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System Admin Config/Security

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Make ROS / ad hoc report editing rule smarter

There is a rule where we can't edit an ad hoc report if its ROS has been edited after the report was created. That rule makes sense, but only for certain kinds of ROS edits. There are lots of changes we could make to the ROS -- that wouldn't ever ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Easier way to run cron task on demand

It would be helpful if there were an easier way to run a cron task on demand. Currently, we can edit the scheduled time of a cron task so that it runs in a couple of minutes from now. But that isn't ideal, because we need to write down the real sc...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

DB Config: Only discard pending changes for specific objects

When making changes to several objects in DB Config: Often, we want to discard the changes to one of the objects before applying the changes. Currently, there isn't a way to discard the changes to specific objects. Instead, we need to discarding t...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Importing a view: Don't make the attribute fields be read-only

When importing a view: (not to be confused with creating a view in Maximo directly via the UI) With imported views, there is a limitation in the DB Config application —> Attributes tab where the attribute fields become arbitrarily read-only, de...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

DB Config: Action to duplicate relationship

In the DB Config-->Relationships tab: We often need to duplicate relationships. Reason: We need to make a minor adjustment to an OOB relationship, but don't want to alter the OOB relationship. So we make a duplicate relationship instead (with a...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Workflow: Allow user to fill out a field as part of the popup

Workflow: It would be helpful if users could fill out a field as part of the workflow popup.
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 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"
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

MBR: Send email via communication template

With MBR scripts: It would be helpful if there were a way to send an email via a communication template.
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Automatically remove Report Object Structure Security when the object structure is deleted

It would be helpful if Maximo could automatically remove Report Object Structure Security records when an object structure is deleted. Currently, if I delete an object structure, the Report Object Structure Security remains intact as an orphan (in...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Exclude records from Report Object Structure

Need a way to exclude records from object structures for the purpose of ad-hoc reports. For example, exclude tasks from a WO ad-hoc report. More info here: Exclude rows from object structures via WHERE clause
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration