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PINNED Enable inventory reservation automatic cron task for specific site
Advantage : Enable the cron for specific site which is necessary. Summary: In Maximo, we have more than 50 Active sites. When we try to enable inventory reservation automatic cron task for specific site, There is no Cron Parameters are available....

IBM MAS - Manage (Base)

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Announce number of open receipts on the two tabs in the Receiving app

Preface Having approx. 400 work orders processed on monthly basis, such would become 6,000 work orders (WOs) on yearly basis. Having at least one purchase order (PO) per WO, approvals and followed by receipts the GL Account Owner (GAO) must alloca...
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Add Ability to Invoke Automation Script During Admin Mode Processing

Maximo has always had limited Admin Mode support when dealing with clusters. IBM Support even recommends to shut down all JVMs but one. In 7.6.1.1 this was enhanced a step further where Maximo can even stop and start the other JVMs inside of WebSp...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Preserve Meter Based PM Target Date Visibility After WO Generation

We propose preserving the next work order projections after the work order has been generated, and until that work order has been completed. In the PM application, Next Work Order Projections are cleared when meter-based PMs generate work orders. ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Future consideration

Life Sciences requirement: End of Calendar Month Due Date Calculation

Calculating work order due date as an end of calendar month supports business requirements, however a system-wide flag (mxe.pm.enforceMaximumDayOfMonthContinuity) does not provide needed flexibility. Ability to manage this functionality at a site ...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

Improve Config DB and UpdateDB Performance

We have a Maximo oracle database with approximately 80 million workorder records. CONFIGDB is slow when adding a custom field with a default value to large tables. For example adding a YORN field new_field to workorder table with default value 0, ...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 4 Future consideration

Use a matching reservation when a user issues the same item, but by using the "Select Reserve Items Button".

A user has planned to consume four (4) of the item 560-00 from the central storeroom on a work order. When the work order is then approved, it creates a reservation on the storeroom for four (4) of that item. Then, if the user selects the "Select ...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Under review

DATEVALUE field is missing in PLUSGSPEC object. Causing the error "BMXAA4176E - Attribute DATEVALUE does not exist. Gather the logs from the directory and determine the process or app referencing the invalid attribute."

Post Maximo 7613 upgrade to Ifix 16 we faced the "BMXAA4176E - Attribute DATEVALUE does not exist. Gather the logs from the directory and determine the process or app referencing the invalid attribute." error. This did not let us create records in...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Is a defect

Maximo Support For Oracle Partitioning

We have a global Oracle instance containing over 70 plants hosting our Maximo data. At times we are having performance issues and our DBAs have recommended that we partition our database to get better performance. Most reporting is still done on a...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Planned for future release

Open Source database support for MAS Manage

Since years, the French Government pushes its IT departments to go for Open Source solutions, it now begins to be a mandatory requirements and it starts by databases. https://www.guideinformatique.com/actualites-informatiques/le-gouvernement-franc...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 4 Not under consideration

Life Sciences requirement: Ability to Enter Multiple Tolerances on Assets

Metrology users would benefit from an ability to define multiple tolerances for an instrument (asset) record.
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration