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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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Set default ROS for application (ad-hoc reports)

Could IBM make it so we can set the default Report Object Structure (aka "category") for an application? Example: WOTRACK: Currently, the default ROS is the second one in the list. I want to make the first ROS be the default instead (it's a cus...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

"Select more Work Orders" should provide a reduced scope in the 1st step and return only workorders from the same hierarchy / planning

When working in WO Tracking, the action "select more Work Orders" can take over 1 minute to respond on a system with a high Work Order load. Additionally, the output will list millions of work orders. This kind of excessive output is of no use. To...
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Allow user to select a Fit To property for PDF when scheduling a report so that reports with many columns will not be cut off on the right side

emailed PDFs will be cut off if the report contains a lot of columns, preventing users from seeing all of their data. We have users experiencing this issue in Maximo 7.6.1
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Create some type of notification that informs the user that a data export limit has been set via the system property [webclient.maxdownloadrows] , so they are aware that there data may get truncated.

Setting the system property property [webclient.maxdownloadrows] helps prevent out of memory errors. However when set, the users are not aware of the limit. This presents a danger for analyzing data or trusting the dataset that is exported . For e...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Maximo Exchange Rates when Receiving good with different currency

Maximo is setup currently with Base Currency of CAD and a secondary currency of USD. We have a daily exchange rate that is loaded into Maximo through integration. Based on the following IBM technote https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/which-date-exc...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Future consideration

Change Object structure related warning message (BMXAA6077E) so logged as WARN instead of INFO

Maximo is logging important warnings as INFO messages when they should be logged as WARN messages [5/16/14 9:22:26:680 BST] 00000014 SystemOut O 16 May 2014 09:22:26:680 [INFO] [MXUI1] [] Column REPORTOBJECT in source object MAXAPPS for the MOBILE...
over 10 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

Make the relationship between Conditional UI and security optional

If we want to use the Conditional UI, we are required to use security (a custom sig option) whether our configuration is related to security or not. This is often a waste of effort. It would be helpful if the relationship between the Conditional U...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 4 Not under consideration

Maximo 7.6.x - Record Hover - Should Always Display Information Even If Related Record Is No Longer Valid For Entry

The Hover Feature introduced in Maximo 7.6 is useful because users can see most relevant fields in a related record by hovering over the Key field of the related record without having to "Go To" the related application. However, the Hover pop-up i...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration

Error on print of pdf attachments "could not merge all files. on maximo print"

Please provide a technical solution for the limitation of print of these pdf attachments , There is a IBM technote stating as limitation,https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/pdf-attachments-maximo-record-are-not-printed-direct-print-attachments-actio...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Not under consideration

Inactivate user in manage

In Maximo 76 we can deactivate a user from user app -> update status. This functionality is no longer available in Manage 8.x. We have large user base, and group, team, or site leaders manage their team active/inactive user list. Suggest Manage...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration