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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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Have statistics Records (CT and maybe others) indicate the true node a transfer was sent to when ALT.NODEDEF is coded in the Netmap for a node

Currently if two nodes are defined NODEA and NODEB in the netmap and NODEA has ALT.NODEDEF=NODEB coded, if NODEA can not sent to its primary IP address coded then the file will be sent to the IP address coded on NODEB. The issue is that the CT sta...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 7 Delivered

Need to monitor the progress of IV APIs

The current IV has no way of monitoring the progress of APIs and we need better visibility and access to logs. Also, we need an API to query all the items sync'd up per store / all stores.
over 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

Enhance SFTP Inbound Push and SFTP Outbound Pull Configuration Profiles to store authorized user key

The SFTP Inbound Push and SFTP Outbound Pull Configuration Profiles does not have the option to store authorized user keys. These keys are needed for SFTP key authentication and should be stored in these profiles.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Onboarding 0 Delivered

Enhance the product to prevent large file transfers from failing when the TCP channel goes idle and gets closed due to inactivity.

When using the Aspera FASP capability in Connect Direct and SSP the TCP channel will go completely idle while the data is being transferred over the UDP channel. Production networks will detect this as an inactive sessions after tjust a few minute...
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Delivered

Please incorporate FlowVariables in x/OS Command Server

We have been asking for this for years and years. Finally learned about it for version 10. Learned how to code it, coded it in about 20 minutes. I then ported the map to z/OS where we run this map, and it did not work. Support advised that FlowVar...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Delivered

BUC - make inventory reporting bundle aware

BUC inventory search should be able to take a SKU which is a bundle and return the inventory at the selected nodes, calculating the inventory of the bundle based on the inventory of the component SKUs.
over 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

APi templates to allow us to adjust the EXTN fields in the tables

We went in and adjusted the APi templates to allow us to adjust the EXTN fields in the tables, However the manageChargeCategory API will not allow us to change the extn fields.
about 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Delivered

Single IBM ID Sign-in for Customer Centre Suite of Products

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over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 2 Delivered

Denied Workflow Corrections directly from within Workflow list view

Frequently when a workflow change is denied, the approver has asked for something to be changed or corrected on the record being submitted (set size is incorrect, business Impact is incorrect, reorder levels adjusted to a lower number, etc). The s...
about 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Delivered

Enable PUBLIC_KEY Authentication for Inbound Push/Outbound Pull SSH-FTP Configuration

Since PUBLIC_KEY authentication is supported the PUBLIC_KEY option needs to be added to the Authentication Type for Inbound Push and Outbound Pull SSH-FTP. It is already available for Inbound Pull and Outbound Push.