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Asset/Work Management

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New Action/Dialog - Swap Asset added to Work Order Tracking

You can swap an asset in Work Order Tracking using the Move/Swap/Modify action, but it is a very complex dialog, perhaps the most complex one in Maximo. The ability to swap the current asset with another and identify the location where the old ass...
20 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Support for text search on description fields

We are currently in process of upgrading our Maximo application from 7.6.1.3 to MAS 9 (IBM DB2) and we thought the below could be an issue for end users: Text searches produce faster search responses than wildcard searches. Fields that are text-se...
18 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Enhance multi-language settings for the Description field on SR classification

Context: We are a bilingual institution where our users work both in English (EN) and in French (FR). In our system, the base language is EN and the secondary language is FR – please note a descent part of our users will have default language set ...
about 1 month ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Create a PM LAST COMP Date to be populated by the completion of a PM work order.

Some of the PM work needs to be completed based on a period of time after the last time it was completed. Create a PM option that determines when to PM.LASTCOMPDATE from the associated work order. Option 1 (current maximo behavior) – Use COMP date...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Vendor *name* native on Purchasing Application screen

Procurement users, supervisors, storekeepers and administrators' day-to-day activities involve frequent lookups of purchase orders and purchase requisitions. One of the routine tasks associated with this is checking the associated vendor name whic...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

To be able to make a code in a failure hierarchy Inactive.

There is no ability to modify the failure hierarchy after it has been used, you will receive the error BMXAA1159E - Failure list is referenced by a failure report and may not be deleted. There should be an option on a failure code that is part of ...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Issue with Currency Conversion in Work Order Estimate

In Plan/Material or service in work order when entering vendor, unit cost should be considering vendor's currency to make the More Actions/View/Costs in workorder display cost correctly
25 days ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Make Time Zone Processing Rules at the Organization and Site Levels Available in Base Maximo/Manage

Client Requirement: Generate work orders from PMs with a specific target start time for a specific time zone Issue: Client has made user profile time zone settings but are still experiencing issues. Example, setting the target start time of a PM, ...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 5 Future consideration

PM WOGen Log

The log that is generated when the PMWoGenCronTask runs is unusable. We have clients with tens of thousands of PMs and the log mentions all PMs that are not due, worse it counts this as an error whereas it should be a warning at best. I would like...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Add Table Domains to Inspection Forms and Inspection Results

While preparing a use case for a client, I encountered a need for inspection forms to facilitate the execution of audits and safety drills, such as those mandated by the ISM (International Maritime Organization) like Man Overboard, Fire Drill, Oil...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Future consideration