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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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Customized views in transaction view

It would be useful to be able to save a set of columns for specific use cases. For example when we are searching for Purchase Orders we might be interested in a specific set of columns and when searching for Invoices we might be interested in a di...
12 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Future consideration

Disable inventory safety factor on distribution group level

Currently, there is no option to ignore inventory safety factor when set on node level and configured in global inventory visibility. The option to disable safety factors on distribution group level would be beneficial in order to be able to monit...
almost 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

B2BAC - Support for Azure SQL DB Hyperscale

The ever-evolving cloud offerings require constant review of services and cloud cost management options. As our ebMS/AS4 solution using B2B products is a critical business application we need to ensure that we are using appropriate cloud na...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Not under consideration

Call HSM for synchronous backups from Connect Direct

We would like to include in our Connect Direct process a call to HSM to make synchronous backup of important production dataset received or sended to be able to make a fast recover in case of corruption or data lost. We have tried to make calls to...
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Future consideration

Support for Azure SQL DB Hyperscale

The ever-evolving cloud offerings require constant review of services and cloud cost management options. As our ebMS/AS4 solution using B2B products is a critical business application we need to ensure that we are using appropriate cloud native te...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Not under consideration

Converting SPE codelist to SI codelist format in POD while exporting

In SPE the codelist loaded in SPE format but if we need to use codelist to test a map with local server we need to convert SPE codelist to SI format,As many customers are migrating to SPE ,for many customers like CEVA,LENOVO, Stanley, Micron ,Schn...
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 2 Not under consideration

Manage Count Programs Through Store Engagement UI

Creating, updating, deleting and viewing Count Programs is inherently a business function that should be self-managed by store managers and store operations business users. Currently, there is no UI in Store Engagement to enable business users to ...
6 months ago in Store Engagement / Usability 1 Future consideration

Allow Pass-Through User Mapping option for " Password Or Key " Authentication Method in SFTP policies

We want to be able to select on the secure proxy configuration manager on SFTP policies the User Mapping option " Pass-Through " when the required Authentication Method selected is " Password Or Key ". This option is available for " Password ", " ...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

Decouple Order Service Dependency on Cassandra

Currently, Order Service relies on Cassandra for index data before triggering a search in Elastic. This dependency on Cassandra for search operations in Order Service can cause service disruptions during a Cassandra outage. Additionally, the time ...
12 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Make the 'SourceReferenceNumber' available through the InFlight APIs

The 'SourceReferenceNumber' is a key field used for audit and reconciliation purposes. It is essential that this value be made available through the InFlight APIs.
12 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 3 Planned for future release