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System Admin Config/Security

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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...
10 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Future consideration

Replace the MAXDEMO database

It would be helpful if IBM could invest in a new MAXDEMO database where the data has actually passed through the MBO business logic and dates are not 30 years old. The existing MAXDEMO data isn't very useful because the data is messy. The demo dat...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 5 Future consideration

Export report to XLSX as single table/sheet

Currently, when exporting a report to XLSX, the data gets split into multiple sheets. It would be helpful if there were an option to export to XLSX where the data is all in a single table/sheet. We understand why .pdf format was designed to retain...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Allow length control of multi-part text boxes

When configuring an application, the multi-part textbox if often the most useful tool to show a related value from a field. However, often one or both of these values are longer than the field. Please add 2 length attributes to the multi-part text...
about 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Support function-based indexes

It would be helpful if Maximo could support function based-indexes. Function based indexes are OOB in databases and are an easy way to pre-compute data for faster performance. https://oracle-base.com/articles/8i/function-based-indexes https://use-...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Disable: Asset gets auto-populated if location has single asset

It would be helpful if there were a system setting that could be used to disable the following functionality: In a WO, the asset gets auto-populated if the location only has a single asset A lot of organizations don't want that functionality. I th...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Use GitOps to manage MAS8 installation.

Use GitOps to manage MAS8 installation so that deployment is centrally manage and monitor from repostoy.
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Add width control to app designer table column

When configuring a table in application designer, often the width of a column needs to be extended to allow full visibility of the data. There is no option on the table column properties for this, however exporting the XML and adding a width="xx" ...
about 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Set default ROS for application (ad-hoc reports)

Could IBM make it so we can set the default Report Object Structure (aka "category") for an application? Example: WOTRACK: Currently, the default ROS is the second one in the list. I want to make the first ROS be the default instead (it's a cus...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Maximo views: Increase SQL FROM clause character limit

When creating a view object in Maximo db config: The view's FROM clause can only have 1000 characters. BMXAA4049E 1000 characters might seem like a lot, but in fact, many queries have more than 1000 characters in the FROM clause, especially if the...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration