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Improvements to the B2B API framework

B2Bi customers are making large time, resource, and budget investments in automation. These automation projects rely heavily on the B2Bi API framework. The current API framework and documentation do not lend itself to large scale automation projec...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Show the filename in the Job report within Configuration Hub

When troubleshooting or reviewing completed jobs, it would be helpful to see the filename that was used for the job. The "Job specifics report" could show the filename.
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other Submitted

Connect:Direct for Zos Suports Object Storage

Connect:Direct for Zos does not support send/receiving files from/to Object Storages. Customers are urging that functionality for AWS and Azure.
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS Needs more information

Databricks connector for SB2Bi

Today, Databricks is a major player in the data industry. The strategic directions of the Group have led to the construction of an Azure Data Lake, and the data management solution implemented to ingest, process, and expose data in this DL is Data...

Add Change Description/Comments on imports completed through Jobs

When using the Jobs import process to load a new version of a map or code list, there needs to be a Change Description/Comment option to be able to put in details or a case#
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other Submitted

Use a custom filename for the zip file when using the getMultipleDocumentGet REST API

The sfgapis getMultipleDocumentGet is to bundle one or more documents from B2B into a zip file and receive this zip as response. http://<Install_Host>:<Liberty_port>/sfgapis/ Using the getMultipleDocumentGet sfgapi there's no option to...
5 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / APIs & SDKs Submitted

Need Audit logs for partners deleted in PEM/PCM

Currently if a partner is removed from PCM, then there is no audit log as who deleted the partner. We opened a case with IBM but they confirmed that currently that is not available and can be requested by RFE in future. Our audit requirement is to...
about 1 month ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / User Administration Submitted

Native PGP should perform at least comparatively with Command Line versions of PGP when encrypting large files

Recent versions of B2Bi have included a version of PGP (Native PGP) built into the product which allows users to perform PGP operations within B2Bi rather than having to use the CLA2 adapter to call these operations. This on paper provides many be...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance Submitted

Support for Arbitrary User ID in IBM Connect:Direct Container Images

Modify the Connect:Direct container image to enable running it with a random UID. OpenShift Security Context Constraints (SCCs) assign random user IDs at runtime while maintaining group ID 0 (root group) for security purposes. This security model...
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability Planned for future release

improve house cleaning efficiency

We at FEPOC has been using this product together with ITXA and ITX since 2019. The issue here is that the house cleaning jobs are not keeping up with the high volume we process every day. See the detail word document in support ticket TS018931836....
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance Planned for future release