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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 a status field on Inflight under Business Field1 to find out only the status of "Finish" documents

Many Support Users from GSK are asking if there is a way find Finish documents from Inflight from search criteria instead of looking into events. This feature will also be useful if there was a planned outage at partner of customer side to hold do...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Future consideration

Test and certify Connect Direct to use DFS in addition to UNC paths

Connect Direct has not been tested nor certified to use DFS paths instead of UNC paths. The use of DFS paths allows Connect Direct copy configurations to automatically switch to a new device location vs the current use of UNC paths where we would ...
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Adding new tile/new link/extra buttons in Home Screen Next Gen Call Center

Next Gen Call Center does not provide a way to customize the home screen by adding a new tile for Product Search or Transfer Order Search etc. Also there is no option to add additional links or buttons - 'create wishlist', 'create appeasement orde...
5 months ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Planned for future release

SFTP Client GET Service - input parameter to set a max number of files processed

We are using the operation SFTPClientGet and the parameter RemoteFilePattern to do a multiple get. See the below example. We would like to have an input parameter allowing us to set a maximum number of files processed during one sftp get opera...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 6 Not under consideration

Ability to pick from a specific zone over other zones using sequencing

Our business would like to always pick from backroom zone over salesfloor zone regardless of inventory level Salesfloor - customers shopping area (700+ locations) Backroom - employee only with additional stock to supply salesfloor (611 locations) ...
3 months ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 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

ITXA needs to check the ST02 control number ONLY within the current interchange for HIPAA, NOT against transactions from prior interchanges

APAR PH20861 https://github.ibm.com/ITXA/spe-features/issues/40 The update partially satisfies the healthcare needs required by the company.The property enveloping.CHECK_DUPSEQ_ST_CONTROL_NUMBERS_WITHIN_INTERCHANGE=YES introduced with APAR PH20861...
3 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Under review

Show actual SFTP error in status report

Sterling 6.0 and up, in some cases, has replaced useful, specific SFTP error messages in the status report with vague ones that require diving into logs to troubleshoot. For example, if the host key is wrong when connecting to a partner, this is w...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Is a defect

Change the process to do 'Reset to Default' in Order Hub to view the newly added OOB search filter in the UI.

There is a need to do 'Reset to Default' in Order Hub post every deployment when a OOB search filter is added on search screen. Else it is not visible. Idea is to remove the need to do that. Typically from user perspective they find it very hard t...
about 2 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Under review

Include user email in Item history API

This API can be used to download and review past exports but currently does not include user email.
about 2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration