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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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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...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Future consideration

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...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 2 Not under consideration

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

Add a polling feature to IBM Sterling B2B Integrator similar - to the IBM Sterling GENTRAN polling feature.

The GENTRAN polling feature we have used for years had made it possible to be very close to RealTIME in processing and getting files to their destination. Our internal systems and external customers have come to expect this, especially to meet SLA...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 1 Functionality already exists

Adding custom attributes/object to demand entity

While capturing the demand in SIP, we want to collect, persist, and publish additional information associated with the Demand. This will help the demand data to be more informative to downstream systems.
about 1 year ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Future consideration

Configuration to control Sell and Fulfill capability at node level

Can a product feature be provided as: 1. Ability to turn ON/OFF a node for availability or fulfilment or both. 2. Ability to associate a duration on the action to turn OFF.
about 1 year ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists

Oversell as product feature

Business if expecting following capability : 1. Ability to sell beyond available quantity. 2. Ability to define quantity to be sold beyond available Qty, as a percentage or unit in the catalog hierarchy 3. Ability to configure, calculation of over...
about 1 year ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Planned for future release

Change selector page from number to dropdown box while navigating multiple records

Change the page selector from 1,2,3...100 to dropdown box 1-10, 11-20,etc.It is easier to select directly from the dropdown box, instead of going to page 10 and then few more, since not all pages are displayed.
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Node out of cluster - Process files gracefully automatically

Business will get benefitted and avoid impacting bank's reputation.
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Needs more information

Location Table ContactName string greater than 35 charecters.

We are currently using this field 'Contact' to store the email address, but the email that we are currently updating is 36 characters long and the last character is getting truncated due to the field length limitation of the Contact field. So need...