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    Add support for EDIFACT Syntax Version 'X' in UNB envelope

    It appears that the latest EDIFACT standards ("VDA-EDIFACT" for automotive) allow for an 'X' to be used as the syntax version in the UNB envelope. Unfortunately, doing so fails both enveloping and de-enveloping in SB2Bi (as confirmed by IBM PMR TS...
    about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 2 Submitted

    Support for AS4 compatible with Peppol Network

    Currently, there is no option in IBM B2B Sterling for AS4 to use directly without installing additional software, like IBM Advanced Communications, and in this case looks like the AS4 protocol used it's not by the standards of the Peppol network. ...
    over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 4 Future consideration

    Support SWIFT Alliance Cloud

    Customers using B2Bi to provide connectivity to SWIFT are considering options to adopt containers and even public cloud. SWIFT now offer a cloud offering (https://www.swift.com/products/alliance-cloud) which would enable a wholesale move to public...
    2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 0 Submitted

    Export files in UTF8 format

    Gentran exports inbound files in ASCI format. If Netweaver option is select to send the idocs to SAP, the idoc file format has to be in UTF8, this is what IBM suggested. Please add an option in Gentran where files export has an option to select AS...
    2 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

    SSH key based authentication using LDAP

    SSH Key based authentication with LDAP is not supported in B2BI, and also with SEAS integration. Even though SEAS has SSH Key support with LDAP, SEAS integration APIs with B2BI does not have support for sending SSH Key. During a sftp authenticati...
    about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 1 Future consideration

    Users should have the ability to produce an alert whenever Control Center loses connection to it's own database

    Of course, whenever it loses connection to the DB it will not be able to write anything to the EVENTS table but when that connection is re-established, there should be some message written that indicates there's been a problem that we can monitor ...
    over 1 year ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Functionality already exists

    Gentran notifications

    I set up our Gentran Server to send email notifications when translator errors take place. Is there a way to add the ability to set it up in a way that would send these messages only for certain types of EDI transactions (only for 850s and 810s, a...
    3 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

    Sterling Gentran Director Version 5.5 to be supported on Windows 11

    Windows 10 end of life is coming in Sept 2025
    7 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

    SI's bpml should support XPath 3.1

    When writing Xpath in bp's, the xpath supported is XPath 1.0, which was published in 1999. XPath is currently up to version 3.1.
    almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 3 Future consideration

    Provide monitoring of Up/Down status for PEM components (PEM,PR,PP,PCM)

    Partner Engagement Manager is a core component of a modernized Sterling stack and provides critical partner facing interfaces (both external and internal) that should be monitored. CCM should provide out of the box monitoring for UP/DOWN status an...
    about 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Planned for future release

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