Expand the 40-Character Limitation on the Size of the Launcher's Private Trigger Directory

Removing this limitation will create pod-specific private trigger directories and enable scaling up the Launcher into multiple pods/containers sharing a common application work area. This enhancement will prevent multiple Launcher from triggering ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 2 Delivered

Will connect:Direct windows v6.2 support running on MS Window server 2022?

We noticed that C:D Windows 6.3 supports windows server 2022, however, we would like to know C:D Windows v6.2 can support Windows server 2022 as well. Many Thanks.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Delivered

Proposed amendment to unlocode facility IDs

No description provided
about 2 years ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 2 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct for i5/OS( IBM i)

Security enhancement request to support IBMi 7.4 OS with TLS1.3
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct 2 Delivered

Support of IBM WebSphere MQ 9.0

Per RTC #561520, IBM have not claimed support for WebSphere MQ 9.0 support in Sterling B2B Integrator.The enhancement request is for the support of WebSphere MQ 9.0 in Sterling B2B Integrator. The latest version of IBM WebSphere MQ is 9.0.5.
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 3 Delivered

Support for Distance Information in Get Node Availability (IV)

- Ability to obtain distance information from input longitude / latitude- Future support could consider plugins to external address locator systems for distance by road than just straight line
about 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Delivered

Enhance C:D to provide better support for zEDC datasets

We are implementing zEDC across our production environment and are trying to avoid mass updates to all of our C:D processes. We would like to be able to transmit a zEDC dataset without having to update hundreds of existing processes. Here is...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Delivered

Workflow approval requests to be retained after a periodic update

If an action that has generated a workflow approval request is not actioned before a scheduled PU, the request expires after the PU and the processor will have to re-log the details to generate a new workflow approval request. If the workflow app...
about 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Delivered