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System Admin Config/Security

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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

Create native db views via Maximo db config

For those of us who don't have CREATE VIEW privileges in the database: It would be helpful if there could be a way to create native db views via Maximo. The views would later be imported into Maximo as imported view objects. Related posts: Views D...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 3 Functionality already exists

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

Open Source database support for MAS Manage

Since years, the French Government pushes its IT departments to go for Open Source solutions, it now begins to be a mandatory requirements and it starts by databases. https://www.guideinformatique.com/actualites-informatiques/le-gouvernement-franc...
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Not under 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

WOTRACK Advanced Search: Filter by total actuals cost (including task cost)

WOTRACK Advanced Search: It would be helpful if users had a way to filter WOs by total actuals cost (including task cost). Examples: Find WOs where the total cost (incl. tasks) is negative Find WOs where the total cost (incl. tasks) is zero Find W...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under 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

Make the relationship between Conditional UI and security optional

If we want to use the Conditional UI, we are required to use security (a custom sig option) whether our configuration is related to security or not. This is often a waste of effort. It would be helpful if the relationship between the Conditional U...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 4 Not under consideration