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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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There is no listing of all the available REST API parameters

If you want to remove rowstamps from API responses (parameter ignorers) you have to go on a google rampage to find that there is a parameter for that. However that parameter is found nowhere in the IBM Maximo/Mas8 documentation. Is it possible to ...
9 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Documentation & Help 1 Functionality already exists

Attributes defined as YORN data type should be allowed utilize crossover domains

While it is understandable that ALN, Numeric and Table Domains are not allowed to be defined on YORN datatype attributes in Maximo database configuration, there is a need for crossing YORN datatype attributes from one object to another. I have a b...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Not under consideration

Integration : RESTAPI Calls to update PO information

Case Reference: TS010301109 As per the current MIF logic , when a PO information is updated through a RESTAPI call , status of the PO automatically changes to WAPPR and then APPR even though status update is not part of the body/call. Due to this ...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Functionality already exists

Attribute formula comments/description

For attribute formulas: It would be helpful if we could add comments to complex formulas that we’ve written…to describe what the formulas do and how they work. In other words, could IBM please add a DESCRIPTION field to the ATTRFORMULA table.
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Not under consideration

Report list: Information popup

For a given application like WOTRACK —> Run Reports —> Reports window/list: It would be helpful if the report list could also have details about the report. So that the user can know what the report does…prior to running it. Like this: https...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Support in-memory tables

In-memory db tables can provide significant performance improvements for high-transaction tables (like meter readings). In-memory tables are available in all db platforms. The only catch is that the technology is implemented differently between pl...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Bind variable for "Is Interactive?"

It would be helpful if IBM could create a new bind variable for "Is Interactive?" (&INTERACTIVE&) Currently, in order for us to check if a session is interactive or not, we need to use an automation script. But if there were a bind variabl...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Deactivate Classifications

Please make the logic in this technote be available as standard OOB functionality: Hide Inactive Classifications From Users Use Case: We have classifications that were used in WOs that are now closed. Going forward, we want to prevent users from u...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Future consideration

Disallow partial inspection of rotating items or Allow serialization of partially inspected rotating items

Below are the step to reproduce this scenario. 1-->Go to Item Master and create a new item and make it active. 2-->Ensure Inspection Required flag and Rotating flag is checked. 3-->Add the item to a storeroom 4-->Create a PO and add t...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Custom bind variables

It would be helpful if we could define custom bind variables in Maximo. Examples: &FIRSTNAME& &ISINTERACTIVE& &ENVNAME& (i.e. the Maximo environment name; not the same thing as the existing :&HOSTNAME& variable). Us...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 3 Future consideration