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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against the products and services belonging to IBM Sustainability Software. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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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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Changing the size and font of characters in MAS

Being the technician performing the work orders, I would like to have the work log long description field appearing in a readable font size as well as having the field in a bigger size, so that I can read what I enter into the field. It seems that...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 3

Allow common asset meter history across sites

System allows assets to be moved between the sites, but asset meter history remains in the original site. This created a problem for preventive maintenance as there is no meter history in the new site and preventive maintenance is skipped. In addi...
almost 7 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

allow update of Mbo in SqlFormat

psdi.mbo.SqlFormat needs a performance enhancement. It needs to allow instance owners to change the Mbo used to format strings, perhaps on the basis of individual calls to simpleFormat(). Right now, the only way to change the Mbo in a SqlFormat in...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Eliminate the requirement to press the route workflow button again after an Interaction Node to end the WF

After routing a WF whenever an Interaction Node is encountered (i.e. Select Owner) the WF stops and the user has to to press the route workflow button again to finish the WF.
over 11 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 3 Planned for future release

more than one mail SMTP server to send notifications and ability to choose the configured server in communication templates

Some customers require using different SMTP servers with different access configuration and credentials for different proposes. It would be nice to have more than one SMTP servers and choose them in Communication Templates.
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

PlusCDueDate calcluation to be corrected

Current calculation for PlusCDueDate is 1. Retrieves all WOs where WorkOrder.AssetNum = ToolTrans.RotAssetNum (note: NOT ToolTrans.AssetNum) WorkOrder.Status != ‘CLOSED', 'COMPLETED', or ‘CANCELED' WorkOrder.WorkType = ‘CAL' or a synonym of ‘CA...
almost 6 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration

Allow return of rotating asset in Work Order Tracking > Actuals > Materials

Craft is used to using adding materials through work orders regardless of whether it is a Maximo item only or rotating asset. Although we can issue a rotating asset from a storeroom, the reverse is not possible (return rotating back to a storeroom...
about 8 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Not under consideration

Ignore mandatory fields when revising job plan

Scenario: I've added a new field to JOBPLAN called WORKTYPE. I've made the field be mandatory in Application designer: https://i.stack.imgur.com/K7Wij.png Problem: When I go to revise an existing job plan, I get an error: "BMXAA4195E - A value is ...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Future consideration

Object launch point default event should be "Save"

Object launch points: The default event should be "Save", not "Initialize Value". Reason: "Save" is most commonly used. https://i.stack.imgur.com/m0nUC.png
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Planned for future release

New input field to enter functional area when creating new forms under Manage Inspection Forms page in Maximo work Center

Anyone who uses Maximo Work Center - Conduct Inspection Page or Manage Inspection Forms Page can now see everyone's forms irrespective of their functional area/department. That is a lot of forms to sift through. There should be a way to identify "...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Planned for future release