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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 7, 2021

List View: Clear the WHERE clause & clear the resultset (without selecting records)

Scenario:

A user is looking for WOs that meet certain criteria, but their default & saved queries don't fit what the user looking for. So the user runs the 'All Records' query, which selects all columns & rows from the WORKORDER table. Then the user applies a filter to narrow down the results.

For applications that don't have many records, the 'All Records' query runs quickly and isn't a problem. However, for WOTRACK, we have hundreds of thousands of WOs/tasks, so the 'All Records' query is slow. And in general, it doesn't make sense to SELECT * FROM WORKORDER -- before the user has a chance to apply a filter. That just selects records for no reason and is an unnecessary load on the system.


In WOTRACK, can IBM add functionality that can be used to clear the WHERE clause and clear the resultset without selecting records -- so that the user can filter all records, before selecting all records?

For example, add a button in the list view toolbar that achieves #1 and #2 in the screenshot below -- all with a single click.

Screenshot: https://i.stack.imgur.com/lBm5L.png


I'm aware that Advanced Search-->Revise button-->Clear Query and Fields almost does what I want. But it's not quite what I'm looking for-- since it doesn't get applied until I hit the "Find" button, which runs the "All records" query. I don't want Maximo to run a query yet (slow). I just want it to clear the WHERE clause & clear the resultset.



Idea priority Medium
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    JORDAN SMITH
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    Sep 29, 2022

    Thank you for taking the time to provide your ideas to IBM. We truly value our relationship with you and appreciate your willingness to share details about your experience, your recommendations, and ideas.

    I am sorry to inform you that our team has evaluated the request and has determined that it cannot be implemented at this time in the Maximo framework. However, we are modernizing the user experience of Maximo, which includes a modernized filtering, where this request may be considered in the future.

    If you would like to be involved in the features of the new applications in the Maximo suite, or other modernization efforts at IBM, please email smithjor@us.ibm.com to become part of our sponsored user group, which is a program where you and people in your organization become active participants in the Maximo design process, working alongside our design teams to help us create great future experiences for real target users.