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Sterling Connect:Direct

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Provide an option to view the screens using the MS Edge (Java) User Interface (IU) in a 'COMPACT' format to reduce the large amount of white space currently on the screen.

It would be very useful for anyone using the Java UI for Sterling Connect Direct to see more information at once instead of scrolling up and down just to see one piece of information.It would be especially useful using the 'STATISTICS' enquiry bec...
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Using the MS Edge UI make the previous and next buttons static, or duplicate them at the end of the page to save scrolling up the page, having reached the bottom, to click 'next'.

MS Edge UI for Sterling CD. I the display screens for Partners for example, the left and right (previous and next) symbols < and > scroll off the screen when navigating to the bottom of the list. One has then required to scroll back to the t...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

The Edge UI, when viewing the details of a partner node where the Alt-comm outbound display contains 'long text', it will obliterate the Alt-Comm Information title and display further along the screen.

MS Edge UI for Sterling CD. The Alt-com outbound (display, not edit) obliterates the Alt Communication Information title and values if the Alt Communication outbound contains ‘long text’. It should wrap around the long text into it’s own field.
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Allow the validation of data in the Edge UI to ignore spaces between entries rather than issuing an error message indicating that the data is incorrect

It is useful because it is often better to use spaces after a comma to aid readability. This is relevant for the Alt Communication Information and Alt-com outbound where the validation regards a space after the comma separating out more than one e...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Delivered

Stop the default 10 rows of data in the Edge UI returning to the default after choosing another value to display more rows.

If will be useful to anyone using the UI interface where it will save them having to choose another value again after selecting it previously when returning to the 'front' screen/display.
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 4 Delivered

allow configurable rows in settings of Integrated File Agent (browser)

settings of Integrated File Agent cdws-ui/setting/fileAgent/viewDirectories rules per page & directories per page setting is 10 by default. Can these BOTH be made configurable so it doesn't reset to 10 each time the page is revisited\reloaded
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Delivered

Add TLS1.3 Support for IBM ConnectDirect on HPE NonStop

TLS1.3 is currently adopted most secure way of secure communication and IBM ConnectDirect on HPE NonStop is still not supporting TLS1.3.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 5 Delivered

C:D Container support for more than 1 replica

Currently there is a known limitation where IBM Connect:Direct for Unix chart is supported with only 1 replica count It would be very hepful to support more than 1 replica to be able to operate on different pods that may be on different worker nod...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Delivered

CDWindows Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2025

Official CDWindows product support for the Microsoft Windows 2025 OS , for future/standard lifecycle management purposes and continued OS supportability.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Delivered

Single Sign-on (SSO) with SAML or OIDC authentication is required for the Sterling User Interfaces (UIs), including C:D, SSP, SEAS, SFG, SCCM and SCCD. Migration from a legacy LDAP connection to a federated (SAML or OIDC) connection is required for all UIs, by US Federal Agencies.

This is required to comply with US Federal Security requirements mandated to all US Federal Agencies.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 4 Delivered

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