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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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PO Accounting changes cannot be made after there are charges (Financial transactions from Receipts / Invoices / etc.) to the PO.

PO Line Accounting Cannot be Revised on a PO if there are Receipts/Actuals. This results in Invoices Not Paid due to Incorrect Accounting that cannot be classified differently than the Distributed PO Line.
about 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Allow existing contracts to be associated to a new Master Contract

Business Requirements Within an organization, as some purchasing and contracts shift from a site or branch to global procurement, it becomes necessary to bring various existing contracts under one master contract that can be managed globally. Use ...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 1 Future consideration

Maximo views: Increase SQL FROM clause character limit

When creating a view object in Maximo db config: The view's FROM clause can only have 1000 characters. BMXAA4049E 1000 characters might seem like a lot, but in fact, many queries have more than 1000 characters in the FROM clause, especially if the...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Bulletin Board during Package Manager

Currently Maximo 7613 create BB for every time Maximo Package Migration with subject "Migration Manager package deployment is in progress.". It could for 1 minute or longer. Suggestion: Add a system property to indicate if a bulletin board message...
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Not under consideration

Ability to batch update of the LOCATION Custodian (like it's enabled on Assets)

Preface Sund & Bælt operates large civil infrastructures like bridges, harbors, rail corridors, road corridors and landworks. Having thousands and thousands of assets and locations, Sund & Bælt has taken this approach to work with assets a...
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Switch to make Script accessible via API

This is mainly a security benefit. At the moment you can invoke every Script via /maximo/oslc/script/<ScriptName> as long as you are authorized. After years of development in our system, we are not sure every script knows about this possibil...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Implement canApprove() method in purchasing record Status Handlers

When implementing workflow for purchasing records (PR, PO, Invoice) it would be very useful to have a single method that contained all of the logic for verifying that the record is ready for approval. In some record types in Maximo, there is a can...
over 4 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

"Auto" should be Available and default file type for External System - Enterprise Service - Data Import

In Maximo / MAS Manage, navigate to External Systems > (load one) > Enterprise Service > (select one) > Data Import. The file type options presented are XML, JSON and Flat File. There needs to be an "Auto" option that can look at the e...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Allow SQL expressions in Start Center Result Set Color Options Expressions

We have users that would like to use PR/PO/WO date comparisons in a Start Center Result Set to change Color Options in an Expression. For example, if the current date is greater than a week from a PR required date, color it Green, if less than 1 w...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 0 Future consideration

Display the API Key Expiration Date

On the APIKEYTOKEN table, we track when the API key was created and the expiration (in minutes) that have to be added to the date. That means users need to perform their own calculation (adding the minutes from expiration to creationdate) to deter...
about 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Integration 0