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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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Job Plan Conditions should work with PM/JP/Route

Currently, Job Plan Conditions aren't honored when WOs are created from a PM that has a Job Plan and a Route. It would be helpful if Maximo could be enhanced so that Job Plan Conditions work in that scenario.
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Not under consideration

Easier way to run cron task on demand

It would be helpful if there were an easier way to run a cron task on demand. Currently, we can edit the scheduled time of a cron task so that it runs in a couple of minutes from now. But that isn't ideal, because we need to write down the real sc...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Type Ahead hardcoded limit of 10000 should be configurable

Currently the Type Ahead limit is hard coded to 10000 records so we cannot use it effectively on the Locations and Asset fields as we have more than 10000 records. At times users don't find the record in the type ahead thus loosing confidence in t...
10 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 3 Not under consideration

Ad-hoc report text fields: Align-left instead of align-right (optional setting)

Maximo aligns ad-hoc report text fields to the right, instead of to the left. Screenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/KrbtZ.png That's different from most software platforms. Other programs like Excel, MS Access, and SQL clients align text to the le...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Not under consideration

Importing a view: Don't make the attribute fields be read-only

When importing a view: (not to be confused with creating a view in Maximo directly via the UI) With imported views, there is a limitation in the DB Config application —> Attributes tab where the attribute fields become arbitrarily read-only, de...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Planned for future release

BIRT Support for converting base64 images pasted into Task LD field to print to pdf

Maximo allows images to be pasted into Job Plan Task Long Description field, but when you attempt to print to pdf, the images aren't output. The IBM method is to Attach the images using the "Insert Image" URL link feature. While this works, it def...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

Enhancements to the PM Module - PM.COUNTER

PM.Counter: This attribute has multiple uses which is in correct. It should server one dedicated purpose i.e. reflect a single entity. These are the multiple things that the counter is trying to denote. As Per http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowled...
over 8 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Planned for future release

Ability to open record in a ‘New Tab’ in the browser (right click the record > Open in New Tab).

This is extremely useful in order to open multiple records at the same time and work on them concurrently. It is available in other competitor products, thus, users know what they are missing.
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Application XML: List of possible XML properties

It would be helpful if IBM could publish a list of properties that are available for application XML. For example, how would we find out about table control properties like "collapsewhenempty"? There doesn't seem to be any documentation on the pro...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Work planning/scheduling should consider technician qualification

When trying to select the resource to do a job, this needs to be done at a qualifications level. For example, a Technician may have completed/obtained some of the training and qualifications of a high er level and that person should ultimately be ...
10 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Planned for future release