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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...

Sterling B2B Integrator

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Support transactional JSON in a similar manner to XML within Document Extract Service/X12 Envelope Service (and EDIFACT likely too)

We are a large user of Sterling B2Bi both BPs and Enveloping and historically we also have been for mapping as well. That said we have a lot of demand with the movement in the development space and even a few external facing areas toward JSON, as ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Group level envelope request correlation override, where GS envelope is setup for NO acknowledgement

For ISA level acknowledgement request we have correlation overrides parameter like Out_InterchangeAcknowledgmentRequested where as similar parameter is not available for overrides. Setup for this request : set outbound generic GS envelope with - E...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Future consideration

Fix the migration of envelopes from Sterling B2B Integrator and ITXA

When we export envelope from SI and import to ITXA, we are missing some configuration. Please see the word document attached. I am also attaching XML export file where you can find the UNH_DEFAULT_OUT envelope.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Show more detail, on progress bar, when using IIM to upgrade B2Bi

Upgrading B2Bi v6.0 to v6.1 took almost two hours. For the majority of that time, IIM's progress bar sat at (about) 60%. It would be helpful to see what it's doing or even update the progress bar more frequently.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 2 Not under consideration

Global Mailbox's Cassandra and ZooKeeper's SLES support

Having the ability to install CAS and ZK on SLES, avoiding mixed environments on existing installations (SLES for B2Bi and RHEL for CAS/ZK)
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 0 Future consideration

Enable to configure property maxNumberOfWSMQSuiteConnections greater than 500

There are clients who need more than 500 connections to MQ, 500 is a value so small. File where is configured wsmq.properties.in Description of property: # PROPERTY_NAME : maxNumberOfWSMQSuiteConnections ## PROPERTY_TYPE : Integer ## PROPERTY_DESC...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Integrate internal source control to standard source control tools (e.g. git) or artifact repositories (e.g. artifactory)

Secure management of code and config for large enterprises is pushing heavily towards standard repositories. These are increasingly used not only to assist developers, but also as points of governance and auditabiltiy. Sterling's internal source ...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Add GCM Encryption Algorithm

Currently while configuring the AS2 profile for partners, the only encryption algorithms allowed are DES, RC2 and AES. We need the GCM ciphers also to be made available on the dropdown for "Encryption Algorithm"
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Customer requires complete encryption of all objects stored at rest in B2Bi/SFG database including trading partner information

Requirement has been stated by customer that all columns in the B2Bi/SFG database be encrypted, beyond what is hashed (passwords) and at-rest encryption (documents). This would include more recent sensitive information such as user names, IPs and ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 0 Future consideration

Implementing a new adapter to convert encoded XML string to process data.

I have a BP which converts a JSON to XML using xmljsontransformer. The XML is then saved in textual format in the process data ("Output" tag) and subsequently I have to convert it to XML always in the process data. If get the output from the file ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Future consideration