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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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prioritize items with same GTIN during fulfillment

Hi, We have an requirement from client on GTIN concept. A watch can be from different factories, like The China factory SKU would be AU1234, whereas the India factory SKU would be AU1234I or AU1234IE. And below are the requirements Consolidated In...
about 7 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

DeliveryLeadTimeUE should include order and order line reference in the input

Our current client implementation relies on product delivery on a specific date such as birthday. The product can only be delivered on that specific day, not a day before and not a day after. In order to achieve that OMS is relying on an external ...
about 7 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

To introduce OOTB flag for backordering of remaining qty on change release

Currently in Sterling Order Management V9.5 On TO release, a shipment request is sent to WH. Two flags "ShipShipment" and "ShortShipment" will be sent in ShipConfirm message by WH. If ShipShipment is Y, OMS can expect more shipments and if ShortSh...
over 7 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

Provision to enable creating Resource Pool for Service Items from UI [either SBC or Order HUB]

Today we are able to create Resource Pool for Node Capacity, however we dont have a way other than using OOB Api to create resource pool for Services. It would be a good to have configuration in UI to create resource pool for Provided services and...
2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Not under consideration

Whenever the receiving node is marked as "OFF" in OrderHub, the system should prevent order creation.​ In case the order is created and the receiving node is inactive, automatically move order to a "Backordered" status during scheduling, regardless of the AssumeInfiniteInventory flag or actual inventory maintenance in OMS.​

IBM Sterling OMS currently supports backordering only when the Ship Node is marked as dirty and the AssumeInfiniteInventory flag is either set to 'N' or null.​ In this setup, if the inventory is not maintained and AssumeInfiniteInventory = Y, the ...
2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

Enhance DTK to run in exploded mode

Developers need a way to deploy customizations quickly and run tests on the tool kit. In the non-docker solution, there was a exploded mode deployment wherein the custom.jar can be replaced, appserver bounced to perform unit testing No such opt...
3 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

Enable view only permission to the product details screen in IBM Sterling Business Center

We have a requirement to view product details in SBC without any edit or modify access. However, with current user group permissions, if Item Administration permission is enabled for IBM Sterling Business Centre, we are able to modify item propert...
4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Data Extract Agent to send deleted records

Currently the extract agent does not send any data that was deleted from OMS database. This is causing discrepancies with our internal Data warehouse for any data that gets purged in OMS. The main concern is actually Inventory purge. We have a pro...
4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Introduce Surplus Transfer Opportunities IN - show Transfers available IN to a plant

When implementing new stock levels, the business has an opportunity to reduce working capital costs by utilising surplus stock from another plant to fulfil requirements. By introducing a field Surplus Transfer Opportunities IN and allowing it to b...
4 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

I would like the ability to download and use Distinct Values on the References tab.

It would be very helpful if I could download information from the References tab to Excel, but I do not seem to have the option. I also noticed that other functions that are available on the ITEMS tab such as distinct values are not available. The...
5 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration