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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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Maximo - work order tracking>Actuals>Labor approval from work order tracking screen via an approval button/Selection by individual line or all on actuals >Labor tab in work order tracking and/or a link to labor reporting to approve the work orders labor then return to work order tracking screen.

Maximo - work order tracking>Actuals>Labor approval from work order tracking screen via an approval button/Selection by individual line or all on actuals >Labor tab in work order tracking and/or a link to labor reporting to approve the wo...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Improve performance on adding job plans with a high number of tasks to workorders

I have a customer who has multiple jobplans that have a high number of tasks (>100 tasks). Whenever such a task is added to a workorder the user will need to wait for the system to have processed all these tasks until she/he can continue workin...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Future consideration

Mail communication don't trigger if $ symbol is there in ticket long description. BMXAA0259E - The email cannot be sent. null

PROBLEM :Mail communication don't trigger if $ symbol is there in ticket long description.BMXAA0259E - The email cannot be sent. null. STEPS TO REPLICATE :1- Open Maximo as maxadmin2- Go to Service Requests application3- Ensure you have a SR recor...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Ignore mandatory fields when revising job plan

Scenario: I've added a new field to JOBPLAN called WORKTYPE. I've made the field be mandatory in Application designer: https://i.stack.imgur.com/K7Wij.png Problem: When I go to revise an existing job plan, I get an error: "BMXAA4195E - A value is ...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Object launch point default event should be "Save"

Object launch points: The default event should be "Save", not "Initialize Value". Reason: "Save" is most commonly used. https://i.stack.imgur.com/m0nUC.png
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Duplicating an ad-hoc report: Need to enable the Share/Public field

Scenario: I have a shared/public ad-hoc report that I've duplicated via the Duplicate action in the Report Administration application.When I look at the ad-hoc report configuration by editing the report, I see that the report isn't flagged as Shar...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Report Administration: Add a field that tells us what ROS an ad-hoc report uses

In the Report Administration application: Add a field that tells us what ROS an ad-hoc report uses. Currently, it's necessary for us to manually add a text box to the application with REPORTADHOC.REPORTOBJECT as it's source. That technically works...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Make the default SEARCH TYPE for custom attributes be EXACT

When creating a custom object in db config, i.e. an imported view, the Search Type is automatically set to is NONE: https://i.stack.imgur.com/fRIaN.png (imported view; config changes not yet applied) For custom attributes, it would be better if th...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Keeping DB Backup for extended period of time (beyond 1 month) automatically.

This is an Ask from our client. It is useful for the below reason: 1. Investigate any data issue by restoring the older backup, if it is not traceable when it was introduced. 2. Restore lower environment with older backup (say 6 month old). 3. Bui...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Future consideration

'Get Value' action type

In an escalation/action: It would be handy if there were a way to get a value (via an autoscript, etc.) and return the value as a variable to the escalation's SQL condition. For example, an action & automation script could be used to get the v...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration