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Status Functionality already exists
Workspace IBM MAS - Manage (Base)
Categories Asset/Work Management
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 23, 2026

RELATED IDEAS

Blocking adding Job Plans to completed work orders

For us if you complete a work order, you indicate that you did the job as defined.  If you allow someone to add a job plan to a COMP work order then you are changing the rules after it was completed.  With certain settings, like the Parent Changes Children Status you can even make it look like the tasks where checked off by someone who just completed the work.  But at the time they added labor and COMP'ed the WO there were no job plan steps.  We believe that you should not able to add a job plan to a COMPed WO.

We can add a CEM rule, TRM Rule or Automation script to block this but are requesting this be implemented so that it propagates to all apps and the handheld devices.

Idea priority Medium
Needed By Not sure -- Just thought it was cool
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Apr 29, 2026

    Hi,

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. Your idea is already included in a previous product release. Please refer to our product documentation for more details. Thank you again for your feedback.

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    Lisa Stuckless
    Apr 29, 2026

    Thank you for the Idea. This is an unexpected functionality, and we would recommend looking into customizations that are causing this. Natively, Maximo does not allow you to add/remove a job plan on a work order when the status is not WAPPR on a work order. Additionally, you have the capability to manage what planned items can be added/removed/edited in each status through the organization's application through ‘Work Order Options’ > ‘Edit Rules’. This will allow you to control in what status you can edit plans without the need of CEM Rule.

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