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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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Solution to Prevent Inventory Availability going negative

Currently when an inventory is added through cycle count or removed through Transfer Order we have a default segment as WALK_IN for IV system. But in some cases it is leading to negative inventory in WALK_IN segment when there is inventory only in...
about 2 months ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Future consideration

Option to default the optimization method to better service level of "Optimal" and "Fixed Service Level"

For our critical materials, it is imperative that we have stock availability. To ensure this, we use fixed service levels of 98% (for top tier equipment) and 95% for the remainder of material marked critical in SAP. HOWEVER, often times, the Optim...
9 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Have the ability to import a public and secret key ring into native PGP for B2Bi.

I believe that this functionality would be useful for the user community to be able to import an entire key ring (both public and secret) instead of having to import the keys individually.
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Functionality already exists

Ceva Needs Status Messages captured on Inflight with Dynamic DOCTYPE values set from the Process Data

The Ceva Logistics has started new onboardings with JSON via new EDI foundation Project and A huge number of Onboarding are expected and this becomes their new normal. As part of it Ceva needs Status Messages captured on Inflight with Dynamic Send...
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 5 Planned for future release

Enable end users to replay their own files WITHOUT giving them any other administrative permissions.

End users often need to have files replayed due to various intermittent SFG error conditions. Allowing these users to replay their own files saves them time and saves SFG administrators the effort required to replay these files
over 5 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 6 Not under consideration

Projected Demand Widget

Our clients have been asking for this functionality independently and every time they see Change Request module they ask "can a user submit a forecast? that can be updated in the record?" Currently that is not possible.
about 2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Enable option to adjust column width on Configuration Hub

Currently, there is no option on configuration hub to adjust the column width under the mapping or code-list sections. However, this feature is available in the config center, and it’s particularly helpful for viewing the full map or code-list nam...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Under review

be able to create a single new user through REST API

Make it possible to add a new user in the User Store using Rest API.
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 0 Submitted

MFT UI customization

UI is shrink and cant see the list of steps by quick glance as we do in 10.5. We gave to click each and every step to see the full description . also the path is also given with small box. have to copy past to see the full folder name.
about 2 months ago in webMethods Active Transfer 0 Submitted

SIP: Reservation api for a distribution group to consider shortage quantity for nodes associated to a DG

Reservation API against a distribution group, should consider shortage quantities of nodes within DG and restrict reserved quantities to consider shortage. When a reservation api is invoked for an item and utilizing the entire network (distributio...
about 2 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Under review