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PINNED Add a "Maximum persistent reuse" parameter for the backside of an MPGW or WSP
On an MPGW or a WSP, I want to be able to configure that the persistent backside connection should be closed after X amount of requests have been sent through that connection. I can already do this for the frontside by setting the "Maximum persist...
PINNED OpenAPI schema validation including headers
Currently to schema validate a REST based API in DataPower you have to extract the JSON schema from the OpenAPI file and then code manually code the individual header checks defined in the OpenAPI file Would be a vast improvement to be able to j...

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Distinguish error types from Invoke Policy

Hello team, we currently as a financial organization need to custom error mesagges responses from our APIs. We use Invoke Policy to call another backend, but when an error like: - Unknown Host - Timeout Connection - SSL/TLS Error Always is thrown ...
9 months ago in API Connect 3 Under review

Designer: Let me (re)name flow steps

As soon as you have more than one step of a type, it is hard to distinguish them when using the expression editor. Also, naming flow steps lets me model the flow closer to the actual business case it represents. It makes it easier to be read and u...
9 months ago in App Connect 0 Submitted

Designer: More efficient use of screen space, especially when editing expressions

The Designer UI is quite good in terms of simplicity and ease of use. Yet when working on flows wich are a little more complex, a developer wishes to have a little more efficient UI. The expression field is always one line in a fixed width. When w...
9 months ago in App Connect 0 Submitted

Undo in Designer

When editing an expression in Designer, deleting a flow step or similar regular development activities, you may realize that you just made a mistake. Muscle memory lets you quickly press your Undo key sequence. But then nothing happens. Now you ne...
9 months ago in App Connect 0 Submitted

Preserve JSON Parser Metadata in Environment Tree

As a developer, I want JSON data stored in the (Local)Environment tree to retain its parser metadata, so that JSON arrays and nested structures are not misinterpreted or flattened when accessed later in the flow.
9 months ago in App Connect 0 Submitted

Add last update date and optional expires date to credentials

The request is to add two additional properties to all credential types. Both properties should display as normal text in the UI tiles or when retrieved by the Rest API. The first property is LastUpdatedDate which would be automatically set when t...
over 1 year ago in App Connect 1 Future consideration

Consolidate data from multiple contract IDs into a single contract ID, making it selectable from a drop-down list. Rename the old and new contract IDs as needed. Delete or deactivate any contract ID that doesn’t contain data.

In addition to ‘Your idea,’ I would suggest initially loading the page with different data (contract ID), as it is currently set. Mainly, it is the users and I who use this dashboard for analysis and data export.
over 1 year ago in webMethods Metering 0 Not under consideration

Allow user id with character such as '!' in it. Example p!john

I would like to create a user in DataPower which gets authenticated via LDAP. The user has '!' in it for example; p!asim DataPower doesn't allow this and throws this error, 'Name contains an invalid character (!).' Would you please be able to prov...
9 months ago in DataPower Gateway 1 Not under consideration

Visual Diff Tool for Message Flows

As a developer, I want a visual diff tool in the ACE Toolkit to compare two versions of a message flow, so that I can quickly identify changes in nodes, wiring, and properties across versions without manual inspection.
9 months ago in App Connect 0 Submitted

Support for Local Timezone in Scheduler Node

When configuring the Scheduler node in ACE, the timezone option requires a specific IANA timezone or defaults to UTC. There's no way to simply use the local system timezone of the runtime environment. This is a problem in scenarios where deploymen...
9 months ago in App Connect 1 Future consideration