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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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VET Change one line in the WOMaterialStatusUpdateCronTask crontask so problems with the process can be identified much quicker

Modify the code to change the error message that is logged Current code in the IBM crontask /* 174 */ getCronTaskLogger().error( "WOMaterialStatusUpdateCronTask encountered a error." , e ); Requested change. /* 174 */ getCronTaskLogger().error( "W...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Functionality to combine the PMWOGEN instance-based log separation with a daily log rotation

There is a requirement to have separate logs for PM WOGEN cron task instances that generate WOs of various types or for various departments. There is also a requirement to rotate those logs daily. Current Maximo OOB functionality does not allow th...
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Adding Field that requires no answer in Question list of Inspections

It can be handy to add a comment between questions that needs no answer, this is not possble at the moment.
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

Give ability to remove an item from a storeroom without having to obsolete

Is there a way of removing an item from a storeroom without having to obsolete it? I’ve tried with transferring the item to another location, yet the item remains in the storeroom where I tried to remove it from. It seems like once you create a CC...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Not under consideration

Hierarchical Query support for DB2

Many hierarchies are created in Maximo. Asset, locations, classifications, item assembly structure, etc. It is useful and efficient to be able to generate hierarchical queries in the database.
almost 2 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Not under consideration

Add pptx as an option when scheduling a BIRT report

When user tries to schedule a BIRT report, pptx is not available as a report type. This is available if user tries to run the report immediately.
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Reporting 0 Future consideration

To automatically generate Inventory Usage for Stocked Tool

To automatically generate Inventory Usage for planned stocked Tools
4 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Future consideration

Allow custom attributes from the User object to be defined for the SCIM integration

As part of one of the MAS 9 implementations, the customer has a requirement to integrate Sec. Groups and Users to MAS via the SCIM interface (https://developer.ibm.com/apis/catalog/maximo--maximo-application-suite-admin-apis-9-0-x/api/API--maximo-...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Integration 0 Future consideration

Allow drilldown (location / asset / item / Maintenance plan) to more than 1 level with item

Recently it was not possible to see item in the drilldown, IBM added first level for items which is very usefull. There is only a last effort to add info for items below items and navigate in all the structure up to the last level of item.
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 4 Future consideration

Allow Count Cycles for Rotating Items to be managed using combination of Count Books and Inventory physical count dates.

Take the most recent (last count date) in the Count Date (COUNTBOOKLINE.PHYSCNTDATE) field from Count Books record for a rotating item and populate this date in the Physical Count Date (INVBALANCES.PHYSCNTDATE) field on the Inventory record for th...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 2 Not under consideration