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prioritizing routing of files, File A routing needs to take precedence over File B. Routing channel template is complex and burdensome. provided by Matt Moder

File ABC and File XYZ both hit their respective mailboxes in SFG at the same time or close to it. Both files use the same routing rule/ template (and associated business processes) File XYZ routing needs to take precedence over File ABC Once File ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance 0 Submitted

Two factor authentication for admin users

Access to Sterling Filegateway for admin users is via userid/password only. This request is for two factor authentication to be supported, via userid/password and RSA token
about 1 month ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Submitted

Add support for the "OPTS UTF8 ON" FTP Client command/parameter.

Beginning with Windows Server 2016, the Microsoft FTP Client includes the "OPTS UTF8 ON" command. The Sterling B2B Integrator FTP Server does not support this command, and returns a 501 error message. This "OPTS UTF8 ON" command is included in RFC...

Make Connect Direct for z/OS the only handler of encryption and decryption. We dont want to grant users access to the Cryptografic Services Facility

We have noticed that Connect Direct for z/OS requests users submiting a job to have READ access to the CSFSERV when using any of the GCM ciphers.We want to use the highest available cipher without compromising the security by granting unrequired r...
about 2 months ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 0 Submitted

Add support to allow for an Azure Service Bus Queue to be used to trigger a Launcher / Flow

Need support to allow a new message on a ASB queue to trigger a Launcher or Flow. Currently this is not support. We can only Read / write to a ASB Queue, we can not Listen.
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Submitted

Enhance the MQ Adaptor for Launcher / Flow Server to use MQ GEt with CallBack vs the constant pooling of the Queue

Currently the ITX MQ Adaptor is constantly Pooling the MQ Queue (observed via MQ API Trace) for new messages based on a default 2 sec polling interval in the dtx.ini. Would like to see an option to do a unlimited MQ GET wait with the MQ Callback A...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Submitted

JSON Schema Import Support on Design Studio

If we can get the JSON Schema Importer on Design Studio, we dont need to be dependant on JSON fil which must contain all data as per the schema again.
2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Submitted

Let keystore/truststore fields directly editable in the Admin Web Interfaca

In SEAS 6.0 GUI it was possible to specify keystore/truststore as local to the server in the GUI. In SEAS 6.1 the keystore/trust must be fetched from the users LAPTOP as the browse functionality is local to the browser and input fields are protected.

Customize the different designers to chose another temp folder

Currently the different designers (design studio, flow designer DB and RR managers) may use the install folder to write temporary/log/work files. Being able to force those tools to write somewhere else (using a setup file or whatever) could be hel...
2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Installation 0 Submitted

Ability to track parts transfers out from a site and to the receiving site

Useful for tracking the flow of transferred inventory, including dead and re-deployable inventory, and which site are supporting this process.
3 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Submitted