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System Admin Config/Security

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Add WHERE clause button to lookup windows

We need to do more advanced querying in lookup windows (in various applications). It would be helpful if there were a way to use a WHERE clause button in the lookup window toolbar and pop up the WHERE clause window -- for more advanced filterin...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Not under consideration

Use action in MBR

It would be helpful if we could use actions in MBR. Examples of actions: Application Action --> Create WO Change Status
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Open Assignment Manager from WOTRACK; bring over query/filter

WOTRACK —> Assignment Manager: Open Assignment Manager from WOTRACK Via breadcrumb Bring over the list view query/filter that the user was using from WOTRACK
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Automatically enable "Query Only?" for report object structures

For report object structures, automatically enable the " Query Only " field by default. Reason: Avoid confusion for Maximo admins. Related: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/iot/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=727...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Don't prevent edits in ad-hoc reports if ROS is modified

When a change is made to a report object structure (ROS): The change will make any reports that used the ROS become un-editable. It's quite a headache when an admin forgets about this limitation and makes a minor change to an ROS -- locking...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Warning that modifying ROS will make ad-hoc reports un-editable

When making a change to a report object structure (ROS): If the ROS is used by any ad-hoc report, warn the user that saving a change to the ROS will make the ad-hoc reports un-editable. It's quite a headache when an admin forgets about this limita...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Not under consideration

Prevent WO from being closed if missing actuals

Suggestion: Add a setting in the Organizations application where we can prevent WOs from being closed if the WO doesn’t have actuals. For bonus points, add a WO where clause so that we can specify exceptions to the rule. I know this can be done vi...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Make it more obvious if task is viewed as standalone record in WOTRACK

Users sometimes accidently view tasks as standalone records in WOTRACK (a task is viewed on it's own, not through the main WO). The user doesn't always notice the ISTASK field is checked. This causes a lot of confusion. The issue continues to happ...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

MBR scripting: Put a list of MBR formulas in the documentation

Regarding MBR scripting: The MBR documentation on the IBM website doesn't have a listing of MBR formulas. I know there are an assortment PDFs about MBR that are floating around the internet. But it would be helpful if the info from those PDFs coul...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Batch-update custom Maximo tables on a schedule

It would be helpful if there were an OOB mechanism that could be used to batch-update custom Maximo tables on a schedule. For example, update a custom WOCOSTROLLUP table each night. Either truncate and reload all rows each time. Or, only merge/upd...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration