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IBM MAS - Visual Inspection

[MVI - Bug] To Strengthen URL Leak to Public Without Access

My team discover this issue where MVI url can be access by public without access. This causes a security issue, so we will like MVI team to improve it, as well as if other portions might have been missed out.Current affected url is /uploads/{id} P...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI 0 Is a defect

MVI Search Bar Not Finding Custom Metadata

MVI Search Bar seems to search on some metadata fields but not all. We are increasing use of metadata on MVI and teaching clients to do this (writing custom metadata via API's). For doing a broad search, the search bar does not appear to pick up o...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI 0 Under review

Upgrade and Support the latest YOLO model in Maximo Visual Inspection

YOLO Models has released the latest v12 version in early 2025. Since version V3, YOLO Models has released a number of significant updates and improvements. But we still use YOLO v3 in the latest Maximo Visual Inspection. I know that there is a lot...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI 0 Planned for future release

Maximo Visual Inspection Edge doesn't support High Availability

Currently, Maximo Visual Inspection Edge doesn't support High Availability. The customer believes that it is used in a production environment and should support high availability. I've offered two options to my clients. The first way is to require...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI Edge 0 Planned for future release

Rotation augmentation to add extra feature to directly turn image to a specific angle

Client has a specific usage of rotation augmentation to just directly turn the image to a specific angle to create more relevant dataset (e.g. component on PCB board - horizontal vs vertical placement of component). The client lacks dataset of one...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI 0 Planned for future release

Add MVI Mobile devices to MVI Edge manager view

Add the capability so that MVI Mobile devices show up on the MVI "edge manager" screen. This is needed to help understand how many edge inspections are associated with a client deployment and to gain basic information about where those inspections...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI 0 Planned for future release

Backup and Restore Option to External Storage

Allow / provide process for backup and restore to storage other than edge hard drive. Currently nightly database backups are performed, however these are stored on the edge device local storage. This does not provide any protection from edge hardw...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI Edge 0

Need to keep the exif metadata of the picture (especially latitude and longitude) throughout the entire analysis

Need to keep the exif metadata of the picture (especially latitude and longitude) throughout the entire analysis and include in the json file generated by the MVI. This is essential for all the MVI use-cases related to assets inspections such as p...
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI 2 Planned for future release

Maximo Visual Edge needs to be Windows compatible

We're beginning the rollout of MVI edge at our company, as we find it more practical and economical than the mobile version. Our biggest hurdle while putting together the architecture has been its dependence on a linux based system. Our IT departm...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI Edge 0 Planned for future release

Facility to run a saved image to ensure you get desired result

As a check for the operator, call a known OK/NOK image and ensure the correct result is achieved. Ensure quality
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Visual Inspection / MVI Mobile 0 Future consideration