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Create report that searches all the maps for the codelists they use and provide a downloadable report?

Hi Team — as we transition the Map Search Engine to Config Hub, Currently, we can search by individual codelists and get the list of all the maps using that code list. And the Map Test Tool, will give us all the codelists that a particular map use...
28 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Config Hub Future consideration

Forward Proxy to support fetching private key from B2Bi with SEAS

The existing feature only support to fetch the Private key from LDAP which will be use as identity key when a connection is being initiated to remote user from SSP. This enhancement is to support a mechanism to fetch the user identity key(private ...
29 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Add Filter to ConfigHub Jobs Screen

Enhance the ConfigHub Jobs screen by introducing filtering and search capabilities with in JOBS screen. The enhancement should allow users to quickly identify and view assets created by a specific individual, specific type of asset, either through...
18 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Config Hub Future consideration

Forward Proxy to support private key from B2Bi without SEAS

The existing feature currently supports fetching the private key only from LDAP, which is then used as the identity key when SSP initiates a connection to a remote partner. This enhancement request is to support a mechanism where the partner’s ide...
22 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability Future consideration

CDU Containers - secure+ netmap sync

When userNetmapConfigmap is set to true, then the netmap entries from ConfigMap are appended to the corresponding configuration files. However, there is no netmap sync done in Secure+. This request is to have sync netmap run in Secure+ (spcli.sh) ...
16 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability Future consideration

Have the ability to code in the "user authorization record" to limit concurrent transfers/sessions a mapping can have at ONE time.

So one UserID on a Node cannot use up all the allocated "SECONDARY SESSION"
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS Future consideration

SSP should have a setting to configure "allowlist" usernames which should accept regex express for allowed user names

The SSP must provide a setting to configure, such as a **"Users Allowlist"**, where we can set up a list of usernames and/or a regular expression. This configuration should ensure that the SSP allows connections only from those users that match th...
3 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Externalizing initparm.cfg configuration Using ConfigMaps and Secrets

In IBM Connect:Direct containerized deployments running on OpenShift, the initparm.cfg file is generated exclusively during the installation phase and is not designed for dynamic updates. As a result, configuring or modifying integrations with clo...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration Future consideration

Provide visibility REST APIs for EBICS Server

Customers are more and more looking for automation and self-service capabilities but currently the only method to view the status of EBICS transactions in the EBICS server is via the SFG UI. Exposing this data will enable customers to programatica...
about 1 month ago in Sterling File Gateway / APIs & SDKs Future consideration

Increase the column length of SOURCE_IP_ADDRESS in the YFS_ORDER_HEADER table based on IPv6 network standards

IPv6 is the newest networking standard. With that said, when will the SOURCE_IP_ADDRESS column on YFS_ORDER_HEADER table be updated with the new length? Currently it only supports 20 characters, whereas IPv6 is close to 40 characters.
3 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Future consideration