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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...

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Enhance REST API Client service to allow connection via DMZ / Perimeter server

Currently REST API Client service can establish connection to REST API endpoint via local perimeter or proxy only. This presents an issue while connecting to external partners. Request is to enhance REST API Client service to allow configuration f...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 3 Functionality already exists

Failed to authenticate with SFTP/FTPs, doesn't display any information of the source

Hi currently, we have a policy to lock an account after 3 failed connections on SFTP or FTPs protocol. In the communication session, it's possible to have the IP source when the authentication is successfull, but when the connection failed, the IP...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 5 Functionality already exists

Access to multiple mailboxes from one MFG user

The ability to log onto MFG as a user and to be able to navigate to other user's mailboxes, security permitting. This would enable third parties to send files using MFG to their mailboxes and a number of other users to use MFG to see and download ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Enable Log Rollover based on Size and not Number of lines

I enabled Translation Logs setting the Log Level to ON with Rolling Over every 100000 lines. It started creating the logs of size as big as 52 GB which is really huge in size and doesn't make any sense as it can't be read. Please provide the Log R...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Not under consideration

Threshold configuration for MFRA adapter

Sterling B2B introduced Total Business Process Queue Depth Threshold as part of 5.2.6.1, which helped to minimise overloading of Sterling ( internal queue) and thereby help achieve an overall better performance. Currently application through MFRA ...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Future consideration

Installation Manager Documentation

IM should be simple to install and easy to use. Since the UI cannot be used for the install there needs to be explicit instructions on how to Install/Upgrade Sterling Integrator, including sizing and recommended location, considering the old way w...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Is a defect

Addition of RSASSA-PSS signing algorithm to IBM Sterling Integrator B2B

This singing algorithm was requested by a partner that we trade EDI messages with. They provided us with their new AS2 OCES3 certificate, which used RSASSA-PSS as the signing algorithm. What resulted was that we were able to transmit file but we n...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Future consideration

The idea is to change the password encryption algorithm in the dark data service.

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about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

XMLjsonTransformer for conversion xml to json with array

The conversion xmlToJson generate a file with different tag type when the xml have an array with only one element
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 1 Future consideration

MQ connection pooling druing put sesions in WS MQ suite adapters in SBI

Prior to 5.2 6..3 (when were in 5.2 1) the MQ put sessions were using connection pool After the upgrade to 5.2.6;3 under the WS MQ suite service adapters - the MQ Put session connection are established & teared down on per message basis This c...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Is a defect