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IBM MAS - Mobile

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Issues and Transfers - There should be the ability to change the condition code of the item to be issued

Job Plans reference a condition enabled item and the condition code is likely to say NEW. This gets translated into a reservation when the work order with job plan is approved, but when issuing the item from the storeroom there may be a balance of...
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1

Maximo Mobile application allows you to control/track a mobile technician

Hello colleagues. Three customers have already contacted us with the requirement that the Maximo Mobile application allows you to control/track a mobile technician. Namely. To stop the timer of the work order when the mobile technician moves away ...
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Future consideration

Status Changes not to use web method to allow customisations

Currently a status change in Mobile utilises a web method to perform the change status in Maximo. This does not allow for any integration automation scripts to be utilised for any customisations. Examples of customisations would be to ignore statu...
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to search for other SRs/WOs for the asset on a WO

When working on an asset, the technician would like to be able to look for additional work orders or SRs that also need to be completed for the asset. To do so, the technician would also need to be able to take ownership of select SRs/WOs. For exa...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Future consideration

Ability to add planned labor and/or assignments to "Create Work Order" and "Create Follow Up Work Order" screens

When an adhoc work order is created via Mobile (or Follow Up Work Order), there is no ability to leverage core Maximo's planned labor or assignments functionality. In a real world scenario, a technician identifies an issue, can create a SR or WO (...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Future consideration

Allow Light and Quit Options duing Barcode Scanning

When using the barcode scanner, there is no option to quit and return to the previous screen. A barcode must be scanned in order to return. The barcode capability is sometimes connected to a search, so it then must search for a record that doesn't...
over 6 years ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Planned for future release

Attatching new documents to a work order in mobile or RBA, shows the doclinks path if there is no description to the file. This is difficult to read in mobiles.

REPRODUCTION STEPS 1. Mobile or Manage -> Role Based Application Technician 2. Open a Work Order 3. Attatch a file like txt, jpg, Excel or pdf with NO Description RESULT: The Attachment list has a doclink path as the Description for those entri...
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Functionality already exists

The fields and the edit icons are read only in the tasks screen. There is no option to remove the read only edit buttons also. Can this be removed or be provided with an option to remove these fields as attached and highlighted.

The fields and the edit icons are read only in the tasks screen. There is no option to remove the read only edit buttons also. Can this be removed or be provided with an option to remove these fields as attached and highlighted.
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Planned for future release

Take ownership of a work order from Maximo Mobile

We need to be able to take ownership of a work order from Maximo Mobile, this applies the technician "app". We need this in the app. The field owner should be visible in WO and we should be able to select it.
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Planned for future release

Service Request (RBA) - When creating a new Service Request the Service Address should be derived from the location or asset

In desktop Maximo the Service Address is derived either by a direct service address against the location or asset, or by looking up the address system to derive a service address. There are many use cases where this works perfectly, for example co...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Planned for future release