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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM MAS - Spatial
Categories Spatial
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 1, 2025

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Spatial Audit tracking - GIS attribute create/update needs to have CHANGEBY and CHANGEDATE defaulted as Maximo logged in user

We came across an issue where the GIS object creation fails from Maximo when the Feature layer has got CHANGEBY and CHNAGEDATE fields mandatory. Here the GIS feature layer is configured with CHANGEBY and CHANGEDATE non-nullable fields in ArcGIS, and user need to manually type in the CHNAGEBY and CHANGEDATE while creating a new object in GIS as part of API call ADD_GIS_FEATURE_AND_LINK.

Looking for an automation here to auto-populate the CHANGEBY and CHANGEDATE for GIS attribute from Maximo, when a feature is created/updated, using the Edit tool.

In current tool this feature is missing and would like to add the same in future releases.

Idea priority High
Needed By Quarter
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    Thiago Humberto Geraldi
    Aug 14, 2025

    I understand the point raised, but there are already mechanisms in Maximo and ArcGIS that can automate the population of these fields without requiring product changes. Possible options include:

    1. Automation Script on BEFORE Save

      • In Maximo, it’s possible to associate an Automation Script to the BEFORE Save event of the object being sent to GIS.

      • The script can automatically capture the logged-in user (CHANGEBY) and the current date/time (CHANGEDATE), populating these attributes before sending them to the ADD_GIS_FEATURE_AND_LINK service.

    2. Default Value in JSON Mapping

      • In the JSON mapping between Maximo and GIS, you can set default values for CHANGEBY and CHANGEDATE.

      • This way, whenever Maximo does not provide these fields, the connector will send the defined values (for example, CHANGEBY = :USERNAME and CHANGEDATE = current timestamp).

    3. Enable Editor Tracking on the GIS Layer

      • In ArcGIS, enabling Editor Tracking on the layer allows GIS to automatically populate fields such as created_user, created_date, last_edited_user, and last_edited_date.

      • This removes the need to send these values from Maximo in the payload, since ArcGIS will manage them internally.

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