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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...
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...

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Ability to create workflow based on the requester.

We have lots of different users of the tools with different roles and levels of authority. I would like to be able to create a workflow rule based on the requestor, so that, if that individual does not have the proper level of authority to make th...
15 days ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Submitted

Ability to add notes on bulk orders from COM

This would allow the users to update the same notes to mutiple orders at the same time, which would save a lot of time where the user has to update the same note to multiple orders
9 days ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Submitted

Add Certificate Expiration Date to the list of fields logged for a partner certificate CERT= log event

Currently when a partner connects to our Connect:Direct server and negotiates a successful SecurePlus TLS connection, we can see other details of their X.509 certificate CERT= field like Common Name, Locality, State, Country, Serial Number and Fin...
9 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 0 Submitted

Add back ability to configure custom SSL settings per netmap remote node

It appears version 6.2 removes the ability to custom configure SSL settings per each remote node in the netmap and forces you to select a pre-configured SSL profile. We would like to have the option to custom configure SSL settings per each remote...
10 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Increase VALUE column length from 100 characters to 255 in ACT_NON_XFER table.

The reports regarding table ACT_NON_XFER in the Sterling Integrator Database, show incomplete information. The VALUE column is capped at 100 characters, resulting in incomplete visualization of values such as mailboxes. We are suggesting to change...
10 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 0 Submitted

Request for improvement of the CONNECT DIRECT manual contents so that incompatibility information items are clearly indicated

Our client plans to upgrade Connect:Direcr for z/OS from V6.1 to V6.4 in 2025 and we need to provide them with information about incompatibilities from V6.4 to V6.1. We checked the manual of IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS 6.4 Documentaion, but there ...
29 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Submitted

IBM Sterling Products - provide Ansible / Chef playbooks for patching and deploying products

Manual installation and patching of IBM Sterling products is very risky, time-consuming, and error-prone, which is not sustainable for long-term support. Our business is seeking automated playbook recipes (e.g., Chef or Ansible) from IBM for produ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Support ICAP Virus scan for Forward Proxy connections

Sterling customers that receive data from partners benefit from ICAP streaming virus scan. However, most customers support both file transfer motions where SFG/B2Bi reach out to partners to move files as well. This reach out (listening producer) s...
5 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Submitted

Enable Wildcard Entry as Default Lookup Value in Orchestrator/SAT Code Lists

Currently, we use the $CL macro to access Orchestrator/SAT codelists in BPN ST routing rules. However, these codelists do not support wildcard entries (e.g., using an asterisk) for assigning default values when no exact match is found for the look...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted

More date and timestamp choices in transaction logs

This is high priority for being able to monitor effectively.There are very few time and date format choices. We are missing important European standards such as: Most importantly a 24 hour time format. Example: 18.30 instead of 06.30 PM Of all ava...
about 2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 1 Submitted