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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....
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Centralized setting to ensure to have auto receipts after approvals of Hours, Services, Materials, Tools​

Having multiple roles on same persons in your organization, multiple approvals on same WO/PO can be avoided. Having done the approval, no need for Maximo to ask the same person once again to do receipts (on the stuff he has just approved). Impleme...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

The Receipt app should tell whether non-receipted lines are available with Material tab and/or within Service tab.

The Receipt app should tell whether non-receipted lines are available with Material tab and/or within Service tab. Alternatively only have one tab covering all receipts.
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Searching in Inspection Work Center does not return same results as Core when using Hyphen

​Inaccurate results when searching meter with names containing hyphen special character. When searching for meter in core Maximo Meter name field, users will get the exact results returned for meter with names that include special character “hyphe...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Future consideration

Renaming Inspection form in Work Center after approving

The Inspection Form can only be renamed as long as it is in status "DRAFT". I think it should be possible to change the name - cause it's only a description" at all time by creating a revision.
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration

Tech Note: Retrieve list and map attributes via automation script

It would helpful if there were a Tech Note on the following topic. (There are existing tech notes that are similar, but they require things like a server restart, which is unnecessarily cumbersome. There are other "tricks" too, like utilizing Same...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Add a "Last Successful Sync Date" field to cron task instances

It would be helpful to know when the last successful sync date was for a given cron task instance. I.e., the last time records were actually synced to Maximo. For example, with the OOB ArcGISDataSync cron task, we don't have a good way to know whe...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Record cron task errors in a db table

It would be helpful if cron task errors could be recorded in a database table somewhere in Maximo. Currently, the Runtime Error field in the cron task instance history does not get populated. That's due to a design flaw with the cron task framewor...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Action Formulas

As an alternative to the Rules Engine idea, I wonder if IBM could enhance Maximo formulas by creating an "Action Formula" mechanism. Attribute formulas and object formulas already have most of the functionality that we’re looking for when it comes...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Java method to open URL in same tab

Currently, we have a Java method that can open URLs in the browser: service.openURL(String url, boolean newWindow) Despite what the arguments in that method suggest, the method can't be used to open a URL in the same browser tab . It would be help...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Cancelling WO doesn't cancel task (with approved labor actual; non-zero hours)

Scenario: I have an approved WO that has a task. The task has: An approved labor actual with non-zero hours Inherit Status Changes=Yes https://i.stack.imgur.com/iPX8z.png I can go ahead and cancel the WO, since the WO doesn't have any approved lab...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

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