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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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comprehensive search facility in PR

We need a comprehensive search facility in PR compared to what is there now. There are many to search in the PEM DB via PR. We probably can use a series of API calls but that is cumbersome to use. So having more advanced search options in PR will ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 1 Planned for future release

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.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Command Server 1 Functionality already exists

Enable myFileGateway multi-factor authentication. Different fields be added for token and password

Enable different fields to be added in the Login's Page for myFilegateway. Ex: Username: Password: Token: We need to receive an extra field during login authentication on myFileGateway, as a random Token for example. Using pre-login Exit, User ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 3 Functionality already exists

RabbitMQ integration

At this moment there is no way to connect with RabbitMQ topics or queus in a native way using B2Bi. RabbitMQ has AMQP as default protocol so it would be useful to have this possibility. A second option is to use the JMS 1.1 interface since RabbitM...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Not under consideration

Ability for Approvers to update fields as a part of Workflow Approvals

As an Inventory Controller, I would like the capability for the original (1st) Workflow Approver to be able to update data against specific fields. These fields are those that contain information that is required to be provided by the Workflow App...
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Future consideration

Ability to present 'Action' options to Approver(s) within Workflow Approvals

As an Inventory Controller, when creating some types of Workflow Rules, I would like the ability to add a list of 'options' for the original (1st) Workflow approver to choose from as a part of their approval, that relate to the result of the appro...
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Future consideration

Decompress .zip files

We have a requirement where the partner application will send compressed(.zip) files. One zip file will contain multiple documents in it. The zip file should be decompressed and the individual files should be sent to the downstream application. An...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Future consideration

Need milliseconds in Source timestamp in IV

Currently in IV we have field "sourceTs" :"2021-02-24T18:42:01Z" but it does not contain milliseconds in it.
over 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 3 Functionality already exists

ITXA - Documentation needing to be updated for the following properties including their implications.

Customer is wanting documentation on the following properties and the implicatoins of using them: # Lock Manager settings: Uncomment to change the default values. # Maximum time to wait for acquiring a lock in ms. The default is 2 hours. #envelopi...

Display who the current approver is on a change request instead of only showing the final approver

When you are reviewing the workflow and seeing where change requests are awaiting review/approval, this feature will allow you to easily be able to see who the current approver is who is. This way, when reports are pulled we know where the request...
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 3 Future consideration