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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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Allow Queries to be site-specific

With multi-site systems, a lot of public queries are really only designed to be used for a particular site. Adding the ability for the user to specify a single site would be useful.
over 7 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 7 Not under consideration

Allow Updating of Owner Field For Queries

Currently, the Owner field for a query can't be changed (I'm assuming due to it being part of the Primary Key Column Sequence along with clausename and app) but as users leave, that means the query can no longer be modified except via the database...
almost 11 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 4

Export report to XLSX as single table/sheet

Currently, when exporting a report to XLSX, the data gets split into multiple sheets. It would be helpful if there were an option to export to XLSX where the data is all in a single table/sheet. We understand why .pdf format was designed to retain...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Extended Drilldown - Show Path to Top - loses focus on current selected Location

Extended Drilldown does not work in the same fashion as the standard drilldown when using "Show Path to Top". Focus is lost from the original location and all paths are opened so that the user can no longer identify the location currently selected...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Future consideration

Add Ability to Invoke Automation Script During Admin Mode Processing

Maximo has always had limited Admin Mode support when dealing with clusters. IBM Support even recommends to shut down all JVMs but one. In 7.6.1.1 this was enhanced a step further where Maximo can even stop and start the other JVMs inside of WebSp...
almost 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Planned for future release

Maximo Support For Oracle Partitioning

We have a global Oracle instance containing over 70 plants hosting our Maximo data. At times we are having performance issues and our DBAs have recommended that we partition our database to get better performance. Most reporting is still done on a...
almost 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Planned for future release

Ability to configure the file extension used when exporting textual data

Reconfigure the application export functionality so that the user can select the file extension that is available when the user exports data. Ideally this should be configuration so that it can be managed via a domain and system administrators cou...
over 7 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Integration 1 Not under consideration

Alert on existing PMs when status changes on workorder to WAPPR

An alert is supposed to appear when you change the workorder status for which it exists a PM on the same location or asset that will be triggered in the coming days. The problem is that his alert doesn't work when we create the workorder or when w...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 3 Planned for future release

Start Center Color Alert Expressions need more flexibility

We have many requests for color alerts in the Start Center Portlets across our enterprise Maximo Asset Management. We are currently in Maximo 7.6.1.2. In the Start Center Configuration Tool, Color Alert tab, users would like to be able to use a ca...
about 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Flag to Identify that a Purchase Requisition (PR) was Generated by Reorder

System: 7.6.1 Description: Currently Maximo is configured to be able to run the reorder automatically via cron task or to run the reorder manually. When those are generated, the only thing that identifies that the PR was generated by reorder is vi...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Planned for future release