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IBM MAS - Common Services

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VET Indicate areas that each of the coreapi PODs handles e.g. POD1 handles MAS Mobile / POD2 handles MIF

The core MAS project includes three "coreapi" pods. Research shows that the some transactions (e.g. MAS Mobile) are being handled by the same POD. we would like to see more information about how to identify which POD is likely to handle particular...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 1 Not under consideration

User Entitlement and access reports to assist with license/AppPoint compliance

Via MAS Administration, the User and LIcense Consumption screens only show if you are in/out of compliance... not why. For example, under Users if a User's access is above their entitlement, yes, there is a message on the screen of the USer record...
almost 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 1 Future consideration

MAS Manage > Database configuration > Validate database connectivity for MS-SQL and Oracle databases for faster feedback to technical specialists

As MAS Manage officially supports MS-SQL and Oracle and many of EAM customers use MS-SQL or Oracle, it MUST support validating JDBC connection string for Oracle and MS-SQL. Currently, it validates database connectivity only for Db2, refer screensh...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 1 Planned for future release

User Password expiration enabled

There is no possibility to set password expiration now in Manage. This is could be an IT security policy issue for customers not using AD/SAML. Password expiration is a must for most if not all customers nowadays and we must not assume customers w...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 0 Planned for future release

Mount secret to Maximo pods as a file

We want to store a private key file in secret and then mount it to Maximo pods as a file. We also want this to be configurable, similar to PVCs under workspace configuration. This means that the pods will always mount the secret during redeploy, s...
6 months ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 1 Future consideration

Support Oracle database @ Azure

Providing MAS Manage supporting Oracle Database @Azure would provide easier migration path for customers & Business Partners who are operating EAM on Oracle and do not have skills or do not want to manage Openshift. IBM has ARO(Azure red hat o...
11 months ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 0 Not under consideration

Document the MAS communication flows

The current MAS solution relies on a set of PODs to handle the transactions. The communications between these PODs are not publicly documented. It is important to document the communications so the support teams can identify which log files to che...
over 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 1 Planned for future release

Allow user to jump to page on List Tab

Within Maximo, on the list tabs when users search for data that returns several pages of data. Could you add a way to jump to a page rather than having them click the next button to page hundreds of pages of results? I've attached a screen shot as...
almost 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 1 Not under consideration

Containerization requires separation of duties

So MAS can only be run with full cluster administrator access? I thought we got away from "this has to run as root" thirty years ago. MAS has only one role? Then there are no separation of duties. This is a lift-and-shift monolith - not a containe...
6 months ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 1 Not under consideration

Useful and informative app point viewer / dashboard

Amount of App Points should be visible  As described in IBM Idea https://ibm-ai-apps.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/MSS1-I-56, amount of app points is needed for each user. Being the app point Admin and the user Admin, I need to be completely sure tha...
about 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Common Services 2 Planned for future release