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Extract all Sheets(tabs) from Microsoft Excel into 1 csv file with sheet(tab) spacers

Is there a way in which I could read the whole workbook that would includeall the sheets (tabs) at once, instead of creating multiple cards or calls issuing the PARSE(GET("EXCEL", "-W 'Tab 1' -T", ExcelIn)) changing the sheet name. Is there a wild...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 Not under consideration

Allow variable use in arrays

WTX does not support the use of a variable in an array. So this request is to add this feature in future WTX/ITX releases.That is, a variable can not be used in an indexed field.For example, you can not use Name[INDEX($)] or Name[x], where x being...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Functionality already exists

Connect Direct Certificate Renewal is shown as successful though it is unsuccessful

When the license renewal of Connect:Direct certificate is unsuccessful, no message is shown on GUI or logs. When IBM support is contacted, they replied that the correct logs will be captured in debug mode. As an interim measure, IBM support asked ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 0 Is a defect

SEAS RFE to make generic authentication more robust

According to the SEAS L3 team this is basically working as designed. The Generic authentication do come with limitation, your user will be mapped to 1 user, in your case, this is admin user.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Functionality already exists

Duration Schedule SLC-Generated Message -CSLC043E does not contain detailed information

We have designed one Work flow SLC with Metadata Rule and actions to work on events posted by ITXA. There is also one rule created based on message id: CSLC043E , Event Type: SLC Notification to trigger an alert if Workflow/Milestone/Step/Process ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Not under consideration

Cognos reporting does not return MQ return codes - Refer PMR 34702,442,000

When we run Cognos report, we filter based on Event Return Code under MQMFT FIle Transfer Report, it never comes with return codes as 40.We can see the return codes coming as 0,1,2 and 8 instead of standard MQ FTE return codes like 20,40 etc.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Custom KPI Reporting on SFG/B2Bi custom information

Our B2Bi Process based Framework is used by 300 partners and about 1,300 file transfer scenarios. Custom information (i.e. File Transfer scenario name, Support team email addresses, Criticality, Business Function, etc.. ) is stored in tables creat...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

CX Command STANDBY to go to the XRF member : must verify that the XRF member is ready

In CONNECT:EXPRESS (CX) , when we pass the Modify command STANDBY, it must be refused by CX if the XRF member is not ready.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

At this moment the IBM MQSC adapter has a -CD option for channel definition but there is no way to specify a CCDT file for secure connections

We use WTX with launcher on AIX . Until now, with 1 CCDT we only had to set the environment variables MQCHLLIB, MQCHLTAB, MQSSLKEYR to point to a single CCDT-file. These envrionment variables are set before WTX is started and so every map of every...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 Not under consideration

after install new PTF we do not need to recompile any module in PTF maintenance data sets.

hi support, Now in BOC,we store the PTF maintenance data sets in two separate volumes, such as product Volume 1 and product Volume 2, these data sets on the volumes using the Indirect catalog.So thess data sets on volume 1 can in catalog,and...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Delivered