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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...
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...

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Add searching and sorting capabilities to API Connect platform APIs

API Connect Provider and Consumer APIs, as described in https://apic-api.apiconnect.ibmcloud.com/v10/#/documentation/introduction provide GET operations to retrieve e.g. all products, apis or applications. While these operations support paginatio...
almost 3 years ago in API Connect 0 Future consideration

APIC v10: Improvements for Subscription Approval Area

In our team multiple persons are handling the incoming subscription requests. For this it would be helpful to have a "notes" - field to be filled with internal notes for a pending approval (e.g. "Patrick contacted the customer, waiting for reply" ...
over 5 years ago in API Connect 0 Future consideration

Add user event logging for all Administration changes

The system currently does not log administrative updates, creating a gap in auditability, accountability, troubleshooting, and compliance. Administrative changes can affect security settings, user access, configurations, operational processes, and...
4 months ago in webMethods Hybrid Integration 0 Submitted

Faspex custom Inbox creation defaulting to having the checkmark ON for "Send directly to custom Inbox" instead of default not having it and resulting in unwanted and troublesome relays

After 15 years managing Aspera applications, we never had any need for relays. Maybe others have, but for us having the default setting of no checkmarck ON in "Send directly to custom Inbox" in FAspex is a problem. Every few weeks a local manager ...
4 months ago in Aspera Ideas 0 Submitted

Expose reporting computer group membership (computer_group_id / reporting group) in ILMT v2 APIs

Expose reporting computer group membership (computer_group_id / reporting group) in ILMT v2 APIs, with support for admin-level access across all groups, to enable fully automated and account-scoped software classification without requiring separat...
4 months ago in IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) 0 Functionality already exists

Dynamic TTL (and really any integer into a policy I think is limited)

I wanted to dynamically set a cache TTL value for Invoke calls but since this is an integer, it won’t let me dynmically change the value, my use case is I’m caching a OAUTH token, one vendor is 1hr, another is 30mins, another is 5 mins! I have thi...
4 months ago in API Connect 0 Submitted

Allow to Extend RDQM filesystem without recreate

Currently, with IBM MQ’s HA or DR Replicated Data Queue Manager (RDQM), the filesystem size allocated at queue manager creation is fixed and cannot be dynamically expanded—only backup, delete, recreate, and restore logs /configs are permitted (Res...
about 1 year ago in MQ, MQ Advanced & MQ Appliance 1 Not under consideration

Access logs available for HTTP embedded listener components

We are looking for enabling access* logs on the HTTP listeners. The information we are looking for should be something like: LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b %D" common where %h, %>s and %D would be the most relevant fields for us. *Note...
over 4 years ago in App Connect 2 Future consideration

Add the ability to turn on DataPower Probe for a single API or even a single API Operation

Within our DataPowers in use for SOAP traffic we're able to turn on Probe in DataPower for a single Web Service Proxy to capture http requests and responses for that specific Web Service Proxy. Within DataPowers controlled by API Connect for REST ...
almost 2 years ago in API Connect 2 Functionality already exists

Datapower MQ trace needs rolling logs option and remote filesystems

When tracing an IBM Datapower MQv9 adapter the trace will write continous without an option to roll over. I'd like to see the option to configure this based on either log size or log count. I'd also suggest to add the option to use remote filesyst...
about 1 year ago in DataPower Gateway 0 Future consideration