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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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Denied Workflow Corrections directly from within Workflow list view

Frequently when a workflow change is denied, the approver has asked for something to be changed or corrected on the record being submitted (set size is incorrect, business Impact is incorrect, reorder levels adjusted to a lower number, etc). The s...
about 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Delivered

Add support for IAM Role credentials using the AWS S3 adapter

Today the Sterling AWS S3 Adapter only supports the use of IAM User credentials. In order to dynamically generate expiring credentials we need the ability to use IAM Role Credentials via the AWS S3 Adapter.
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Delivered

Would like to associate ILMD data to different products in an event

We would like to associate ILMD data to different product in an event (for example, the expiry date in the different output product).
about 2 years ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 0 Delivered

We would like to view the ILMD information in the Trace UI

We would like the ILMD data to be displayed in the Trace UI, along with GDST master data elements in Trace
about 2 years ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 0 Delivered

Add dedicated Safe Name and Object Name fields to Password Exit tab in Functional Authorities in Connect Direct for Windows

Currently Password Exit tab in Functional Authorities in Connect Direct for Windows allows to configure Application ID and Policy ID only. This idea is to add other fields - Safe Name, Object Name and Secure+ Label name into these settings in orde...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Delivered

Global Mailbox needs to have a sample Mailbox Message Delete BP or Documentation demonstrating the best methods for deleting Global Mailbox Messages

Currently Global Mailbox does not have any out of the box Mailbox Message Delete BP. B2Bi has the Mailbox Scheduled Delete Service which can be configured to delete traditional mailbox messages. This service can list all the mailboxes and allow fo...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Delivered

Order Payment Status to Authorized with payment pending

When using Charge instead of Authorize payment configuration the order payment status is moving to authorized in case async payment process which is waiting for the final success notification from 3rd party. This is allowing the order to get fulfi...
about 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Delivered

EDD calculation should factor carrier holidays and weekends

Currently there is no capability to set Carrier holidays and weekend schedule that can be factored in EDD calculation. Padding-up days to regular schedule isn't a great option. If holidays and weekends) are not accounted for, the delivery date cal...
about 2 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Delivered

Embed refresh report in PU process

Clients complain that the PU completion email has arrived but yet their analytics reports have not got the latest data. The refresh_report is a separate process. There should be some automation to avoid confusion on clients so once the PU is finis...
about 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 5 Delivered

Allow selection of PGP Profile on the Partner Profile in SFG - currently SFG only allows AFTPGPProfile

File Gateway today only allow the use of the static PGP Profile named 'AFTPGPProfile' - thus allowing only 1 type of PGP encryption to be used platform wide. We have vendors (using AWS S3) that only support the OpenPGP standard / GnuPGP for encryp...
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Delivered