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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....
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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...
almost 11 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 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

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...
almost 3 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...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

Change timeout setting without rebuilding EAR

It would be helpful we could change the Maximo Desktop timeout setting without rebuilding the EAR. Rebuilding the EAR file is a time-consuming process. Not all organizations can afford to do it for such a simple change. TS007879413
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Make status synonym only be available to certain security groups

It would be helpful if there were an OOB way to do the following: Make a custom status synonym (such as WCLOSE [comp]) only be available to certain security groups We're aware that a condition could be used for this. But it would be ideal if there...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Better name for Quick Reporting applicaiton

The name "Quick Reporting" causes a lot of confusion for users. Reason: The Quick Reporting application has nothing to do with creating reports. Could the name be changed in OOB Maximo to something better? "Submit Work" application "Quick Submit" ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Limit number of levels in classification hierarchy

It would be helpful if there were an OOB way to limit number of levels in a classification hierarchy. For example, limit the number of classification levels to four: A \ B \ C \ D \ E --> throw an error when user tries to create classification E.
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Application Designer: Can't copy/paste values via right-clicking

In Application Designer: Currently, it's not possible to copy/paste values by right-clicking in the UI. It's only possible to copy/paste via keyboard shortcuts. https://i.stack.imgur.com/5XMWQ.png The absence of right-clicking functionality is inc...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

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