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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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More Flexibility in Segmenting Inventory

We have various types of customers shipping from our warehouses, and our partnershps vary. Some partners are assigned a fixed # of units of inventory, while others are assigned a share (%) of units in a specific warehouse. It is important for our ...
12 months ago in Inventory Visibility 0

MS GRAPH API Protocol for B2Bi Mail Client Service Adaptor

We have one integration where we are using B2B Mail Client Adapter to fetch mails and perform operations. Now Exchange servers from where we are downloading mails are moving to Cloud. They want us to use protocol like MS graph API or Exchange Web ...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 2 Not under consideration

Make component rules validation optional, just as it is the case with restriction lists

In WTX, when running a map, there's an option to avoid validating restriction lists. Having the same option for component rules could be useful in some cases.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Command Server 1 Functionality already exists

Lot's of remote profiles causing the UI page to crash on SFG Consumer - SFTP profile selection page

Lot's of remote profiles causing the UI page to crash on SFG Consumer - SFTP profile selection page, should have a property to control the no.of profiles displayed on the sftp profile selection page.. IBM Case# TS009761621
almost 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Onboarding 0 Planned for future release

PRINCIPAL column in ACT_SESSION table is too short

Error in logs indicating data truncation on PRINCIPAL column in ACT_SESSION table. ERROR 000000000000 GLOBAL_SCOPE DmiVisEventWarehouseQueue.Worker.executeStatementsAsExecutor had a SQL exception from pstmnt: PreparedStatementHelper: SQL: UPDATE A...

Allow Connect Direct processes "Waiting on I/O" to stop consuming a Thread (similar to how SFTP operates)

In order to expand usage of Connect Direct inside B2Bi, Connect Direct processes need to behave similar to other protocols. Connect Direct consumes an entire Thread (queue watcher) the entire time a Connect Direct transfer is occurring. With other...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Future consideration

Add time zone to Connect Direct logs

Add time zone information to Connect Direct logs. Log file should present the datetime/timestamp in unambiguous fashion.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

Configuring Mailbox User Interface through HTTP protocol for Global Mailbox

We recently installed Global Mailbox on existing Sterling Integrator and currently working on migrating partners from traditional SI mailboxes to Global Mailboxes. We use SFTP, NDM (connect direct) and HTTPs protocols for file transmission. For SF...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 2 Not under consideration

Add a comments field in customization UI

There must be a comments field in customization UI while adding entries to customer_overrides.
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Container enhancement - Set group to 0

Currently the PEM container expects to be run as pemuser:pemgroup (1011:1011). The files and directories inside the image are owned by 1011:1011. When running on OpenShift, a random user id is used to run the container. This user is not able to ex...