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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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Add TEXT/BINARY mode marker to Connect Direct log file

Current version of Connect Direct does not log the information if transmission was made in TEXT or BINARY mode. This enhancement is to add clear information about used mode (TEXT/BINARY) to the log in CTRC record
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 3 Planned for future release

Need to include ReferenceNumber and ProcessID to InFlight API filters

Please add ReferenceNumber and ProcessID to the list of InFlight API filters Currently the REST query parameters are limited to the following: direction (INBOUND, OUTBOUND) status (SUCCESS, FAILURE) state (IN_PROGRESS, COMPLETE, INCOMPLETE) doc_ty...
8 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Planned for future release

Add more Ciphers for SSH to security.properties supported by JDK8

Please enable the following Ciphers: diffie-hellman-group14-sha256 diffie-hellman-group15-sha512 diffie-hellman-group16-sha512 rsa2048-sha256 AEAD_AES_128_GCM AEAD_AES_256_GCM hmac-sha11 hmac-sha2-512 Kind Regards
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Planned for future release

Expand the Smart Review code so it works for Dow data

The Smart Review feature does not work for Dow. We believe that this feature would increase the efficiency of work queue recommendation reviews, which are all manual by a Reliability Engineer and Inventory Coordinator.
4 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

SFG File Size column in Activity

When looking at 'Routes' > 'Activity', one can right-click the column headings and add the 'Size'. However, there is no way to save this setting and it disappears once you log off and log back in. I opened Case TS015174429 and they responded wi...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Control centre to be RAC aware (TAF and TAC)

IBM control center needs to have rac aware features like TAC, TAF to enable database maintainence without causing an outage to the app. This will enable handoff patching / automated rolling patching for databases.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Planned for future release

Modification in CancelOrder API functionality to preserve the Shipment Notes

Current Scenario : At the time of order cancellation "CancelOrderAPI" is cancelling all the active shipments & wiping the Shipment notes along with it. Requirement : We want to preserve the Shipment notes which are getting wiped at Order cance...
5 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Planned for future release

modify the path of the objectstore logs

The main problem is that the logs are stored in the /home of the user executing a transmission that sends files to the cloud (AWS, COS, GC). On Linux servers, if we have an owner user of the ConnectDirect product, we do not have permissions to vie...
9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Planned for future release

Feature to Download and Upload CDT xml from CLI (IBM OMOC)

As of now, CLI does not provide the feature to download and upload CDT XML's in OMOC.
almost 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Planned for future release

Role based access to unprovision of codelist facility

functionality where unprovision button is only available to first/primary sponsor admin.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release