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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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SFTP known host key fetch through Legacy InFlight instead of POD

Currently we do not have option to fetch known host key while setting up SFTP profile on Legacy InFlight although it is mandatory to import it to profile in order to connect to partner's SFTP. Right now procedure we follow is to fetch the knowhost...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Not under consideration

Add feature in the SPE to list outbound ST, GS envelopes based on ISA IDs.

We have got requests sometimes from customer asking to list their SAP Sold to ID Codes based on the ISA IDs. These IDs/TP codes will be SAP Sold to customer ID numbers which will usually be ST envelope's receiver ID. In SPE, for outbound envel...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 1 Not under consideration

Enhance PDF to type tree importer

Currently PDF to type tree importer doesn't work on extensibility on field or data level. Also most version of PDF are not supported. The enhancement of this importing would make is feature more user friend and product usability would increase
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

To consider allowing the consumption graphs and reports to show data based on the data refresh day

We have noticed that the system displays consumption graph by month as a whole (1st day to last day of month) meanwhile the data e.g SOH, Qty on order, in-transit qty and Reserved qty values are display as per the day of data refreshed (for PETRON...
almost 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

New Dutch language pack to be added to standard language packs

Dutch is a core European language and many European OMS clients have operations in the Benelux territory. The Netherlands is a major hub for European supply chain operations.
about 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Add new optional arguments available across all email templates

When customizing e-mail templates, it would be extremely beneficial to have specific data available as arguments/variables to add to any of the e-mail templates (if they make sense in the context of the email). These include: Partner company/organ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Planned for future release

Enhance C:D Rest API cdwebconsole/svc/processcontrolcriterias to allow definition of symbolic parameter values

The current approach enables to execute a static/hardcoded locally stored CDP process. This approach is very limited as for example you cannot specify a specific file name in a copy step to be transferred when executing. Therefore please extend th...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration

ability to resend or restart archive data from inFlight

the resend or restart buttons are only available on the recent month data in the new inflight. The legacy would also allow resend and restart from the archive data. We would like this for the archive on the new inflight.
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

Remove the requirement for a keystore password when running a silent upgrade

A manual upgrade does not require a keystore password, but a silent upgrade does. Removing the need for this keystore password would simplify the silent upgrade process and be more secure.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Is a defect

Any configuration information stored in the CCM database must be encrypted

Requirement stated by customer that all configured objects in the database must be encrypted. This includes audit information and any information containing IPs, host names and passwords. Whole-disk encryption, SAN storage encryption, and database...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 2 Future consideration