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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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Maintenance mode in ICC

Maintenance mode in ICC - currently we do have a functionality to put servers in some maintenance mode ,so that it does not create alerts at that point but logs every other detail . At present, we either have to turn down the server or shut down I...
4 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 1 Submitted

PDF adapter command to choose type of PDF generation (including PDF/A3A ISO-19005-3)

With Invoicing electronic format becoming mandatory standardized in the EEC, being able to generate a PDF/A3A format would definitely help all European companies developments.
4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Under review

Enable the audit log for ITX flows at the pre and post processor levels in Inflight.

When a ITX map is invoked as TX map if there is a fail function written in map then we get "AUDIT LOG" inflightBut when ITX map is invoked as xproc map if there is a fail function written in map then we do not get "AUDIT LOG" inflight. Please enab...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Future consideration

Automating the regular NDM tasks

We are performing Netmap updates and secure + updates via NDM panels. We need to automate these manual tasks so it will reduce any human error and save time.
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Future consideration

Need ITXA to be tested and certified with Oracle RAC and DB2 Purescale and Document the instructions for setting this up

This will enable customers to setup their Oracle in a Clustered environment with High Availability and Failover capabilities. Oher Products like Sterling B2B Integrator have documented and tested this with their Product which ITXA integrates with....
8 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Under review

C:D UNIX silent update shall honour cdBackupLocation and agentBackupLocation parameters

C:D UNIX silent update does not honour cdBackupLocation and agentBackupLocation parameters when updating
8 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 7 Future consideration

PGP Encryption/Decryption of a file with multiple recipients

Trading Partners may encrypt a file using multi-recipient encryption. For instance, they may encrypt a file with our Public PGP key as well as their own key. When we receive that file, we should be able to decrypt using our private key. Symantec a...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Future consideration

Sterling filegateway does not support Windows Authentication

Sterling filegateway does not support Windows Authentication, currently it just supports SQL authtentication, this is causing issues with keeping up to current security standards.
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

Customization of Next Gen Call Center Home Page - Adding new tile/new link/extra buttons in Home Screen Next Gen Call Center

Next Gen Call Center does not provide a way to customize the home screen by adding a new tile for Product Search or Transfer Order Search etc. Also there is no option to add additional links or buttons - 'create wishlist', 'create appeasement orde...
12 months ago in Call Center 0

Fix "Unsigned application requesting unrestricted access to system" Error when launching Graphical Process Modeler

When launching GPM it produces and error message "Unsigned application requesting unrestricted access to system". There is a workaround currently but this request is to have a permanent fix included in a future version of Sterling Integrator. The ...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 1 Future consideration