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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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Open MCS.CLIST until either TCP or SNA support available

NDM modify commands will fail before local node sign on complete either via TCP or SNA, so open MCS.CLIST until either TCP or SNA support available is more appropriate especially for users who depend on modify command to monitor NDM.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Include API monitoring/output in CD Logs

API connects to the CD product can be for File Transfer submissions or stat gathering for another use such as log checks. These API have a max value configurable on the local node entry in CD netmap file but currently there is no logging of API ac...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Enhance the Excel adapter design to accommodate\control Excel worksheet cell properties for data added by the Excel adapter.

We would like to create $ input amounts as a 'CURRENCY' field. Since the adapter only handles output as General TEXT format we are confined to this format and no other.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 4 Not under consideration

Graph to display fulfillment plan for a particular order

being capable to see a graph related to fulfillment plan of a particular order: where/when each item is sourced, with TO and PO generated to transfer items between nodes, items merge visualized with dates at a particular node then at the end, deli...
over 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

DB Extract agent should be extracting data more frequently

Currently the field 'FrequencyInHours' in the DB Extraction agent configuration defines how frequently the data can be extracted. The min value for FrequencyInHours is 1 hour. This would mean that we can only pick up data that is older than 1 hour...
over 3 years ago in Self Service Tool 4 Not under consideration

Moving picture password technology

No description provided
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Not under consideration

Replace Notify option with email option

Not really a new idea. I am just passing along details on how one can issue an email or text message from an NDM task using RUN TASK PNODE (PGM=IRXJCL) -
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Being able to get alerted based on log file monitoring

It would help to view data similar to Kibana Based Dashboards and get alerts based on Error Codes & Rate of Error Codes.
over 3 years ago in Self Service Tool 5 Not under consideration

MQ Monitoring

Ability to view contents of a Queue Number of messages/Queue Depth Oldest Message Ability to clear Bad data/Add for any Smoke test Receive Queue Depth Alerts (via pagerduty). Aging Messages Alerts Idle Time - No transactions in the queue in last o...
over 3 years ago in Self Service Tool 2 Not under consideration

Implement old IBM computers in every school in Africa

Micro-Recyc-Coopération is a social economy and international cooperation organization active since 2003 based in Montreal (Quebec-Canada). The mandate of our activity is to computerize educational establishments in the South and to raise public a...
over 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Not under consideration