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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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Make status field more visible

MAM 7.6.1.2: I've noticed that users often don't realize that records in Maximo have statuses that aren't open/active. This causes a lot of confusion. Would IBM be able to make status fields more visible?
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Not under consideration

Prevent closing WO with open PR (optional setting)

It would be helpful if there were an optional setting that would prevent closing a WO if the WO has an open PR. We have an OOB setting for something similar -- it's for POs (not PRs): Prevent Users From Closing Work Orders With Open PO It would be...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Converting task to child WO: WOCLASS remains as 'ACTIVITY' (incorrect)

Summary:Converting task to child WO: WOCLASS remains as 'ACTIVITY' (incorrect) Details:The IBM docs say: "You can easily convert any task to a child work order with tasks of its own." https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/work-order-operations-are-now...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Round number fields in the *application*

In WOTRACK, in the Service Address tab, there are X & Y fields that store UTM coordinates: Screenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/jWjMX.png It would be helpful if there were a way to round the number fields in the application so that the decima...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Single button to backup all XML

When making changes in Application Designer, I usually end up backing up a handful of XML files. LIBRARY.XML LOOKUPS.XML MENUS.XML WOTRACK.XML ASSET.XML Etc. Rather than backing up individual XML files as I go, it would be helpful if there were a ...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

WOTRACK list view: Use classification drilldown/tree for filtering

WOTRACK: It would be helpful if we could use the classification drilldown/tree for filtering the list view. Screenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/yyldd.png Currently, we can only use the classification drilldown/tree to filter WOs in the Advanced ...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Not under consideration

OOB mechanism to copy memos from the workflow box to the status change audit record

Workflow: Need an OOB mechanism to copy memos from the workflow box to the status change audit record
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Honor job plan conditions when creating WOs from PM/JP/Route

It would be helpful if Maximo would honor job plan conditions when creating WOs from a PM/JP/Route. Currently, when creating a WO from a PM/JP/Route, the job plan conditions are not applied to the WOs that are output.
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Batch-assign a job plan to all stops in a route

It would be helpful if there were a way to batch-assign a job plan to all stops in a route. Currently, we need to manually enter the JP in all route stops. That's not an efficient process when there are lots of route stops.
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Add WHERE clause button to lookup windows

We need to do more advanced querying in lookup windows (in various applications). It would be helpful if there were a way to use a WHERE clause button in the lookup window toolbar and pop up the WHERE clause window -- for more advanced filterin...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Not under consideration