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Connect to database using OLEDB provider

Hello, we are in the process of upgrading from 7612 to MAS. Our BI platform connects to the database using BD2 with OLE DB provider. Currently that option is not supported by MAS. This is a serious/critical compatibility requirement. Best regards,
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Create System Properties for Controlling Navigator Refresh Options

Today the navigator only defaults to refreshing work list data. Users need to be trained to go into the settings and change the defaults to include supporting when they should be updating lookup data. Customers have no mechanism to control this ou...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Planned for future release

PRLINENUM in PRLINE for Direct Issue Item should remain in Synce with PRLINELINUM on WPITEM

REF: TS014987530 The Business Case would be that the Direct Issue requested item is no longer for the work order but there are other valid items on the same PR that have either already had some other lines procured under a PO or are on an RFQ – in...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

In Word to DOORS export, add document structure management similar to RTF import in DOORS.

The current Word VBA to DOORS import addon is lacking behind the feature scope of the RTF importer in DOORS client. See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/engineering-lifecycle-management-suite/doors/9.7.2?topic=modules-importing-rich-text-format-files ....
12 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / Export 1 Future consideration

For Word to DOORS export, remove the dependency on OLE host applications during export.

Currently OLEs inside Word documents that are to be exported to DOORS 9, are being activated as their content is carried over to DOORS 9, where they are inserted as OLEs again. This makes it necessary for the relevant host application to be instal...
12 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / OLE 0 Future consideration

Implement the Word to DOORS export in a modern OOXML format (dotm) and retire the doors.dot format

The 'classic' Microsoft Office Word template files in the *.dot format are increasingly being blocked in organisations for security reasons. An implementation of the Word to DOORS export in the modern OOXML template with macros file format (dotm) ...
12 months ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS/DOORS Web Access / Export 1 Future consideration

In RBA technician in the Attachments section, need an option to Click Pictures/Record videos directly using device camera

In RBA technician in the Attachments section, need an option to Click Pictures/Record videos directly using device camera. Users will not have to click a picture then save it on the system and then upload.
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 4 Not under consideration

RTC Trend data lost moving to new DB provider

When migrating from one database manager to a different one, there is no migration of the data warehouse. This means that all historical and trend data is lost. The current IBM solutions are to either retain the existing database manager or lose t...
over 3 years ago in IBM Engineering - Workflow Management / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Support for "order by" clause in Saved Queries from Maximo JSON API

Maximo allows users to create saved queries that include "ORDER BY" statements at the end of the where clause. For example, you can create a saved query in Work Order Tracking that has a where clause of "WHERE istask=0 and status='COMP' ORDER BY s...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Integration 0 Planned for future release

DNG Review & DNG Review Reports: Sequence of artifacts to be reviewed

Needed for version 6.0.6.1: The sequence of artifacts added to an DNG review is stable within the review screens. However when creating a review report the artifact order in the report has changed. We cannot recognize any rule of that change. The ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Engineering - Requirements Management DOORS Next / Usability 0 Not under consideration