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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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Add Description field to API for Windows netmap add

The API in Connect:Direct Web Services does not allow for a 'Description' field when using the API for netmap adds. For Windows, it requires a separate API to accomplish this. The API for UNIX netmap adds has the Description field, so having the f...
9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 1 Planned for future release

Single Sign On with Okta identity provider

currently Single Sign On with Netegrity SiteMinder is only supported. Requesting IBM to include Okta as Single Sign On provider with IBM Sterling B2B Integrator along with documentation.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Allow PS log file name to be configured with standard name

Currently the PS log file name is like PS.Logger.Dyyyymmmdd.Thhmmss. It should be configurable and follow the same name convention as what's used in CM and SSP etc.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 1 Planned for future release

AWSS3ClientForB2Bi Adapter can't work to receive parameters from BPML

When using the AWSS3ClientForB2Bi Adapter and configuring the connection with S3 it works well. When working with BPML and trying to pass the connections to S3 by BPML it doesn't work. The idea is to allow BPML parameters to connect with S3.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Future consideration

Multi-threaded solution for MEFG adapter

Since MEFG adapter is single threaded , it can handle only one SWIFT (Interact / Fileact )request at a time . This makes subsequent SWIFT requests keeping in queue waiting to reach till MEFG adapter, this breaks the SLA of responding SWIFT request...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 2 Future consideration

File replay on surviving data center using metadata from cassandra if the processing data center goes down

Currently , if the file is uploaded to the datacenter (DC) and that DC goes down, there is no way to replay that file until the DC comes up. This causes adverse impact on customer's business. Having this will help the production support to replay ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

Add a polling feature to IBM Sterling B2B Integrator similar - to the IBM Sterling GENTRAN polling feature.

The GENTRAN polling feature we have used for years had made it possible to be very close to RealTIME in processing and getting files to their destination. Our internal systems and external customers have come to expect this, especially to meet SLA...
9 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Functionality already exists

Adding custom attributes/object to demand entity

While capturing the demand in SIP, we want to collect, persist, and publish additional information associated with the Demand. This will help the demand data to be more informative to downstream systems.
9 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Planned for future release

Configuration to control Sell and Fulfill capability at node level

Can a product feature be provided as: 1. Ability to turn ON/OFF a node for availability or fulfilment or both. 2. Ability to associate a duration on the action to turn OFF.
9 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists

PreOrder as a product feature.

Business is expecting the following capability in SIP: 1. Ability to identify a product as a launch product 2. Ability to manage inventory association offered for launch pre-order/pre-sale 3. Seamless integration between OMS and IV w.r.t changes i...
9 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists