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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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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

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

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...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Future consideration

Enable possibility to send e-mails from other domains (use case: external users

Use Case: In our Maximo environment we collaborate with external users (suppliers, customers). However, the current setup does not allow those external users to send outbound e-mails from Maximo (create communication, scheduled reports). Those ext...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Future consideration

Allow Users to Hide / Unhide Saved Public Queries

Sometimes, there becomes a large list of Saved Public Queries which are shown to users. Users should be able to select and Hide / Unhide which Saved Public Queries they want to see and which they do not want to see
3 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 2 Future consideration

Improved information about received costs

Preface Being the GL Account Owner (GAO) and by that the budget responsible, It’s important to me that all my approvals and receiving actions come with very clear information. Doing approx. 240 PO approvals followed by same 240 receiving actions I...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Under review

Announce number of open receipts on the two tabs in the Receiving app

Preface Having approx. 400 work orders processed on monthly basis, such would become 6,000 work orders (WOs) on yearly basis. Having at least one purchase order (PO) per WO, approvals and followed by receipts the GL Account Owner (GAO) must alloca...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Future consideration

OSLC Support for SQL Where in Manage

In 7.6 there is a feature that with the support of a csrf token allowed the use of a sqlwhere clause on an oslc query. This is no longer possible with the changes to authentication in MAS. It would be great to bring this feature into Manage (with ...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration

Replace the MAXDEMO database

It would be helpful if IBM could invest in a new MAXDEMO database where the data has actually passed through the MBO business logic and dates are not 30 years old. The existing MAXDEMO data isn't very useful because the data is messy. The demo dat...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 5 Future consideration

Life Sciences requirement: Ability to manage electronic signature/key to meet regulatory compliance

If electronic signature/key has been enabled in Maximo Manage system, the end user should not be able to save password/key via a browser to reduce risk of an unauthorized signature use while system administrator should be able to reset electronic ...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Planned for future release