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IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component patch 8.7.5

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Abstract

On 28 February 2024, IBM released IBM® Maximo® Application Suite Manage Component patch 8.7.5.

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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.
 
APAR Application Name Description
DT237588 System Object A NFS mounted directory has a 777 permission by default.
DT238058 Technician An Object Structure name cannot be overwritten extending the app because .js code contains hardcoded OS names.
DT245684 Technician Problem accessing Asset and Location history in the Work Order details page.
DT246040 Move/Modify Assets ASSETSPECHISTORY does not recording NUMValue changes made using the Move/Modify Assets Dialog.
DT246734 Mobile Cannot display more than 50 records in a data-list component.
DT247028 Integration Manage Integration Web Service calls are slow compared to 7.6.x.
DT247391 System Object Public Certificate private key size is not configurable.
DT248074 System Object Venafi ClusterIssuer is not supported.
DT254991 System Object Cannot open Attachments in the Communication log.
DT255045 System UI In the Labor Reporting application, running a Saved Query causes the download button to disappear.
DT255116 Mobile Doing a Delta Refresh results in a mismatch in the number of Asset records.
DT256984 Mobile Cannot log back in to the Maximo Mobile application after login expires in SAML environment.
DT257023 Mobile The Asset & Location lookups do not dynamically size on a mobile device. For example, the field data in longer data sets is chopped with trailing, unused white space, and the full-text label is displayed in a pop-up instead.
DT257229 Linear Assets A Linear Asset with two features displays only one on the Map.
DT257373 Mobile In the Asset Manager role-based application, Date attributes are entered into the ALNVALUE field, not DATEVALUE.
DT257989 Mobile In the Inspections application, users can delete files on completed Inspections.
DT258047 Mobile The Asset Manager role-based application allows the classification of a Rotating Asset to be edited, unlike the desktop Assets application.
DT258412 Mobile In the Technician Mobile application, repeatedly tapping the Start, Pause and Stop Work Order buttons displays an error message that a stuck transaction has occurred. 
DT258646 Mobile In the Inspections app Map View, the "No service address specified" label does not display properly display.
DT259517 Mobile The Start travel action turns into Start work when an actual labor record is entered.
IJ35576 Receiving Receiving a large quantity of Rotating Assets as a Direct Issue to an operating location results in error BMXAA1771E - "This asset already exists. Please enter new asset.".
IJ36219 Database configuration Increasing the number of Tax types in Database Configuration when audit is enabled for that object results in error BMXAA0596E - "A row cannot be added because this object is not editable.".
IJ37328 Invoices In the Invoices application, a bulk update to Approve Invoices fails if the date is in a closed financial period.
IJ38777 Location If a Location's status is changed to a synonym of the current status, a date prior to the last status change can be used.
IJ44362 Inventory usage GL Debit Account value from Reservation is not populated on Inventory Usage record when "Create Remaining Usage Lines" action is used.
IJ45556 Inventory usage Changing an Inventory Usage record which has an Item with a cost type of STANDARD on two lines to Complete status results in error BMXAA8229W.
IJ46181 Integration Creating a Location with a hierarchy with the API results in error BMXAA4214E - "An unknown error has occurred.".
IJ46377 Classifications Classification attributes with the DATE data type marked as mandatory are not copied from the Ticket Template to the SR record. As a result, saving the SR record displays the wrong error message "BMXAA0191E - Field Table Value for attribute DATE is required. Please enter a value.".
IJ46770 System UI The first entry in the Communication log is blank.
IJ47764 Calibration In the Work Order Tracking application, clicking New Row to assign a new Data Sheet clears previous required settings.
IJ48890 Classifications In the Classifications application, changing the Data Type of an Attribute does not change it in the Assets application.
IJ48902 Work Order Tracking Changing the status of a closed Work Order to a synonym value results in a database error.
IJ48942 Graphical Work Week Status change made in the Graphical Work Week application are not reflected in the Graphical View tab Worklist section.
IJ49026 Graphical Assignment On the Assignment tab of the Graphical Assignment application, an assignment will be deleted if it is dragged to the blank row under the date/time fields.
IJ49030 Classifications Attributes marked as mandatory in the Classifications application are not displayed as mandatory on the specification tab of the corresponding application.
IJ49153 UpdateDB Utility DB2 Only. Attributes added in Database Configuration as MAXTYPE ALN, LENGTH 32000 cause null pointer when Integrity Checker is executed.
IJ49189 Move/Modify Assets Moving multiple Rotating Assets which are not in a location can result in error BMXAA4211E or BMXAA8229W.
IJ49375 Organizations Tax values are not populating PR/PO based on Organization Tax Code Hierarchy.
IJ49459 Conditional Expression manager Non-persistent BOOLEANNOCACHING ('Always Evaluate') incorrectly downloaded as false/'N' when the corresponding persistent value NOCACHING is true/1.
IJ49576
Manual Change
Graphical Scheduling The Calendar Button in SQL Expression Builder does not work.
IJ49673 Classifications A Configuration Item cannot be saved if it includes a Classification with an Attribute of type ALN.
IJ49706 Manage Inspections Forms Editing a question on an Inspection Form results in error BMXAA1339E - "Missing key value for INSPFIELDNUM. Key value cannot be empty.".
IJ49711 Purchase orders Duplicate Invoices are created for a Purchase Order when the Company has the "Pay on Receipt" box checked.
IJ50043 Preventive maintenance An Extended Date that falls before the Estimated Next Due Date cannot be entered on a Preventive Maintenance record,
Manual Changes
APAR Change instructions
Go to the Application Designer.
Export export system menus.xml.
Find the menu SKDEXPBUILDER. Change the menuitem id="skdexp0" event from skdexpbuilder to expbuilder.

Before:
<menu id="SKDEXPBUILDER" label="SQL Expression Builder" >
   <menuitem id="skdexp0" label="SQL Expression Builder" event="skdexpbuilder" image="img_expbuilder.gif" />
   <menuitem id="skdquickquery0" label="Quick Query Builder" event="skdquickquerybuilder" image="btn_setwhere.gif" />
</menu> 

After:
<menu id="SKDEXPBUILDER" label="SQL Expression Builder" >
   <menuitem id="skdexp0" label="SQL Expression Builder" event="expbuilder" image="img_expbuilder.gif" />
   <menuitem id="skdquickquery0" label="Quick Query Builder" event="skdquickquerybuilder" image="btn_setwhere.gif" />
</menu>

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 8.7.5
  • Click Save.

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Document Information

Modified date:
11 March 2024

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ibm17121170