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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...

Sterling B2B Integrator

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CyberArk AIM Integration/Connector

As part of security's best practices, it is mandatory that all applications have a connector with CyberArk to retrieve passwords from functional users, so it isn't allowed to storage static passwords in the local servers/Properties files from appl...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 5 Not under consideration

Restrict file types that can can be received by the SFTP server adaptor

it would add another layer to security
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Not under consideration

New report that lists the XML source code of the BPs.

New report that allows the client to know the xml content of one, several or all active BPs in the system at any time. This would allow reviewing the processes, looking for adapters and others, that the client may need to know when migrating from ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Help us to DB_SCHEMA_OWNER parameter dont be ignored by SFG in order it can start to use schema owner specified?

Help us to DB_SCHEMA_OWNER parameter dont be ignored by SFG in order it can start to use schema owner specified?
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 3 Not under consideration

Add xlsx as report format

Microsoft is phasing out the use of xls formatted files. You have to manually open and save each file to convert to xlsx.
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Control Number History should be sorted by control number so they are easy to find.

Very often control numbers must be deleted to reprocess an EDI document and their are most often way to many pages of control numbers to look through to find the one in question.
almost 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Not under consideration

compression at the HTTP layer

It would be good to have option like (something like compress="True") to compress the file at HTTP layer, to achieve this do we have any parameter set any of the HTTP Services/adapter level at HTTP Begin Session service/HTTP Client Method service ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Update db_optimization_tool.sh to support Oracle and other DB Vendors

In the past IBM provided the db_optimization_tool.sh script with B2B Integrator to facilitate index reorgs with MySQL DBs. Several companies such as my own will only implement vendor scripts for index reorgs. Can IBM update that script and supply it.
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Not under consideration

Add support for Global Data Services (GDS) & Application Continuity and Transaction Guard (ACTG)- Oracle 19c

We would like to take advantages of some features Oracle has to offer in the new space which will increase application uptime and availability during database patching. In our environment in order to support rolling patches and ensure application ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Not under consideration

Add the TRADACOMS messages to Standard Library

Hi, This is to request that please add the TRADACOMS messages such PVUHDR, PVUINF and PVUTLR into the Standards Library.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 1 Not under consideration