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System Admin Config/Security

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allow update of Mbo in SqlFormat

psdi.mbo.SqlFormat needs a performance enhancement. It needs to allow instance owners to change the Mbo used to format strings, perhaps on the basis of individual calls to simpleFormat(). Right now, the only way to change the Mbo in a SqlFormat in...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Ignore mandatory fields when revising job plan

Scenario: I've added a new field to JOBPLAN called WORKTYPE. I've made the field be mandatory in Application designer: https://i.stack.imgur.com/K7Wij.png Problem: When I go to revise an existing job plan, I get an error: "BMXAA4195E - A value is ...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Duplicating an ad-hoc report: Need to enable the Share/Public field

Scenario: I have a shared/public ad-hoc report that I've duplicated via the Duplicate action in the Report Administration application.When I look at the ad-hoc report configuration by editing the report, I see that the report isn't flagged as Shar...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Report Administration: Add a field that tells us what ROS an ad-hoc report uses

In the Report Administration application: Add a field that tells us what ROS an ad-hoc report uses. Currently, it's necessary for us to manually add a text box to the application with REPORTADHOC.REPORTOBJECT as it's source. That technically works...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Make the default SEARCH TYPE for custom attributes be EXACT

When creating a custom object in db config, i.e. an imported view, the Search Type is automatically set to is NONE: https://i.stack.imgur.com/fRIaN.png (imported view; config changes not yet applied) For custom attributes, it would be better if th...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Email report based on condition? (i.e. record count)

I want to schedule a report so that it only emails the recipients if a condition is met (i.e. based on record count) For example, if a certain report returns records, then email me the report. I don't need the report to be emailed out if the repor...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Determine if a user session is Anywhere or Desktop (MAM/MAS)

We need a way to determine if a user session is Anywhere or Desktop. Reasons: Managing licensing Security Troubleshooting Related: Determine what users are connected to Anywhere?
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Future consideration

Add a WORKTYPE field to JOBPLAN

It would be helpful if there were a Work Type field in Job Plans. Scenario: I apply a pothole JP directly to WOs. That pothole JP always has the same work type: Corrective Maintenance . So it would make sense to put the work type in the JP. I've n...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Future consideration

Need an exist() method in MboSetRemote()

It would be helpful if an exist() method could be added to the MboSetRemote() class. Currently, we need to use a double negative, which is confusing: if not mboSet.notExist(): More information here: Automation Script to do equivalent of "if exists"
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Imported db view: SEARCH TYPE other than NONE

For imported view objects—>text attributes: It would be helpful if we could set the SEARCH TYPE to values other than NONE (such as WILDCARD or EXACT). SEARCH TYPE is read-only for imported views. That would allow us to do things like search on ...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration