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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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Support for JMS 2.0

Currently, in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator version 6.2.0, the supported JMS version is 1.1, and it's at its End of Life (surpassed by version 2.0). We are restricted by the Compliance and Security Team from using older versions of products or th...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Submitted

Consolidate V2 SST Log Download into one Amazon S3 URL

Consolidate V2 SST Log Download into one Amazon S3 URL instead of multiple URLs for each instance. This feature was supported in V1 but V2 has splitted the app modules and user must use multiple URLs to download the app logs
5 days ago in Self Service Tool 0 Submitted

Store ydkprefs.xml for each environment for OMS V2 SST

Store ydkprefs.xml for each environment for OMS V2 SST to avoid manual copy paste the file before each CDT
5 days ago in Self Service Tool 0 Submitted

WatsonX.ai Assistant helping the store associate - Intelligent Store Associate

The goal here is to be able to ramp up store associates to help with peak seasons, getting them selling quicker and reducing training time. In addition, when new sales take place, Watson can assist the store associate letting them know, keeping th...
5 days ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Submitted

ITX 277CA Processing

Allow for detection of syntactical error in claim by STC0101, and also including an Entity code so that resultant 277CA is valid per use of the STC0102 value of 19: At each HL level in the 277, there could be rejected claim(s) due to invalid synta...

Capabilities to connect to Google Cloud Storage bucket

Currently there is no adapter or services which enables us to connect to a Google cloud storage bucket. It would be really good to have this functionality.
6 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 0 Submitted

Allow inventory supervisors the access to stop processing an SLC CR on behalf of the inventory team member that is currently processing the CR, but is out of the office.

It would be useful in the case of an inventory controller being out of the office and a site needs an SLC CR actioned ASAP. It would benefit the flow of production. All inventory supervisors would have access that would enable them to stop process...
about 2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Test and certify Connect Direct to use DFS in addition to UNC paths

Connect Direct has not been tested nor certified to use DFS paths instead of UNC paths. The use of DFS paths allows Connect Direct copy configurations to automatically switch to a new device location vs the current use of UNC paths where we would ...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

We are looking to capture KPI metrics from SFG in terms of max/min file size, cpu/memory usage

We are generating key monthly usage metrics from SFG. Here are some sample metrics.... Max/min file size Max/Min/Avg CPU Max/Avg memory Usage by protocol
about 1 month ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Uploading of Test Files to be Optional for IBMers

While uploading a map to Config Hub it is mandatory to upload a valid Input file even in CTE, along with the Source and Compiled map.
17 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Under review