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System Admin Config/Security

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Allow PERSONID to be different than USERID

When we manually create a user in MAS, or if the user is synchronized from LDAP, there is no way to set the PERSONID to a different value than the USERID. MAS User administration only has USERID and USERNAME (which translates to maximo.loginid). I...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 3 Planned for future release

Visibility Into MAS License Usage Cron Task Results

The MASLICUSAGE cron task does a great job is calculating the license type required based on a user's Manage security. When a user is calculating as requiring a license type different than anticipated there is no visibility into the factors that c...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Planned for future release

Operational Dashboard - KPI Chart and KPI Comparison cards, the selection of KPIs should show Percentage/Decimal type so that they can be used in filtering

When you are comparing KPIs the Y-axis should be the same scale, if a KPI is a Percentage type then it only makes sense to compare other Percentage based KPIs. Similar for Decimal type. I wouldn't put a restriction in place but just guide the user...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Planned for future release

Operation Dashboard - Quick Actions Card should have the option to insert a ticket with a Ticket Template applied.

The Start Center Quick Insert Portlet allows you to insert a ticket with a ticket template already applied, the Operational Dashboard should have the same capability for the Quick Actions Card. It would also be useful to Insert a Work Order with a...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Planned for future release

Disable/Hide "Take a Tour" button on Start Center Header or Option to configure this for own Training Materials.

There should be an Option to Disable/Hide "Take a Tour" button on Start Center Header or an option to configure this for own Training Materials, like short videos or Handcards.
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Planned for future release

Set the number of mandatory password expiration days and the recent unavailability of historical passwords in MAS

Set the number of mandatory password expiration days and the recent unavailability of historical passwords in MAS. This feature is available in Maximo 7.6.1.
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Planned for future release

The group and users to be case adherent in Manage

By default Security groups from LDAP/Active Directory are added as lowercase group name in MAS is by design. Due to this, it will always be passed to Manage in lowercase even though they are in uppercase in LDAP/Active Directory. Which is causing ...
9 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Planned for future release

Improve Config DB and UpdateDB Performance

We have a Maximo oracle database with approximately 80 million workorder records. CONFIGDB is slow when adding a custom field with a default value to large tables. For example adding a YORN field new_field to workorder table with default value 0, ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Planned for future release

Serbian language support in MAS Maximo

Serbian is not in the list of languages supported by IBM already for Maximo. But its possible to clone Croatian language which is supported by Maximo. We need the Serbian language because, our client(Heineken) is going live for the Serbia organiza...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Planned for future release

Importing a view: Don't make the attribute fields be read-only

When importing a view: (not to be confused with creating a view in Maximo directly via the UI) With imported views, there is a limitation in the DB Config application —> Attributes tab where the attribute fields become arbitrarily read-only, de...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Planned for future release