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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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Validation failure message box

Currently it is possible to add validation to dialogs in tasks. When a partner does not complete/answer accurately there is no way to specifically tell them what to fix. There is a red X next to the field which is in violation, but not what they a...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Allow all tasks to be edited until completion of the activity

Currently once a Partner completes a task, and move on to the next task they are unable to go back and edit the already completed tasks. We would like to make it possible for Partners to be able to go to previous tasks and edit already completed t...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Activate Activity Name as link

In a Partner's profile, there is a tab called, "Activities". This displays the activities that have been rolled out to that partner. When you display these activities, if you would like to go to the activity itself you must: check here for the nam...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Define Partner User Standard and Partner User Admin on approval screens

When a Partner Administrator receives a registration confirmation they must approve the Partner User. When doing so they must choose "Standard" or "Administrator" for the user. Without a description of each kind of user, the Partner's are choosing...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Notify Sponsor an error has occured for a Partner's activity

When a partner is completing an activity an error can occur. In order for the partner to continue the activity the sponsor must investigate the error, resolve, and notify the partner to continue the activity. Currently, there is no way for the Spo...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 2 Not under consideration

Unique rollout email template for the UAT Signoff.

Unique rollout email template required for the UAT Signoff.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Display Partners During Rollout using Attributes

During the roll out based on the attribute selection, it should display all the Trading Partners which match the roll out criteria. Currently, it only displays count of trading partners, but it should list all partner names so that list can be cro...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Increase length of Activity Roll Out Name

Allow more characters in the name of activity roll outs. Increase the limit to 300 characters.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Change wording of Close Activity dialog

When the dialog appears for closing an activity the options are "Close" and "Cancel". This is mildly confusing for the user, as usually "Close" means close the dialog. Also, the close button appears in different places (see attachment for further ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Automate overage tracking

Add the ability to automatically track overages for entitled partners. in MRM that will allow a customer to be able to be automatically billed for additional partners that exceed their entitlements.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration