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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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Filtering Inbound & Outbound Rules based on the Inflight Direction Field by adding Checkbox or Dropdown box

We can check the flow (inbound or outbound) based on the rulename or the Inflight Direction Field. There is no option to filter the inbound and outbound rules in BPN
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Not under consideration

Consideration of BPN Field's : MapList1, MapList2, MapList3 for adding more Mapnames

We have a BPN Field: MapList which accepts only 256 Characters. We need to consider the new BPN Fields: MapList1, MapList2, MapList3 etc. in future for adding the mapnames when one of the MapList field has more than 256 characters.
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Not under consideration

Segregate PR and PP JMS properties instead of overloading them into one and forcing 2 copies of MountFiles

If embedded JMS is used, the Partner Repository and Partner Provisioner use different values in the same property "enable_jms_features" in Setup.cfg file. This makes it imperative to create two distinct copies of the entire MountFiles directory to...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Include ISA information in either the data passed to the hcsvu exit for implementing a type 7 rule in the qualifier file or in the data passed to a type 7 custom user exit

We currently have a requirement to compare one of ISA value to 1000A NM1 values to ensure they are same and it is currently no doable in ITX. We received this as a suggestion from support ticket TS005672303
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 0 Not under consideration

Allow EDIT Option for Codelist "Sender Code" and "Receiver Code " while editing a codelist

Currently codelist in Config Center allows editing the codelist entries but it is limited only to Description and Text Fields. We should also have option to correct the Sender Code and Receiver Code incase it is incorrect. There was a instance in ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Not under consideration

Provide more dynamic error handling for nodes missing processing plan values

Currently Watson Order Optimizer requires that all internal (regular) candidate nodes passed for a given order line have a valid processing plan loaded. If not, that order reaches an error state (Derived Capacity Not Found for Node ...). This is t...
almost 6 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Product Functionality 1 Not under consideration

Change Optimizer Parameters via CSV File Upload

The business has requested the ability to upload a CSV file to the dashboard to change the individual parameter settings by node i.e. th, d, and o.
almost 6 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer 1 Not under consideration

Order Optimizer support for passing pre-defined roles via federated (SSO) IBM ID authentication

Add Order Optimizer support for federated IBM ID authentication by predefined roles for the Dashboard / PDT. In this approach, a federated (single sign on) Client would be able to pass a role as part of the authentication that would determine whic...
almost 6 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer 0 Not under consideration

Provide Aspera MFT key / certificate authentication in place of user id & password

Enhance Aspera MFT authentication options to use a key / certificate instead of a user id and password. Key Authentication is more secure than just user id and password.
almost 6 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Standards 0 Not under consideration

Revise the current Direct Ship Vendor item handling in Order Optimizer

Revise the current Order Optimizer logic for Direct Ship Vendor (DSV) items. Currently DSV items are prioritized to a vendor for fulfillment even though other nodes may have the capability to fulfill that item. In the case of multi-item orders thi...
almost 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Not under consideration