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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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Amazon Resource Name (ARN) roles for integration between S3 adapter and S3 buckets.

Today, SBI only supports access to AWS S3 buckets via secret and access keys. While keys can be configured, the preference from our security and cloud team is to have ARN roles supported as key management becomes difficult with rotating keys every...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 0 Submitted

Simplify the JDBC Driver Update Procedure

During a recent database migration, it was necessary to update the JDBC driver used by Sterling Integrator. The procedure to do this is well-documented here: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/how-update-jdbc-driver-ibm-sterling-b2b-integrator-vers...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

ITXA Graphical User Interface should be https. Currently it's only http which is less secure.

ITXA current system is http based. System should be updated to https to provide better security.
9 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Submitted

Our goal is to have the same number of retries applied to the backup configuration as to the main one.

We are currently using an IBM fix that enables Connect:Express to use a backup IP address for outgoing transfers when a transfer fails using the main IP address defined in the partner directory (TCP/IP error level). The issue we’re facing is that,...
9 days ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Other 0 Submitted

Ability to search or view history shipments in Order Hub

Currently there is no provision to search or view history shipments in Order Hub, neither there are any identifiers for history shipments as well. This feature is only present for archived orders however this is a useful feature to have.
9 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Submitted

Provide ProcessID as top-level field in the InFlight search screen

We would prefer to have the 'Process ID' displayed as a top-level field on the InFlight search screen, instead of being hidden under the 'Business Fields' section.
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Planned for future release

Global Cleanup Logic in External Purge Process

The external purge functionality in B2BI has shown significant improvement compared to the internal purge mechanism. However, further enhancements are needed to ensure the database and file system remain lightweight, scalable, and cost-efficient i...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Submitted

Improve SPOE update process in containers so that a helm install is not required

Currently, when making an update to the SPOE file, the process requires the file to be pulled in via a helm install. In an enterprise environment, there tend to be limitations on what can be done during business hours as part of normal configurati...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 3 Functionality already exists

TPA enhancement and MWS/TN

We are using TPA under MWS/TN. In TPA we have multiple sections. One of the sections called Dynamic Mapping which used to configure the XPATH to change the values of the XML based on the condition. We have option to restrict the complete TPA to al...
11 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

VDA standards missing in IBM ITX

After checking with IBM ITX Support, we confirmed that there is no out-of-the-box type tree available for the VDA Standard. We request that a VDA (German Association of the Automotive Industry (Verband der Automobilindustrie)) type tree be include...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 2 Submitted