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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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CD for z/OS - customisation of ISPF panel library for scroll amounts & CF enhancement

Hi. I have 2 enhancement requests, but they both relate to the ISPF panels for CD for zOS. 1. The default scroll amount on various panels is set to PAGE. I think the CSR setting is more flexible. As the panels do not remember your settings, I h...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Delivered

Test and Certify Control Center 6.0.0.1 and 6.1.1 for Windows Server 2016

Shops that are setting up new server environments are starting to move towards Windows Server 2016. Having versions 6.0.0.1 and 6.1.1 both tested and certified to run on Windows Server 2016 would help keep the server environments more standardized...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Delivered

Allow multiple receipts for a purchase order

Many small and medium retailer do not have partners with full EDI capabilities or retailers may not have capabilities to process vendor EDIs. I am working for such a retailer. They create a purchase order in internal ERP system but they do not get...
about 6 years ago in Store Engagement 1 Delivered

PEM API Test Capability

The PEM API documentation page does not provide a sample input and output message format for the APIs. Some of the API inputs are not intuitive and difficult to get to the correct format accepted by the APIs. If there is an easier API test capabi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Delivered

When will SI support Microsoft SQL Server 2016?

We are upgrading to SI 5.6.3 and I see that only up to Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is supported. When will Microsoft SQL Server 2016 be supported? Will it ever be supported by SI 5.6.3? The client is upgrading all their other applications to SQL Ser...
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

Add TLS 1.3 Support to Connect:Direct

TLS v1.3 was recently released, and we would like to see it added to Connect:Direct w/Secure+ as an available security option for all platforms that support it.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Delivered

C:D 4.8: Add support for Windows 2016 core + clustered environment

At the moment, only Windows 2012 is supported in a core and/or clustered environment while more and more customers will do the move/upgrade to Windows 2016. In the actual context, the market tends to secure more and more their environments. By usi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 3 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.

Reporting Functionality for Rolled Out Activities

In order to succeed in Campaign Management this is a must have item. There needs to be a report with all partners who have activities rolled out to them with the current status. I have attached an example of what fields would need to be included, ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 0 Delivered

Add RequestType UnprovisioningRequest for each protocol (Unprovisioning API)

There is no way to unprovision a setup in SFG from PEM currently. This is a common request from clients. Following the PEM architecture of the codelist integration with SFG there should be a "Delete" configuration which then initiates an unprovisi...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 1 Delivered