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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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Lock Ship nodes at Delivery method level (Enhancement for IBM Sterling OMS v9.5)

This is very much needed for the retailers to maintain a granular Inventory visibility within store network and also to increase the business revenue by showing availability for a specific delivery mode instead of blocking the availability for the...
almost 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Delivered

Include Time Limit For Dirty Node

We would like to be able to add a time limit to a dirty node instead of waiting on incoming units. For example, if the node is marked as dirty, only leave it marked dirty for 24 hours.
over 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 4 Delivered

Metrics in IV to understand the exposure rates

Ability to have insights into how much Inventory we are exposing for Demand and the reasons behind blocking by Dirty Node Vs Safety Stock vs Demand…etc., This information is critical for business and operations team. The below metrics are needed t...
over 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

Support for Mac M1/M2 users running OnPrem containers.

On Version: IBM Sterling OMS V10Fix Pack: 37 (10.0.2209.2) When running the Fixpack 37 in the local docker environment, the SMCFS container is getting terminated with error code 255. While investigating the issue, found that this is due to running...
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Delivered

Have the User ID in SB2Bi / SFG / MyFG case-insensitive

Currently the User Id information of a SB2Bi / SFG / MyFG User is case-sensitive. This means that when creating the user with myUserId as the UserID, the authentication will only be possible by entering myUserId (and not myuserid or MYUSERID which...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Delivered

Please add VDA enveloping standards to Config Center for both CTE and PROD

Please add VDA enveloping standards to Config Center for both CTE and PROD. We have a potential customer who are configured on SPE02/Config Center. They also have VDA Partners. Please include VDA standards with this request. Thank you.
about 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 1 Delivered

Reporting Functionality for Rolled Out Activities

In order to succeed in Campaign Management this is a must have item. There needs to be a report with all partners who have activities rolled out to them with the current status. I have attached an example of what fields would need to be included, ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 0 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 ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 2 Delivered

Global Mailbox should support MQ SSL options during installation

Currently, Global Mailbox only supports installation against MQ servers which use unencrypted communications, and username+password authentication. After installation, the product supports re-configuring using TLS connections and certificate based...
about 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 0 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.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Delivered