Maximo Application Suite
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What's new in Maximo Application Suite 9.1

Learn more about what's new and changed in IBM® Maximo® Application Suite 9.1.

Licensing in Maximo Application Suite

The licensing guidance provides information and updates to entitlements in Maximo Application Suite 9.1. For more information, see Licensing in Maximo Application Suite 9.1

Prerequisite software changes

Multiple architecture support for Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base

Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base now support architecture for IBM System/390x (S390x) and IBM Power® (ppc64le) to use existing Red Hat® OpenShift® capabilities through the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform for scalability and resilience.

You can choose to install or migrate your existing Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base on the IBM Z processing platform.

If Maximo Application Suite core and Maximo Manage base are configured on IBM System/390x or IBM Power (ppc64le) architecture, consider the following conditions for prerequisite software.

MongoDB is supported only as an external service. For more information, see MongoDB.
IBM Db2® can be used as an external service. For more information, see Configuring IBM Db2.
Grafana operators are not supported. For more information, see Installing Grafana.

For more information, see Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR).

Installation

Foundation service: The foundation service consists of selected functions that unify setting up, accessing, and viewing capabilities that were previously separate and specific to each suite application. By consolidating these common administrative tasks and operations, administrators can centrally administer users, security, and data and also configure or customize applications. For more information, see Foundation service.

Upgrade

Upgrading to Maximo Application Suite 9.1: When you upgrade to Maximo Application Suite 9.1, either Maximo Manage or the foundation service is required. The upgrade path to Maximo Application Suite 9.1 depends on your current installation and configuration. For more information, see Upgrading to Maximo Application Suite 9.1.

Configuration

Configuring applications with Application configuration: You can configure Maximo Application Suite applications with Application configuration. For more information, see Application Configuration.

Configuring cross-origin resource sharing (CORS): You can configure CORS in Maximo Application Suite for WebSphere Liberty server by updating the custom resource file in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. For more information, see Configuring cross-origin resource sharing (CORS).

Customizing hostAliases in podTemplates: Map a hostname to an IP address and then you can effectively bypass DNS resolution and create direct mapping between the hostname and the IP address. For more information, see Customizing hostAliases in podTemplates.

Disabling or hiding login options: A system administrator or an identity provider (IdP) administrator can hide or disable identity providers so that they are not accessible to users. Administrators can continue to maintain the existing IdP configuration and account links. For more information, see Disabling or hiding login options by using APIs

User management

Configuring multiple LDAP user registry synchronizations: You can configure multiple LDAP user registry synchronizations to synchronize users and groups from more than one LDAP server to your local Maximo Application Suite user registry. For more information, see Configuring multiple LDAP user registry synchronizations.

OpenID Connect: You can configure single sign-on with OpenID Connect (OIDC) for authentication and authorization to enable users to log in and access suite applications through a centralized identity provider. For more information, see Configuring OIDC authentication.

IDP administrator access: Administrators who have IDP administrator can configure the integrations, such as LDAP, SAML, SMTP, User registry synchronization, Certificate management, and User management.
For more information, see User access and entitlements in Maximo Application Suite 9.1

Password expiration for local users: You can enable password expiration to define when a user is required to change their password. You can specify how long the password is valid before a user must change their password. You can include a grace period during which users can still log in after their password expires. You can also send an email to users to notify when a password is scheduled to expire. For more information, see Setting password expiration for local users

Administering user sessions

Force log out: You can configure user sessions to automatically log out a user within a defined time period. For more information, see Configuring force user log out.

Enabling maintenance mode: To prevent all users from accessing the system during critical maintenance or when changes are being made, you can enable maintenance mode by using APIs. After you enable maintenance mode, active users are logged out, and login access is restricted for all users. Only system administrators, identity provider (IdP) management administrators, and super users can log in during maintenance mode. For more information, see Enabling maintenance mode by using APIs.

Using translated versions of email notifications: You can configure the SmtpCFG custom resource to use a translated version of Maximo Application Suite emails.
For more information, see Changing the language of email notifications.

Disabling Maximo Application Suite email notifications: You can configure the SmtpCFG custom resource to disable Maximo Application Suite emails from being sent to your users.
For more information, see Disabling email notifications.

Authorization services

Administering users: You can now centrally manage user records, their authorizations, and also security privileges in Maximo Application Suite. You can specify whether the user is granted concurrent or authorized access and also assign the user to security groups that gives them specific access to the applications and capabilities.
For more information, see Administering users.

Note: Existing Maximo Manage 9.0.x users can continue to manage users in Maximo Manage by selecting the Users (Manage) application.
For more information, see Managing users and groups.

Creating a user administrator: To set up a user as an administrator who can grant other users access to the suite applications, you assign them user management permissions. For more information, see Creating administrators for user management.

Administering security groups: You can provide authorization to suite applications, actions, and data to a group of users by using security groups. Security groups are used to control user access to applications, data, and actions by grouping users and assigning permissions. For more information, see Administering security groups.
Note: If Maximo Manage is deployed, administrators can continue to use security groups in Maximo Manage, by selecting the Security groups (Manage) application. For more information, see Managing users and groups.

User management APIs: New user management APIs replace the existing user management APIs. The new user management APIs provide greater granularity for user authorization to allow for a more flexible and secure way to manage access within the application. For more information, see User management APIs

Common navigation

New suite navigation menu: To unify and improve access to suite applications, you can navigate to the suite applications that you have access to by using the side navigation menu. This new navigation menu replaces the Application switcher and the administration icon on the header menu. A Read permission can be granted for each application so that it is visible in the side navigation menu.

Streamlined content access: To consolidate access to content in the user interface, the content that was available from the Take a tour button is now available in the Help menu. To access content, such as interactive tours, links to videos, and what's new information, select Help > Show me how.

Suite administration

Application-specific language support: You can now select languages such as Arabic and Hebrew from the user profile page. These languages are application-specific and supported only in IBM Maximo Manage and IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities.
For more information, see Language and locale support and Setting language and time zone preferences for users.

Importing data: You can import data from a .csv file to update the database and simultaneously create multiple records, such as user records. You can use this file to add the data and ensure that the format adheres to the import processing rules. For more information, see Importing data. For an example about how to use the importing data action to create user records, see Importing users in Maximo Application Suite 9.1.

Disabling survey: The customer satisfaction survey gathers feedback about your experience with Maximo Application Suite. When enabled, the survey is available to all users to submit feedback. You can disable surveys. For more information, see Disabling surveys.

Applications, industry solutions, and add-ons

New IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities suite application

IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities is now available in Maximo Application Suite. With Maximo Real Estate and Facilities, you can manage real estate portfolios and facility assets throughout their lifecycle with space management, reservations, capital projects, facility condition assessment, lease management, operations, and maintenance. For more information, see IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities.

You can deploy and activate IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities as a suite application, create users, and assign user access. For more information, see Deploying Maximo Real Estate and Facilities in Maximo Application Suite and Administering users and user access in Maximo Application Suite in 9.1.

New Maximo Asset Investment Planning add-on in Maximo Manage

Maximo Asset Investment Planning is now available in Maximo Application Suite. Maximo Asset Investment Planning is a strategic planning tool that is designed to help asset-intensive organizations make better decisions about where and when to invest in their assets, while improving planning processes. For more information, see Maximo Asset Investment Planning.

You deploy and activate Maximo Asset Investment Planning as an add-on to Maximo Manage. For more information, see Deploying Maximo Manage.

Stand-alone Maximo Health no longer a suite application: Maximo Health is no longer available as a stand-alone suite application but remains an add-on in Maximo Manage.; If Maximo Health is deployed as a stand-alone suite application and you are upgrading to 9.1, you must add Maximo Health as an add-on in Maximo Manage 9.0. Then, you upgrade to 9.1. For more information, see Upgrading Maximo Health 9.0 stand-alone to Maximo Manage 9.1 with Health

IBM Maximo Assist renamed IBM Maximo Collaborate: Starting in Maximo Application Suite 9.1, IBM Maximo Assist is now named IBM Maximo Collaborate. If Maximo Assist is deployed in Maximo Application Suite 9.0 or earlier and you upgrade to Maximo Application Suite 9.1, the name is automatically changed in the user interface.
Note: In the Maximo Application Suite documentation, Maximo Assist is now referred to as Maximo Collaborate.

IBM Maximo Optimizer: For optimization models, disable the Allow model customization artifacts configuration option. For more information, see Activating IBM Maximo Optimizer.; On a single-node Red Hat OpenShift cluster, the Maximo Application Suite CLI utility installs the Maximo Optimizer Limited plan. For more information, see IBM Maximo Optimizer.

What's new in accelerators: The Red Hat Marketplace is deprecated. Maximo Application Suite accelerators are now hosted on the Maximo Application Suite accelerators solutions page. For more information, see Maximo Application Suite accelerators.

What's new in Maximo Application Suite applications, industry solutions, and add-ons

Learn more about what’s new and changed in the following applications, industry solutions, and add-ons in Maximo Application Suite 9.1.