IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component patch 8.6.20

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Abstract

On 9 December 2024, IBM released IBM® Maximo® Application Suite Manage Component patch 8.6.19. As with all patches, it is cumulative. In addition to the new fixes listed here, all fixes from earlier patches for this version are included.

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APAR and Known Issue Fixes

When an APAR or Known Issue has Manual Change in the first column, click the link or go to the Manual Changes section for directions.
When an APAR or Known Issue has Behavior Change in the first column, click the link or go to the Behavioral Changes section for information.

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APAR	Application Name	Description
DT248009	Inspection	When creating an Inspection record for a Work Order that has a parent record, should populate the Parent record for the Inspection correctly - considering the direct parent (not the hierarchy)
DT392564	Lease/Rental Contracts	When revising a payment schedule for Maximo Lease/Rental Contracts you are not able to remove the interim charge
DT394929	Mobile	Inspection Form Numeric Field wrongly displays dot as the decimal separator.
DT395531	System UI	Emojis stored in the database are not visible in Manage desktop, causing a "Non-displayable control characters" message to display.
DT395872	Asset templates	Loading PLUSCTPASSET causes error BMXAA4176E - "Attribute LOCATION does not exist.".
DT396110	Mobile	In Mobile Technician, the previous Work Order number is displayed on the Report Work page.
DT396836	Purchase orders	A user approving a PO revision even though the revised PO no longer has a line for the obsolete item causes the message BMXAA5609I - "This action is not allowed since the item XXX is in Pending or Obsolete status at Item/Organization level." to display.
DT398270	Mobile	When fixing errored transactions in the Inspection, the action button should have the correct label.
DT398687	Mobile	Domain values are out of order in the Characteristic Meter.
DT398799	Mobile	In the Technician RBA Work Log, the LogType displays all records because filtering by the Work Order's Site is not working.

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Manual Changes

APAR Change instructions

APAR	Change instructions
IJ35876	Open Application Designer. 1. Search for the JOBPLAN application, and open the record. 2. Click Export Application Definition, and save it as jobplan.xml. 3. Open jobplan.xml in a pure text editor. 4. Add the following two checkboxes to the section with id="main_grid2_1_sec1_row1_col1_sec1": `<checkbox dataattribute="DYNAMIC" id= main_grid2_isdynamic" sigoption="SHOWDJP"/> <checkbox dataattribute="APPLYNONDYNAMICCALC" id="main_grid2applynondynamic" sigoption="SHOWDJP"/>` 5. Add the following section directly below the section with id="main_grid3": <section id="main_grid4"label="Dynamic Job Plan Information"sigoption="DYNAMIC"> <multiparttextbox dataattribute="UNITSOFWORKMULTIPLIER"descdataattribute="UNITSOFWORK"desclookup="MEASUREUNIT"id="main_grid4_units"/> <textbox dataattribute="calcmethod"id="djp_calcmethod"lookup="VALUELIST"/> <multiparttextbox applink="reslevel"dataattribute="calclevel"descdataattribute="reslevel.description"descinputmode="readonly"id="djp_calclevel"lookup="RESLEVEL"menutype="NORMAL"sigoption="DYNAMIC_LEVEL"/> <textbox dataattribute="CALCEXPRESSION"id="djp_calcattribute"menutype="DYNEXPBUILDER"sigoption="DYNAMIC_PROPATTR"/> </section> 6. Save jobplan.xml. 7. Return to Application Designer, with the JOBPLAN application still open. 8. Click Import Application Definition. 9. Select the modified jobplan.xml. Click OK. 10. Log out and log back in.

IJ35876

Open Application Designer.
1. Search for the JOBPLAN application, and open the record.
2. Click Export Application Definition, and save it as jobplan.xml.
3. Open jobplan.xml in a pure text editor.
4. Add the following two checkboxes to the section with id="main_grid2_1_sec1_row1_col1_sec1":

<checkbox dataattribute="DYNAMIC" id= main_grid2_isdynamic" sigoption="SHOWDJP"/>
<checkbox dataattribute="APPLYNONDYNAMICCALC" id="main_grid2applynondynamic" sigoption="SHOWDJP"/>

5. Add the following section directly below the section with id="main_grid3":

<section id="main_grid4"label="Dynamic Job Plan Information"sigoption="DYNAMIC">
<multiparttextbox dataattribute="UNITSOFWORKMULTIPLIER"descdataattribute="UNITSOFWORK"desclookup="MEASUREUNIT"id="main_grid4_units"/>
<textbox dataattribute="calcmethod"id="djp_calcmethod"lookup="VALUELIST"/>
<multiparttextbox applink="reslevel"dataattribute="calclevel"descdataattribute="reslevel.description"descinputmode="readonly"id="djp_calclevel"lookup="RESLEVEL"menutype="NORMAL"sigoption="DYNAMIC_LEVEL"/>
<textbox dataattribute="CALCEXPRESSION"id="djp_calcattribute"menutype="DYNEXPBUILDER"sigoption="DYNAMIC_PROPATTR"/>
</section>

6. Save jobplan.xml.
7. Return to Application Designer, with the JOBPLAN application still open.
8. Click Import Application Definition.
9. Select the modified jobplan.xml. Click OK.
10. Log out and log back in.

Manually Installing the Patch

Log in to Maximo Application Suite Administration as an administrative user.
On the left, click Applications.
From the Action menu, select Update configuration.
In the dialog box, click the pencil icon on the Components line.
Under Activation configuration, click your workspace details page link.
From the Action menu, select Update configuration.
Under Configurations, click the pencil icon on the Components line.
In the Maximo Base line, under new version click the down arrow.
Select Version. Enter 8.6.20
Click Save.

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Document Information

More support for:
IBM Maximo Application Suite

Component:
Manage

Software version:
8.6.0

Document number:
7177571

Modified date:
20 June 2025

UID

ibm17177571

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