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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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PM Forecasts do not reflect Dynamic

It seems the PM Forecasts remain being calculated as static. I tested it with two PMs having the same Job Plan assigned to it, with different Total Work Units assigned on Job Plan Sequence. Forecast Costs, when calculated, came up as identical.Her...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 3 Planned for future release

Allow Super User/ Maximo Admin to change passwords/add users ONLY

The issue we have is that there is no way of isolating the USER application within MAS core suite admin they can also see the licence consumption details. Potentially provide a permission so that the logged in user cannot see the Licence informati...
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Planned for future release

Allow PERSONID to be different than USERID

When we manually create a user in MAS, or if the user is synchronized from LDAP, there is no way to set the PERSONID to a different value than the USERID. MAS User administration only has USERID and USERNAME (which translates to maximo.loginid). I...
9 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 3 Planned for future release

Allow Meter Reading History to be Fixed on Decommissioned Assets

System: IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1.1 Description: Currently within Maximo if an asset has been moved to a new site, the manage meter reading history option is grayed out in all areas for the asset record in the old site. Solution: When an a...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Planned for future release

Printing Calibration Decals / Inventory Barcodes

Maximo out of box functionality needed to support label printing for Asset Calibration expiration dates / inventory information for cycle counting/issuing etc.
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Planned for future release

Support Alternate Storage Locations for Message Tracking

Message tracking has existed for a while to support tracking SOAP based requests. In newer versions options were provided for tracking REST based requests. For troubleshooting API requests, this data can be extremely useful in determining what was...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Integration 0 Planned for future release

create indexes in parallel via dbc / script / statements / specify_index

Lengthy outages for upgrades are one of Maximo's liabilities. That liability can be reduced by implementing this RFE. The DBC "statements" "specify_index" tag needs to be upgraded to support creating indexes as temporarily parallel indexes. This c...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Planned for future release

Disable/Hide "Take a Tour" button on Start Center Header or Option to configure this for own Training Materials.

There should be an Option to Disable/Hide "Take a Tour" button on Start Center Header or an option to configure this for own Training Materials, like short videos or Handcards.
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Planned for future release

Functionality to combine the PMWOGEN instance-based log separation with a daily log rotation

There is a requirement to have separate logs for PM WOGEN cron task instances that generate WOs of various types or for various departments. There is also a requirement to rotate those logs daily. Current Maximo OOB functionality does not allow th...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Planned for future release

Preserve Meter Based PM Target Date Visibility After WO Generation

We propose preserving the next work order projections after the work order has been generated, and until that work order has been completed. In the PM application, Next Work Order Projections are cleared when meter-based PMs generate work orders. ...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Planned for future release