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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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Added a feature to support multiple wildcards in file masks for SFTP file retrieval, enabling patterns such as "*filename*.xml" to be used in regular expressions for more flexible file matching

Added a feature to support multiple wildcards in file masks for SFTP file retrieval, enabling patterns such as "*filename*.xml" to be used in regular expressions for more flexible file matching
7 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 0 Planned for future release

Change the process to do 'Reset to Default' in Order Hub to view the newly added OOB search filter in the UI.

There is a need to do 'Reset to Default' in Order Hub post every deployment when a OOB search filter is added on search screen. Else it is not visible. Idea is to remove the need to do that. Typically from user perspective they find it very hard t...
11 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

REST API Server Adapter

Allow Trading Partners to exchange file using REST APIs. If we can have REST adapter similar to SFTP adapter, Partners can use REST APIs to post/get/list etc files to their mailbox. Current REST APIs in B2Bi for administration, management and onbo...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 5 Future consideration

Have option to skip retry for selected HTTPS codes on the APIM UI

Have option to skip retry for selected HTTPS codes on the APIM UI
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 2 Under review

In-Flight Multi-file download button

This will effect all front-line support, mapping and any other support agents using In-flight. Right now, in order to download all files attached to a transmission, the agents have to manually download one by one. If it's possible, adding a downlo...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Planned for future release

Include the SA steps as part of run-as-root | C:D installation and upgrade

The customer noticed Connect Direct services are impacted post RHEL 8 upgrade (from previous RHEL versions 7.x) . The SA needs to perform a few steps (outlined in https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-sterling-connectdirect-unix-fails-start-red-ha...
4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Functionality already exists

Automatic reconfiguration of primary cluster node

It would be so much easier to migrate and not create a new databases just for adding or removing old nodes. Easier for maintenance and scalability as well.
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Essentials - add summary graphs for basic reporting

There is no Analytics in Essentials but rudimentary reporting would add some value
4 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Certificate Management Automation

The CA / Browser consortium has voted to reduce the certificate lifetime down to 47 days over the next 2 years. The process to manage certificates in connect:direct is manual. This will become unmanageable to maintain manually.
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Not under consideration

Extra Cols in Table on UI Dialog

Table on UI Dialogs can have a max of 10 columns. Sometimes more than 10 columns are required to collect data from sponsors/partners. Please extend the number of max columns a table can have.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Planned for future release