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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against the products and services belonging to IBM Sustainability Software. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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IBM MAS - Mobile

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Windows version of app Maximo Mobile for EAM requires running the Shell scripts which raises a risk for clients such as APA who have stricter policies around Shell scripts

Hi there - my customer uses Windows tablets for Maximo Mobile for EAM app. We have found that the Windows version app installation requires permission to run the Windows Shell scripts. My client has restrictions around allowing the Shell scripts e...
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0

The Asset Status dialog in Maximo Mobile Work Approval should show a date and time when the status of the asset changed.

When an asset's status is changed it is part of downtime processing which works in hours and minutes. Showing the date the up/down status changed without the time element is almost meaningless as in many cases it will just show that the asset went...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Planned for future release

Add ability to edit attached PDFs directly from IBM Maximo Mobile EAM

Add the ability to edit a PDF attachment when it is opened in IBM Maximo Mobile EAM and have the edited attachment sent back to Maximo as a transaction (i.e. thus updating the attachment on the record). This would be beneficial for any PDF checkli...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Not under consideration

Technician (RBA) - Get Reserved Tools

The application currently allows you to convert a material reservation so that it is issued from the storeroom. However, while you can see the planned tools you cannot currently issue the tool. There should be a Get Reserved Tools option with the ...
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Planned for future release

Asset Manager (RBA) - Lookup without search

In the Asset Manager role-based application and the Edit Asset screen, the Asset Type has a lookup, but it has no Search capability, all the other fields on the screen do have a search bar. This looks to be an oversight. Asset Type while a domain,...
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Planned for future release

Option to choose Target or Schedule dates when creating a work order.

When you create a new work order the requester should be able to provide dates when they think the work order should be targeted this could be many months ahead, and beyond any scheduling period. Some Maximo sites would not want the Schedule dates...
11 months 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...
6 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.
6 months ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 1 Planned for future release

Inspection Form Enhancements - Adhoc Questions

Ability to create Question templates that can then be added to an any existing inspection form on an ad-hoc basis. Acts similar to a question group so a question template can be created for 'Defects', 'Hazards', 'photos' etc. This would hold a hug...
about 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Planned for future release

Add the ability for a supervisor to return the Inspection form to the inspector with comments upon reviewing the results and determining more information is needed

We added the ability to require a review of inspection results before they are completed. As a step 2 for this functionality, its requested to add a status indicating the form is being returned to the inspector after review for more input. We shou...
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Mobile 0 Future consideration