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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...
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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Linux systemd IBM Control Center auto boot system unit file

Develop and test example IBM Control Center linux autoboot systemd control script since systemd is replacing init.d for RHEL 7 and other linux distributions.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 0 Future consideration

Control Center authentication and control

For shops that are not using IBM Sterling External Authentication Server to authenticate to Control Center and are using the Control Center authentication, there is currently no way to set an expiration period for a user's password or forcing the ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Provide "replace/override" capabilities when using the CDConfig Tool for Map.cfg and Usr.cfg import

Currently the Connect:Direct CDConfig tool does NOT support the "replace/override" functionality when importing Netmap or User entries. It currently will update existing Initparms, but for some reason it doesn't update existing Netmap or User entr...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Need an API to import invoices for processed orders and shipments

Invoices related to orders, shipments, returns, credit/debit memos are critical pieces of information to build the complete picture of a closed or partially fulfilled order. Since the line-total during order-creation and invoicing could vary, invo...
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

In Inflight - Trading Relationships Report having the Orphan records or duplicate of each correct record

In Inflight - Trading Relationships Report Incorrectly Showing Unknown instead of correct values
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Future consideration

Bill of lading (BOL) functionality should be part of Store offering/product

Bill of lading (BOL) is one of the most important documents in the shipping process. To ship any goods, a bill of lading is required and acts as a receipt and a contract. A completed BOL legally shows that the carrier has received the freight as...
over 4 years ago in Store Engagement 0 Future consideration

Provide Create Order option from the Customer Profile Screen in IBM Sterling Store

In the IBM Sterling Store 10(Angular Version), when we do a customer search and find a customer profile(Customer Details screen attached), we would like to start creating order from that screen. Currently, we have an option to do a Checkout if the...
about 2 years ago in Store Engagement 0 Future consideration

Enable read only user access for SIM UI, this read only user access helps user to view listing and summary screens for all features enabled in SIM UI.

Enable read only user access for SIM UI, this read only user access helps user to view listing and summary screens for all features enabled in SIM UI. Associates and Implementation team would like to view the screens in SIM but not have option to ...
about 2 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 14 Future consideration

Support for Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) for deployment on AWS

Customers are asking if B2BI/SFG can be deployed on Amazon Linux 2 on AWS.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Future consideration

Make package.folderWatchDelayInSecs Available in System Settings

My understanding is that the settings for package.folderWatchDelayInSecs are only available through the RESTful API. This setting along with all settings should be made available in the system settings as well.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Future consideration