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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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Keep the display length selected for a page when returning to that page

When working in Card Builder (for instance), the default page length to display Cards is 10. It can be modified for the current display, but changing page and returning to it resets the page length. It would be a good idea to maintain the page len...
10 months ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 0 Future consideration

Sync Supply to have a capability to just report the mismatches and not apply the differences.

We want a capability in SIP to just report / publish an event with the mismatches evaluated during the inventory synchronization flow and not always apply the same. Something similar to the " ApplyDifferences " capability in the GIV world. There a...
10 months ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists

An enhancement request with Product Management to add support for AWS RDS SQL*Server and/or AWS RDS Postgres with Kerberos authentication.

We are migrating existing SQL*Server database (w/ Kerberos authentication) to AWS RDS platform. Current C::D Control Center does NOT support AWS RDS (any databases, such as Postgres). We won;t be able to configure Control Center as IT IS NOT MEET ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 1 Future consideration

IV Node availability call to accomodate custom supply and demand types when integrated with OMS

Most of the OMS implementation would have custom supply and/or demand types part of their business. Currently, the IV node availability call considers only OOB supply and demand types when integrated with OMS, which gives an incorrect inventory pi...
almost 6 years ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Functionality already exists

Ability to create single relationship setup which can handle multiple folders for FTP/SFTP

Business scenario : Currently our system configuration allows only one FTP/SFTP folder to be pointed under single Sterling Commerce Inflight relationship. Sometimes we get request from client for 1xFTP/SFTP setup but route different file type to r...
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS 1 Not under consideration

Self-Service option in SFG, allow our business partner to replay their own failed transfers.

Is there an option in SFG to allow our business partner to replay their own failed file transfers for their accounts? If so, do you have any documentation/information on how to enable that feature?
over 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to route files from alternate datacentre in Global Mailbox

We currently receive files internally from multiple sources into Global Mailbox which is load balanced across the two datacentres. We have had situation whereby a file has come into DC1 and we have needed to redeliver the file in DC2 due to issues...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 1 Future consideration

Enable partial line cancellation in Order Hub

Partial line cancellation currently works from Order Hub (only post turning ON 'Add Qty' modification rule for required order line and release statuses from DOM) – however it also enables line quantity addition feature which is not desired. There ...
10 months ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Add fonctionnality to re-Deliver file from Filegateway

Would it be possible to re-deliver an Filegateway transfer error directly from the Control Center web console? We alert our teams with Control Center but they cannot restart directly from Control Center. Our teams should connect à Control Center ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Future consideration

Develop generic XSL to convert XML to JSON for new XML validation Service

Develop a XSL to convert XML to Json convertion and deploy in XML validation service. This will help us to remove indivdiual ITX maps for those convertions.
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 2 Not under consideration