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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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Item should be searchable by classifications in inventory adv search just like Item master

Right now we cannot filter items through classification in the inventory adv search
over 9 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Not under consideration

Delete obsolete fields from LOCATIONS table

There are obsolete persistent fields in the LOCATIONS table like: GISPARAM1, GISPARAM2, GISPARAM3 The documentation says: "Unused attributes. Will be removed in a future release." https://bportaluri.com/wp-content/MaximoJavaDocs76/psdi/app/locatio...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Not under consideration

Inheriting Hazard from Asset

In would be great to be able to have hazards listed against assets automatically inherit when creating work orders
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

Add custom persistent field to CLASSSTRUCTURE without outage

It would be really helpful if we could add custom persistent fields to the CLASSSTRUCTURE table -- without the need for a db config outage. More information in this IBM Community post: https://community.ibm.com/community/user/iot/communities/commu...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Delete the generated asset reference from the asset template when the asset is deleted

Currently if an asset is generated from an asset template, then at some point later the asset is deleted, the asset is still referenced on the asset template
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Not under consideration

Filter where field is null OR equals value

When filtering in the list view: It would be helpful if ~null~ would work with the OR operator. For example, search for ~null~ OR a value. Currently, ~null~ can only be used by itself when filtering. While that is possible when using the SQL WHERE...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Not under consideration

Pare down the WORKORDER table (it's too big)

The WORKORDER table is too big, especially when Maximo add-ons are installed (~300 columns). Some of the old/extra columns should be retired. This would improve Maximo performance.
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

SRs created in Work Centers are unable to generate description based on Spec attributes

When creating an SR using Work Centers, the SRs do not generate correct description upon submitting the SR request if the Classification is setup to generate description based on the spec attribute values. Similar steps taken to create an SR in Cl...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

If WO is INPRG, then new task should inherit status

For WOs that are *INPRG*:If a new task is created, the task should automatically inherit the status from the INPRG WO. But in OOB Maximo, the task is set to WAPPR, not INPRG. Screenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/f8WWu.png There *is* an Inherit St...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 6 Not under consideration

Work Center Counts Issue

In Work Center Counts tab, it seems to be a bug in the column of the due date from the color change prospective. The calculation is accurate(Due is same as counted date, which means frequency zero) but when the date is less than the system date it...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration