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Status Planned for future release
Workspace IBM MAS - Spatial
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 28, 2018

Restrict data in Spatial based on business logic

When using the Spatial map in Maximo you have the possibility to see different ArcGIS objects in differens layers. These objects can be linked to objects in Maximo but it's not a requirement. Something we've noticed is that the data in Spatial isn't restricted as expected, data that you aren't premitted to see in Maximo is visible in Spatial anyway. Linked objects are still visible but are shown as unlinked. Data can be restricted in Maximo in many different ways but in our case we have the add on Service Provider. In SP you configure different customers and the main idea is that you can restrict data (work orders, service request etc.) based on which customer(s) the user belongs to. With SP you can set an actual customer for each work order, SR etc. and this is mapped against those customers that the user is permitted to view data for. It's really critical that users can see information in Spatial that they aren't permitted to see in Maximo. There are a reason why this business logic exists in the first place. Some information can be really sensitive and shouldn't be able to be available for everyone. And with the use of SP you can have external organizations, orginationzations that are competitive with each other and in that case it's extremly critical if the information end up in wrong hands. In that perspective the Spatial product isn't compatible with Service provider today since the business logic definied with SP isn't considered by Spatial.

Idea priority Urgent