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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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Add CHANGEDATE field to all Maximo tables

It would be helpful if we had a field in Maximo tables to indicate the last time the record was changed. This would be useful for troubleshooting technical issues and investigating data integrity problems. While it is possible to enable Maximo aud...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 6 Not under consideration

It is currently not possible to manipulate the response to a REST-API post. It would be nice to have an opportunity to influence the response on the MAS side.

Many applications ad sensors that interface with MAS via APIs create SR/WO. However they usually have different field names. Often the solution is to create an OSIN script in which you map the fields before creating the record. However in the resp...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Integration 0 Future consideration

Request to make Inspection Forms Global

Requirement to have Work Center Inspection Forms to be global so that multiple Orgs/Sites can use the same Inspection Form.Ideally Inspection Form would be able to have ORG/SITE be blank so that different orgs could share the same Inspection Form ...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Future consideration

Work Orders (RBA) - Remove the filter field reference to WORKORDERID

In the Work Orders Role Based Application you come to a List view of your work orders and the Filter row is open. On the far-right side next to the Type column header is a filter button that opens a panel on the right. The fields displayed in the ...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Planned for future release

Keyboard Shortcut to move between tabs in an application and a route workflow shortcut

Based on the https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/maximo-eam-saas?topic=navigation-keyboard-shortcuts We would like to request a Keyboard Shortcut to move between tabs in an application Pretty simple request- Maybe have a key combo of CTRL+ALT+Arrow left o...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Prevent deleting attributes with launch points, or drop launch points when attributes are dropped

Maximo allows administrators and developers to drop custom attributes which have Automation Script Launch Points registered against them -- without even giving a warning. Thus, Maximo can be left with a referential integrity problem, and Integrity...
almost 8 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Future consideration

mxexport utility converts beanclass names to lower case

The mxexport utility in Maximo retains descriptions and other defined attributes in the correct case. However, it converts bean class names to all lowercase instead of keeping the camel case or are as defined. The advantage of this change is that ...
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Under review

Reset units to go on a PM

In the current Maximo configuration, preventive maintenance (PM) work orders can be generated based on a meter based frequency (e.g., every 1500 hours). Some of these PMs are used to change parts at these set frequencies to ensure machine uptime...
6 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Allow the ability to create organization or site specific Master PMs

Job Plans could be defined at the System, Organization or Site level but Master PMs are only defined at the System level and therefore, it is not possible to add organization-specific or site-specific Job Plan to a Master PM. This deprives many co...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

Ability to 'unobsolete' an item status at both 'INVENTORY' and 'ITEM' level

Occasionally we have obsoleted items because of low usage, historical reasons or whatever. Then the inventory team get a request to change the status back from OBSOLETE back to ACTIVE. Currently this does not work but wanting to know if its possib...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration