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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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PM Interval Reset

When a work order for a meter based PM is completed, the current meter reading on the asset is used to update the PM. The meter reading entered on the work order when the work was completed should be used to update the PM rather than the current r...
over 9 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Future consideration

Delete orphaned CLASSIFICATION rows

The MAXIMO.CLASSIFICATION table contains descriptions for CLASSSTRUCTURE rows. CLASSIFICATION rows can become orphaned when the corresponding CLASSSTRUCTURE rows have been deleted. It would be helpful if there were a tool/action that admins could ...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Is a defect

Delete the generated asset reference from the asset template when the asset is deleted

Currently if an asset is generated from an asset template, then at some point later the asset is deleted, the asset is still referenced on the asset template
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Not under consideration

Filter where field is null OR equals value

When filtering in the list view: It would be helpful if ~null~ would work with the OR operator. For example, search for ~null~ OR a value. Currently, ~null~ can only be used by itself when filtering. While that is possible when using the SQL WHERE...
about 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 0 Not under consideration

E-signature does not work with Workflow

When changing a status from workflow this should take into account the electronic signature that is set on the “Change Status” action.This has worked in earlier versions of Maximo but does not work anymore in Maximo 7.6
almost 10 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Future consideration

Pare down the WORKORDER table (it's too big)

The WORKORDER table is too big, especially when Maximo add-ons are installed (~300 columns). Some of the old/extra columns should be retired. This would improve Maximo performance.
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Not under consideration

Technote needed: Committing transactions to continuous vs. sequential queues

A blurb from an email from IBM: Continuous queues use MDBs which use container transactions. So when the transaction completes it is automatically committed. Sequential queues, on the other hand, have a cron task which delivers messages to Maximo ...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 2 Future consideration

allowing workflow to continue after dismissing messages or functions spawned by the interaction node

Please allow the workflow to continue after dismissing messages or functions spawned by the interaction node, without requiring the user to click the workflow button again.
almost 10 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 3 Future consideration

SRs created in Work Centers are unable to generate description based on Spec attributes

When creating an SR using Work Centers, the SRs do not generate correct description upon submitting the SR request if the Classification is setup to generate description based on the spec attribute values. Similar steps taken to create an SR in Cl...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 1 Not under consideration

Documentation: Views

Please update the Maximo Views documentation. The documentation should include things like: The difference between imported views vs. views created in Maximo. Imported view objects are read-only, non-imported views are editable. Imported view calc...
over 3 years ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 4 Future consideration