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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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Guest Accounts Provisioning in MAS - For external "users" Service Request Creation

Several of our clients are on MAS which does not currently support guest accounts. The reasoning behind it is for them to be able to support the ability to log a Service Request in Maximo for our clients' technicians to inspect or execute work. Th...
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Planned for future release

MAS - More Search Fields access change in Manage application

In Maximo 7.6.1.2, More Search Fields are available on the List View of the respective application and on single click Users are able to open the dialog box to search the records. However in Manage, User has to click on the Quick Search Menu(3 dot...
2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 2 Planned for future release

change instructions on MAS module screens

All modules within MANAGE still tell the user to use the ADVANCED SEARCH button that no longer exists. Consider adding the button to the header bar or update the instructions on each module landing page to use the new icons and more search menus
about 2 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 1 Planned for future release

Functionality to combine the PMWOGEN instance-based log separation with a daily log rotation

There is a requirement to have separate logs for PM WOGEN cron task instances that generate WOs of various types or for various departments. There is also a requirement to rotate those logs daily. Current Maximo OOB functionality does not allow th...
5 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) 0 Planned for future release

Add ability to update ABC Type, Reorder Point and Economic Order Quantity from the results of running Inventory Reports

There used to be 6 reports which updated the database, and these were removed for 7.6.1.3 and MAS Manage 8.3 when updating to BIRT 4.8 - a security risk with Database Access is given as the reason. A pair of reports each updated ABC Type, ROP and ...
9 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Supply Chain 0 Planned for future release

VET Change one line in the WOMaterialStatusUpdateCronTask crontask so problems with the process can be identified much quicker

Modify the code to change the error message that is logged Current code in the IBM crontask /* 174 */ getCronTaskLogger().error( "WOMaterialStatusUpdateCronTask encountered a error." , e ); Requested change. /* 174 */ getCronTaskLogger().error( "W...
12 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Planned for future release

Allow PERSONID to be different than USERID

When we manually create a user in MAS, or if the user is synchronized from LDAP, there is no way to set the PERSONID to a different value than the USERID. MAS User administration only has USERID and USERNAME (which translates to maximo.loginid). I...
8 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 3 Planned for future release

Work order description to come from the job plan when it's generated from a PM

Whenever a work order is generated from a PM there are two scenarios from where the resulting work order description will come from. 1. From the PM, if the PM has a description 2. From the Job Plan, if the PM has no description. The problem is tha...
over 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 3 Planned for future release

Disable/Hide "Take a Tour" button on Start Center Header or Option to configure this for own Training Materials.

There should be an Option to Disable/Hide "Take a Tour" button on Start Center Header or an option to configure this for own Training Materials, like short videos or Handcards.
7 months ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / System Admin Config/Security 1 Planned for future release

Printing Calibration Decals / Inventory Barcodes

Maximo out of box functionality needed to support label printing for Asset Calibration expiration dates / inventory information for cycle counting/issuing etc.
about 1 year ago in IBM MAS - Manage (Base) / Asset/Work Management 0 Planned for future release