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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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To add resource permissions for the Order Hub home page.

Order Hub is used by business users apart IT support team and they might ending up creating the IBM ticket using the IBM Support link for any Order Hub issue.
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Add the ability to configure multiple IP addresses in a NETMAP config instead of just one.

This is useful as clients can change their servers or flip to DR when there is an issue and we have to update the same netmap config or have a CLP do it. Allowing this would be like MQ where we can have multiple IP's in a connection string. Many C...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 21 Future consideration

converting Node reservation(node1) into Node Demand(node2)

For DFS(delivery from store) often times a reservation made against a store may have to be reassigned to a different store due to inventory reasons. The legacy OMS makes the determination to resource to the second node. Note: For this implementati...
over 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Functionality already exists

Allow changes to duplicate item for cleanup after Manage Duplicates function is processed

When we Manage Duplicates, the item that we are moving the usage from becomes locked and we can no longer make any changes to that item. If we forget to set the item to Business Impact E and set the ROP/Max to 0/0 before we do the Manage Duplicate...
over 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Future consideration

Work Queues Records missing

Problem: All but two (2) Work Queues are showing records in the Work Queue tab in MRO IO and WQ Section in OAS. Steps to reproduce: Log into NPPD Sandbox MRO IO and navigate to Work Queues tab and you will find the Work Queues are all showing zero...
almost 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

Need to support criteria-based, more granular archive/purge policies for metadata and files

Requirement stated by customer is that B2Bi needs to support more granular archive/purge policies based on specific criteria such as trading partner and transaction type (identifiable through EDI Correlation).
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 1 Future consideration

Admin tasks - add "PU Notification" checkbox against individual user entry

We are rolling out admin tasks to users. One important part of user administration is deciding who gets PU notifications. Please add a checkbox against each user record so as a client sets up a new user they can choose whether or not the new user ...
about 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Future consideration

Stock Relocation History Additional consideration needed

The Stock History Relocation feature is critical for any organization that has materials that may be relocated from one warehouse to another at some point in it's life. In order for the MARIO system to make an adequate recommendation for the new s...
about 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

New parameters to direct dumps

Currently dumps, like core, heap, and java thread, go to the Install_ROOT directory. This can lead to system outages if the file system fills up with the dumps. It could also fill up if a person does a kill -3 and does not do a space check first. ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 0 Future consideration

FTPS OB Pull/IB Push/IB Pull

FTPS OOTB activity - Entry validation for Production provisioning tasks (Prov IB Pull Production, Prov IB Push Production, Prov OB Pull Production) reference API Get call at beginning of activity to check configuration status. During the activity ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Onboarding 0 Is a defect