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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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Include whereclause and parameters in report usage log table

Trackng down the cause of long running reports is one of the most painful tasks in Maximo. It would be extremely helpful if the whereclause being passed into the report was documented in the reportusage log. (It's currently captured temporarily in...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 0 Future consideration

VET Improve escalation related error information for support teams

The current escalation system does not give administrators visibility of the number of errors that are encountered when an escalation runs. The lack of visibility means that administrators can create escalations without realising that they are fai...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Future consideration

Lease/Rental Contracts - Handling of asset rentals for a small number of days

In the current Lease/Rental Contracts the Term is in months. When hiring equipment, from tool hire or plant hire companies, the term may be measured in days with only one payment or a few payments including a refundable deposit. Ideally you would ...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 Future consideration

Lease/Rental Contracts - Add the term and number of payments to modifiable fields on the Associated Asset to provide greater flexibility

The term and number of payments are on the lease/rental contract header which means that if the term or number of payments will differ for an asset you need to create another contract. This can lead to many contracts with the same vendor, each wit...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Future consideration

MAS Manage - Report Data availability in single sheet for xlsx format on download

For any BIRT Report having multiple pages in Maximo Manage, the data is also being split into Multiple Sheets in the excel if we are downloading using XLSX format after executing the Report in browser. Since many of the Users are using the xlsx ve...
10 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Count Books using the Select Type of CNTFREQ should not select items where the Count Frequency is zero

In the Count Books application when the Select Type is set to CNTFREQ I think it safe to ignore items where the Count Frequency (INVENTORY.CCF) is zero which is the default for items. If it is zero, then the item will always be due a count, when t...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

Connect to database using OLEDB provider

Hello, we are in the process of upgrading from 7612 to MAS. Our BI platform connects to the database using BD2 with OLE DB provider. Currently that option is not supported by MAS. This is a serious/critical compatibility requirement. Best regards,
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Ability to search on more than one attribute

Our users are asking for better ways for them to get information out of Maximo without having to request reports from our admin team. While documenting and training the users on the Attribute Search query in Work Order Tracking I noted you cannot ...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

In Count Books there should be an option to exclude items where you have specified that they are not to be counted from a cycle counting perspective

Maximo has an ABC Type for Cycle Counting with options A, B, C and N - with N it means that the item is excluded from Cycle Counting. Items which are excluded are those where you would only perform a physical count once per year as part of the yea...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

Add Ability to Select 23:59:59 on the Date/Time Popup Dialog

Users often have a requirement to search using dates and times based on the end of a day and want to be able to easily choose the time 23:59:59 on the date/time popup. This is also useful when entering date/time parameters for reports. Is it possi...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 9 Not under consideration