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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 downtime reporting to Locations

Users need the ability to track downtime for a functional system in addition to individual assets. The concept of functional locations allows asset management personnel to use Maximo locations to serve as functional nodes in processes, since downt...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

Dynamic Dates in Reports

Add dynamic date functionality for scheduled reports or allow the user info for the person scheduling the report to be passed when a report is scheduled so I can use the FROM_TZ command in a scheduled job to determine the scheduler's timezone and ...
almost 10 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

Possible to have Maximo name the PDF of PO report with the PO number

we have received requests if it is possible that the PDF of POs are automatically named with the PO-number? Currently our users create PDFs through the preview function of a report and then either Print report or Export report button to create PDF...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 Not under consideration

stop/pause the MEA MDB when entering admin mode

Add the capability to automatically switch off the MIF MDB when the administrator puts Maximo servers go into admin mode. WebSphere 7 allows MDBs to be pausedper application programmatically so it appears there is an API that can be used to provid...
almost 13 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Integration 2 Not under consideration

Changes in security settings when doing deployments

Being the Maximo Administrator, my experience tells me that each time I do an upgrade of my Maximo environment, new features and functions come with changes to security settings. This is part of the packages. That's understandable. I need to have ...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Display in HH.MM format

IAF wants to review hour based meter readings in HH.MM format. This is not possible in current application. Data storage perspective this value could still be stored in decimals but display should always be (may be an option coulde be given) in HH...
over 10 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

Selecting predecessor in job plan should show all tasks even if filter function was used before

Is:If you are working with a job plan that has for example 65 tasks and then use the filter function, you get a good overview on the related tasks. That's what are filters for and it saves time when you are working with them. But when you then sel...
almost 8 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Adding the PM number to the PM Work order generation log

When Maximo runs the PM cron and generates workorders, the output is written to a log file. When PMs don't generate due to an error, the log contains the error message but not the PM associated with the error. This makes to very difficult to deter...
over 10 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

Delete Assets to be able to Reuse Asset Numbers

We often receive invoices where the price of the asset is different than what the asset was received at. In version 6, we were able to return the asset, delete it and re-receive it using the same number. In version 7.6.1, we get an error when tryi...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 3 Not under consideration

Updates to Classifications should update existing linked Job Plan records

In the Job Plans application, updates to classification attributes on the related Classification record are not updated on existing Job Plans that utilize that classification. Problem The problem exists with the utilization of Classifications in t...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration