IJ39622: ASSETSPEC DATEVALUE NOT SAVED IN ASSETSPECHISTORY

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• A recent fix added a DateValue attribute to the
  AssetSpec object.  However, a DateValue
  attribute was not added to the AssetSpecHistory object. As a
  result, if an AssetAttribute record is created with Type DATE
  and it is added to a ClassStructure that is valid for the ASSET
  object and that ClassStructureID is used on an Asset and a Date
  is entered on the AssetSpec record for that attribute, the
  AssetSpecHistory record created for that AssetSpec does not
  store the value entered for the Date.
  
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  
  1) Go to the Classifications application.
  
  2) Select Action / Add/Modify Properties / Attributes.
  
  3) Click "New Row" and enter "PURCHASEDATE" as Attribute,
  "Purchased Date" as Description, "DATE" as Data Type, and click
  "OK".
  
  4) Search for ITAM_ALT \ COMP_EQU \ COMPUTER \ NOTEBOOK.
  
  5) Add the "PURCHASEDATE" attribute to it.
  
  6) Go to the Assets application.
  
  7) Create a new Asset in the BEDFORD Site with ItemNum =
  "D650".
  
  8) Click on the Specifications tab. You should see a row for the
  new PURCHASEDATE attribute with no values. The other attributes
  inherited value from the Item.
  
  9) Enter a date in the "Date Value" column for that row and hit
  SAVE. Make a note of the time.
  
  10) Wait a few minutes.
  
  11) Change the values in the "Numeric Value" column and hit
  SAVE.
  
  12) Click Select Action / View / View Asset Specification
  History.
  
  13) Notice that no value appears for the "Purchase Date" row but
  the other 3 rows show the last values entered in STEP 11.
  
  14) Change the Time component of the "As of" field to a couple
  of minutes after STEP 9 and before STEP 11.
  
  15) Click the "Filter" to expand the Filter Row and then click
  the Magnifying Glass to refresh the list. You should see the
  values in the "Numeric Value" column reset to what they were
  before STEP 11. But the "Purchase Date" row still doesn't show a
  value. The "View Asset Specification History" dialogue is
  supposed to show the values that existed for Asset Specification
  attributes at any point in time but that is not working for DATE
  attributes. Part of the problem is that there isn't a "Date
  Value" column on the dialogue. It can't be added because no
  DateValue attribute exists on the AssetSpecHistory object.
  
  
  ENVIRONMENT:
  
  Maximo 7.6.1.2
  

Local fix

• n/a
  

Problem summary

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  * ASSETSPEC DATEVALUE NOT SAVED IN ASSETSPECHISTORY            *
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Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR will be contained in a future release.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MAXIMO ASST MGM

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46AM

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