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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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Workflow Rules download facility

Currently workflow master approval table maintained in MROIO is not visible to users and cannot download the table, Every time user has to approach to IBM to provide the excel download. It is suggested to provide the master approval table visible ...
over 2 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 3 Functionality already exists

We need to a native support of OpenSSL encryption as we have for PGP

Banks needs different ways to enrypt files at rest, and they need native support from the sterling solution instead of using CLI adaprter or other mehods
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Not under consideration

Add AD Authentication option for Database Connections

Add support for AD authentication between SI and its database. This would allow the username/password to be managed outside of the application properties files and more easily align with company policies regarding password complexity and who has a...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 2 Future consideration

Dynamic removal of redundant checkpoint entries

Can the logic behind CKPT.DAYS be extended so that this function in invoked on a regular basis (e.g. daily) instead of only when z/OS Connect:Direct is started? When the checkpoint dataset becomes full, the only way to defragment it or clear out r...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Ability to link a future supply(PO) in IV to a customer order in OMS.

One of our client has a requirement to have the visibility of the purchase orders against which a customer order is scheduled by OMS for the following reasons: -> To expedite the delivery of the PO if it has not reached on expected time resulti...
7 months ago in Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Improve the search filter options that are available when resubmitting and resending documents in the InFlight application

The search filters are limited when "Input files to restart" and "Output files to resent" are chosen. These search filter conditions need to be the same as the filter conditions that appear in the "Search for Documents" section.
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 2 Functionality already exists

Provide option in configuration to set to OOB where OOB recommendations are greater than standard configured Service Level configurations.

This would provide greater availability while saving on purchasing costs, etc.
almost 2 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Not under consideration

Add Solace to the list of supported vendors for JMS 1.1

Right now Solace is not listed under the supported vendors and configurations for JMS 1.1: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrator/6.2.0?topic=adapters-supported-vendors-configurations-jms-11
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Not under consideration

Indicate Perimeter Servers which do not have a Service Adapter using it

In Troubleshooter, SI shows the current status of Perimeter Servers. This is the location where users are able to disable/enable the PS. On this same screen, it could also show a count of how many service adapters are using each perimeter server.e...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Enhance CLI with Inbound/Outbound Access Expiry Management and More Specific Failure Return Codes

Add commands to the IBM Sterling CLI to manage inbound/outbound access expiration dates and generate new ones, and include more granular return codes for failures. Description:Currently, IBM Sterling CLI provides a basic return code of 0 for succe...
7 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration