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Asset/Work Management

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Work order description to come from the job plan when it's generated from a PM

Whenever a work order is generated from a PM there are two scenarios from where the resulting work order description will come from. 1. From the PM, if the PM has a description 2. From the Job Plan, if the PM has no description. The problem is tha...
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 3 Future consideration

Grid-Based Viewer for Images

There are multiple uses for a grid-based view of images that are either added to imglib or added as attachments to work orders. Images in imglib could be used for visual search to allow users to identify items in inventory or assets that match the...
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Future consideration

Allow Users to Bookmark Queries

As an adjunct to idea MASM-I-313, users would like to have the ability to bookmark queries to be added to a Favorites list. Currently, users have visibility to all public queries which can include many queries that are irrelevant to the particular...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Not under consideration

VET Change one line in the WOMaterialStatusUpdateCronTask crontask so problems with the process can be identified much quicker

Modify the code to change the error message that is logged Current code in the IBM crontask /* 174 */ getCronTaskLogger().error( "WOMaterialStatusUpdateCronTask encountered a error." , e ); Requested change. /* 174 */ getCronTaskLogger().error( "W...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Provide a status field to indicate old values not available to select by users

Sometimes an organisation wishes to update the domain values. Existing (old) domain values against work orders should be retained for historical and referential purposes, but they should not be available for new work orders etc. A status field wou...
about 1 month ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Add a status field to failure codes

Sometimes an organisation wishes to update the failure codes (problem, cause and remedy) values. Existing (old) failure codes against work orders should be retained for historical and referential purposes, but they should not be available for new ...
about 1 month ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Hierarchical Query support for DB2

Many hierarchies are created in Maximo. Asset, locations, classifications, item assembly structure, etc. It is useful and efficient to be able to generate hierarchical queries in the database.
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Not under consideration

Maximo Calendar Causes Compliance Issues with PM Work Orders on Public Holidays

Addressing Maximo’s calendar oversight ensures that PM work orders (WOs generated from PMs) are not scheduled on public holidays, preventing compliance issues and improving operational efficiency thereby avoid unnecessary work on public holidays a...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

Option to define the status for duplicated assets and moved assets

Currently the asset status is retained when you duplicate an asset. When you move an asset to a different site, the new asset has the same status as the original record. When you duplicate a decommissioned asset the status of the new asset is deco...
about 1 month ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Improved information about received costs

Preface Being the GL Account Owner (GAO) and by that the budget responsible, It’s important to me that all my approvals and receiving actions come with very clear information. Doing approx. 240 PO approvals followed by same 240 receiving actions I...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Under review