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System Admin Config/Security

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User Impersonation

There are two scenarios we currently face where user impersonation could help greatly. Scenario 1: Maximo Administrator is trying to configure security for a new user. After the maxadmin finishes setting up the security, provide a "View Maximo as ...
14 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Custom servernames in MAS

The mxserver names are the same for all the Manage servers by default. Unfortunately, it is not possible to set mxe.servername to the hostname of the pod. If mxe.servername is specified for the bundle, the servers within a bundle have the same nam...
7 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Under review

Operational Dashboard - Administrator to manage/view/edit dashboards where they are not the owner

An administrator should be able to: Delete private dashboards where a user has left the company Change the ownership of a dashboard to a different user when a user has left the company Be able to see all operational dashboards records in the Maxim...
7 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Planned for future release

Add a Workflow Assignment card to the Operational Dashboard

If you create a new Operational Dashboard there is no ability to add a Workflow Assignment card to it; there is no workflow assignment card in the card gallery. This is an issue as if the Maintenance Manager operational dashboard is deleted you ca...
7 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Planned for future release

Object Structures - There should be a way of seeing which applications, security templates and security groups use the object structure.

When looking at Security Groups and receiving a message to say that you don't have access to an object, finding the security template to apply is difficult. For example, when you receive message BMXAA0024E - The action READ is not allowed on objec...
about 1 month ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Data replication solution for remote/offshore customers

The industry in general needs the IBM team to look at a rule-based replication solution for customers with remote/offshore installations. Currently, commercially available solutions are untested for MAS8. Without a proven replication solution, cus...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Future consideration

To be able to add attachment function in Tablecol

I am able to add the Attachment functionality in the Tablecol but it works only when the System property of webclient.enabledoclinkonload is set to false when the property was changed to true, the attachment icon is gone. Please consider support...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Allow Users to Hide / Unhide Saved Public Queries

Sometimes, there becomes a large list of Saved Public Queries which are shown to users. Users should be able to select and Hide / Unhide which Saved Public Queries they want to see and which they do not want to see
26 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Under review

mxexport utility converts beanclass names to lower case

The mxexport utility in Maximo retains descriptions and other defined attributes in the correct case. However, it converts bean class names to all lowercase instead of keeping the camel case or are as defined. The advantage of this change is that ...
18 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Under review

Enable possibility to send e-mails from other domains (use case: external users

Use Case: In our Maximo environment we collaborate with external users (suppliers, customers). However, the current setup does not allow those external users to send outbound e-mails from Maximo (create communication, scheduled reports). Those ext...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration