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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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Support for calling scripts following completion of transfer

The sender of a file can specify a script to call once the file transfer is complete. There are customers that will not implement this. How about a way for the receiver to specify a script to call once the transfer is completed.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

Adding the files size to windows evernt logs

There is a lot of helpful information being sent to the windows event log about send and receiving files. The only this missing is the file size from the events.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

Support the use RACF PROTECTED userids in the Secure Point of Entry (SPOE)

When we create User IDs in RACF that will be used for Connect Direct transmissions, we have to create them with passwords so that the password can be used in the SPOE record. With a password is can make this User ID have the capability to signon. ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Encryption for Socket Adapter

We would like to exchange data over Socket securely and would like if ITX/WTX can add encryption to Socket Adapter
about 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Not under consideration

Scheduling agent triggers in different time zones (Other than UTC)

Currently the advances scheduling option for agents only takes time in UTC and triggers the same in UTC time zone. For different countries like US people want agents to be trig-erred in their time zone for example EST. EST has to be converted to U...
about 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

certificate-based authentication support for CDAIJ and CDW

Many customers from banks need to change their OS users' password every 1 or 3 months for all OS according to their security regulation which means all applications or middleware using the old password must change at the same time. For customers, ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Not under consideration

Add line number column to be used for Active Alerts

On the Active Alerts screen for the Web console there isn't a line/item # column. This exists in version 6.0.0.2 for the Java/Swing console, but not 6.1 and above Web console. Add to user configuration view allowing users to select.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Ability to edit SLC name

Currently if a user wants to change the name of a SLC, it must be duplicated and then a new name can be given and the original slc can be deleted. The SLC name needs to be an editable field to allow updates.
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Ability to right click in order to comment and/or handle an alert

On Control Center 6.1.3 there are two different icons for commenting and handling alerts. The user currently has to select a check box and then click on the comment or handle icons for the alert. These comment and handle icons are static. Dependin...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Purging notification records at run-time

With current Windows Connect:Express versions, when notifications are enabled, notification records are added at run-time in the local database, even when they are fully processed (notifications messages sent), and they remain there, possibly very...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration