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IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component patch 8.7.18

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Abstract

On 3 April 2025, IBM released IBM® Maximo® Application Suite Manage Component patch 8.7.18. 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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*Not updated from Patch 8.7.17 in this release.
Manage and Mobile 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.
When an APAR or Known Issue has Database Change in the first column, click the link or go to the Database Change Details section for information.
APAR Application Name Description
DT246132 Integration Importing data in XML or CSV format, the count of total imported messages is not equal to sum of messages that were processed plus messages that failed processing.
DT364026
Manual Change

Behavioral Change

Database Change		 Inventory usage In the Issues and Transfers role-based application, a reservation with partial GL cannot be processed and the field cannot be updated. This impacts Work Order Materials.
DT390334 Work Center On the Operational Dashboard, opening a Work Center app from Favorites card causes a  SystemMessage error appears: "You do not have all the required authorizations for the requested location. Would you like to load a default application?".
DT392637 Service requests Service Request creates email without a Comm log entry.
DT395323 Mobile In role-based Inspections, downloading the same form information multiple times causes performance problems.
DT396096 Preventive Maintenance (CM) Selecting the Delete Forecast action in Preventive Maintenance returns inconsistent results.
DT396483 Report A user with an email address containing upper-case letters cannot schedule a report with URL  attachments, receiving error "BMXAA8113E - The following email addresses are not in the Maximo database: MAXIMO_User@my.maximo.com. Remove these addresses and resubmit the report request.".
DT409228 Mobile In Maximo Mobile, Inventory Count Books displays the incorrect number of counted lines, and the application performs slower than expected and freezes with large count books.
DT418112 Configuration Tool In the MAF Configuration tool, cannot open SUPMOBILE.
DT418129 Integration When a Query Template contains a dynamic relationship, the OLSC query does not restrict data access.
DT418614
Manual Change		 Assets Manage freezes and the pods are restarted when downtime is modified for an asset in Work Order application.
DT418748 Work Order Tracking In Word Order Tracking, on the Plans / Services tab, entering inputs and saving the record, modifying Line Cost does not save the new value but reverts back to the Current Estimate.
DT419022 Storerooms In Storerooms, the wrong GL Account codes are used when there are two identically-named Storerooms in two different Sites in different Organizations.
DT419620 Graphical Assignment In Work Order Tracking, the Work Log icon does not display the related note text note.
DT419857 Work Order Tracking Saving a Work Order with a mandatory Location field displays error "BMXAA8123E - Errors exist in the application that prevent this action from being performed. Correct the errors and try again.".
DT419940 Mobile In Techmobile, the user is repeatedly prompted to allow Maximo to access location after selecting "Don't Allow".
DT419976 Location In an environment where the System Property mxe.webclient.extendedDrilldown is true, a Location not associated with a System does not function correctly.
DT420249 Labor In Work Order Tracking, duplicating a Work Order does not populate Contract/Vendor details on the ASSIGNMENT and ACTUALS tabs.
DT420337 Mobile In the Role-Based Application, error occurs when changing the status of a work order from INPRG to COMP in the Work Order List View in the Technician Application.
DT420399 UI The value of an item can be edited when a Conditional Property sets it to read-only.
DT421371 UI In Application Designer, tab clicks lead to abnormal screen behavior, creating excessive white space in the Data Source section.
DT421449 Asset Moving an asset with open Work Orders to a different Site using Maximo Application Framework does not throw an error.
DT421506 Request For Quotations (RFQ) In Request for Quotations, Terms and Conditions can be added regardless of the status of the RFQ.
DT421639
Manual Change		 UI The Create File Attachment dialog contains references to UNC and the ability to copy a file. Those options are deprecated in Maximo Application Suite.
DT421723
Behavioral Change

Database Change		 Data Sheets Attachments are duplicated in Work Orders generated from Preventive Maintenance, when Data Sheet Templates are revised.
DT421786
Manual Change		 UI In Security Groups, selecting a Condition value brings up the Select Value dialog box. Both the Cancel and Continue buttons are primary.
DT421869
Manual Change		 UI In some dialog boxes that have four buttons, Cancel button is secondary while the other buttons are primary.
DT421917 Mobile In environments with Mobile 8.11.14 and out-of-the-box TECHMOBILE app code loaded, in the MAF Configuration tool, the Error “Unhandled Rejection” appears.
DT422287 Mobile In Asset details, clicking the chevron does not work.
DT422465 Mobile In Mobile Application Technician, attributes are referenced but not utilized.
DT422710 Mobile In the Mobile Technician app Worklog, the user is prompted to save or discard changes without having added to or made changes to the log.
DT422772 Work Order Tracking In Work Order Tracking, attaching a Task from the Task Library, cannot update Task Fields.
DT422989 Mobile A user loading  a large set of preload databases causes a memory crash.
DT422995 Mobile In Technician Work Orders, requesting a Material displays Order Unit, not Issue Unit.
DT422999
Manual Change		 System UI X-XSS-Protection header which is set for all successful API calls, has been deprecated and no longer provides any meaningful security benefits.
See the Security Bulletin IBM Maximo Asset Management is vulnerable to cross-site scripting (CVE-2025-2986), which also applies to Manage.
DT423018 Scheduler/Crew In the Dispatching Dashboard application, refreshing the Emergency Works tab causes error "BMXAA8744E - The OSLC query was not parsed. Ensure that the query in the HTTP request follows the correct syntax of the OSLC query specification...".
DT423048 UI In Application Designer, dragging a table column from the Control palette to any tablebody causes the Table control to disappear.
DT423116 Mobile Synchronization of pending transactions affects application performance when other transactions are being performed.
DT423156 Preventive maintenance The PM Work Order Generation (PMWOGEN) cron task fails for a Work Order with a Dynamic Job Plan, displaying the message "BMXAA8229W- Record has been updated by another user when you have a dynamic job plan sequence associated.".
DT423409 Mobile When loading the Inspection record from the Work Order, the Form Template needs to be loaded.
DT423428 Mobile MobileDbGeneration Crontask is writing out the wrong Select statement for the Asset lookup data when logging the error
DT423436 UI The default System Property values for mxe.framework.ui.wxo and mxe.walkme.mode are missing loading a Graphite mobile application.
DT423506 Crafts In Crafts, the help text for Skill Level Rank field is incorrect.
DT423726 Mobile The methods in the mboset of MXAPITABLEDOMAIN OS are not publicly accessible.
DT423797 Inventory usage In Inventory Usage, changing an item's status to Shipped causes error BMXAA7691E - "The status of this Inventory Usage cannot be changed to SHIPPED. null.".
DT423877 Purchase requisitions In the Purchase Requisition application, if Pretax Total and Total Tax fields are not displayed, the total Cost field is not calculated correctly.
DT423888
Manual Change		 System UI An extra colon displays hovering over the Bulletins icon.
DT423920 System (Object) The Message Tracking application does not log roll-back error messages.
DT423983 Work Order Tracking Preventive Maintenance generates Work Orders from Job Plans with incorrect Inspection Forms.
DT423989 UI Text entered in a multi-line text box is too close to the edge.
DT424050 Mobile Using a relationship other than DOCLINKS prevents attachments from displaying in Mobile applications.
DT424053 Mobile In the Inventory Counting application, record display between the In Progress and the Counted tabs is inconsistent.
DT424109 UI Selecting a value of a custom filter in Mobile displays no records.
DT424276 Preventive maintenance Preventive Maintenance confirmation emails do not containing BMX codes.
DT424321 Mobile Labor and Failure Reporting Details visible in Manage are not visible in the mobile Technician application.
DT424437 Operator – Manage In Assets application, Gantt Chart is not displayed for a Linear Asset where linear asset has a '&' special character.
DT424489 Inventory In the Inventory application, Reorder Quantity is wrongly calculated.
DT424533 Scheduler/Crew In Graphical Assignment application, splitting Work into multiple records by selecting Split Work into Three Records does not require saving the record before continuing.
DT424676 Graphical Assignment In the Graphical Assignment application, the Location Maintenance Schedule feature does not work correctly.
DT424784 Mobile Users clicking a link created by adding a Link in the MAF Configuration tool cannot exit or switch back the Mobile screen.
DT424814 UI In the Maximo Mobile Technician app, when a User changes the locale language to Swedish, they cannot enter Meter Readings in an assigned Work Order.
DT424893 UI The Multiline textbox is out of alignment with other controls.
DT425488 Work Order Tracking In the Assets application, using the Report Downtime action multiple times and switching between Report Downtime and Changing Status corrupt downtime data.
DT425603 Mobile In Maximo Mobile, opening an Inspection displays incorrect Inspection Form questions.
DT425680 Mobile When multiple lots exist and one is expired all lots will receive an error.
DT425942 Mobile In the Inventory Counting tool Ad hoc count application, the Item sort option can disappear from the Sorting List.
DT426037 UI In the Permit to Work application Permit to Work tab, changing the Details field do not work as expected.
DT426577 Mobile In the Inspection Forms app, Questions disappear.
IJ26876 Budget Monitoring In the Budget Monitoring application, when you revise budget lines and associated items, such as purchase orders, the budget line costs are calculated incorrectly.
IJ33268 UpdateDB Utility The drop_app dbc script does not delete records from the CTRLGROUP and SIGOPTFLAG tables.
IJ37281 Work Order Tracking In the Work Order Tracking Application, the Dynamic Job Plan field is displayed when it shouldn't be.
IJ39622 Classifications A DateValue attribute to the AssetSpect object is not saved to the AssetSpecHistory object.
IJ47910 Report In environments that have a base language other than English, publishing Object Structures relationships defined with single cardinality (1-to-1) to Cognos will be altered to multiple (1-to-many).
IJ50060 Integration SENDERSYSID value is ignored by inbound integration when the integration structure does not use an External System.
IJ51140 Inventory When automatically create usage documents for new reservations, multiple inventory usage records were created for one work order with multiple tasks of lines in
IJ51419 Crontask set up The Cron Task Monitor cron task does not send emails as expected.
IJ51816  MAM The BIRT Report for Linear Gaps and Overlap Explanation displays incorrect data.
APAR Change instructions
1. Open Application Designer.
2. Filter for the Inventory Usage application (INVUSAGE), and open it.
3. Click Export Application Definition. Save the file as multisite.xml.
4. Open the invusage.xml file in a text editor.
Change 1:  Add on data change action
1.1 Search for tablecol id="main_invuselinetab_table_tablebody_11"
1.2 In the same table column line, add ondatachange="resetchildren"
Change 2: Add wonum + taskid for select items for return issue dialog
2.1 Search for tablecol id="selectitemsforreturnissue_invuseline_Table_tablebody_9"
2.2 Remove the line
<tablecol dataattribute="refwo" id="selectitemsforreturnissue_invuseline_Table_tablebody_9" sortable="true"/>
2.3 In its place, add the lines
<tablecol id="selectitemsforreturnissue_invuseline_Table_tablebody_9a" dataattribute="referenceworkorder.wogroup" label=""Work Order"" sortable="true" />
<tablecol id="selectitemsforreturnissue_invuseline_Table_tablebody_9b" dataattribute="referenceworkorder.taskid" sortable="true" />
2.4 Search for tablecol id="selectitemsforreturnissue_invuseline_Table_tablebody_11"
2.5 After it, add the line 
<tablecol id="selectitemsforreturnissue_invuseline_Table_tablebody_9c" dataattribute="refwo" sortable="true" label = "Reference Work Order"/>
Change 3: Add wonum + taskid for reserveditems dialog
3.1 Search for tablecol id="reserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_6"
3.2 Remove the line
<tablecol id="reserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_6" dataattribute="wonum" label="Work Order" menutype="hyperlink" applink="wotrack" sortable="true" inputmode="readonly" showfilterfield="true" />
3.3 In its place, add the lines 
<tablecol id="reserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_6a" dataattribute="workorderonreservation.wogroup" label="Work Order" menutype="hyperlink" applink="wotrack" sortable="true" inputmode="readonly" showfilterfield="true" filterable="false" />
<tablecol id=""reserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_6b"" dataattribute="workorderonreservation.taskid" inputmode""read-only" filterable="false" />
3.4 Search for <tablecol id="reserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_11" dataattribute="mrnum" inputmode="readonly" menutype="hyperlink" applink="viewdr" sortable="true" />
3.5 After it, add the line
<tablecol id="reserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_6c" dataattribute="wonum" label="Reference Work Order" menutype="hyperlink" applink="wotrack" sortable="true"" inputmode="readonly" showfilterfield="true" />
Change 4: Add wonum + taskid for the issued items for return dialog
4.1 Search for <tablecol id="issueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8"/>
4.2 Remove the line
<tablecol id="issueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8" dataattribute="refwo" />
4.3 In its place, add the lines
<tablecol id="issueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8a" dataattribute="workorderonissueditemforreturn.wogroup" label="Work Order" filterable="false" />
<tablecol id="issueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8b" dataattribute="workorderonissueditemforreturn.taskid" filterable="false" />
4.4 Search for <tablecol id="issueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_12" dataattribute="gldebitacct" />
4.5 After it, add the line 
<tablecol id="issueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8c" dataattribute="refwo" label ="Reference Work Order" />
Change 5: Add wonum + taskid for validate reserved items dialog:
5.1 Search for tablecol id="validatereserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_7"
5.2 Remove the line
<tablecol id="validatereserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_7" dataattribute="wonum" label="Work Order" menutype="hyperlink" applink="wotrack" sortable="true" inputmode="readonly" showfilterfield="true" />
5.3 In its place, add the lines 
<tablecol id="validatereserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_7a" dataattribute="workorderonreservation.wogroup" label="Work Order" menutype="hyperlink" filterable="false" applink="wotrack" sortable="true" inputmode="readonly" showfilterfield="true" />
<tablecol id="validatereserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_7b" dataattribute="workorderonreservation.taskid" inputmode="readonly" filterable="false" />
5.4 Search for <tablecol id="validatereserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_12" dataattribute="mrnum" inputmode="readonly" menutype="hyperlink" applink="viewdr" sortable="true" />
5.5 After it, add the line 
<tablecol id="validatereserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_7c" dataattribute="wonum" label="Reference Work Order" menutype="hyperlink" applink="wotrack" sortable="true" inputmode="readonly" showfilterfield="true" />
Change 6: Add wonum + taskid for validate issued items for return dialog:
6.1 Search for tablecol id="validateissueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8"
6.2 Remove the line
<tablecol id="validateissueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8" dataattribute="refwo" />
6.3 In its place, add the lines 
<tablecol id="validateissueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8a" dataattribute="workorderonissueditemforreturn.wogroup" label="Work Order" filterable="false"/>
<tablecol id="validateissueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8b" dataattribute="workorderonissueditemforreturn.taskid" filterable="false"/>
6.4 Search for <tablecol id="validateissueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_12" dataattribute="gldebitacct" />
6.5 After it, add the line
 <tablecol id="validateissueitemsforreturn_invuseline_Table_tablebody_8c" dataattribute="refwo" label="Reference Work Order" />
Change 7: Add wonum and taskid for view transactions dialog:
7.1 Search for tablecol id="invusetrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_tablebody_8"
7.2 Remove the line
<tablecol id="invusetrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_tablebody_8" dataattribute="refwo" linkedcontrolid="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_1_grid23_7" />
7.3 In its place, add the lines 
<tablecol id="invusetrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_tablebody_8a" dataattribute="referenceworkorder.wogroup" linkedcontrolid="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_1_grid23_7a" label="Work Order" />
<tablecol id="invusetrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_tablebody_8b" dataattribute="referenceworkorder.taskid" linkedcontrolid="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_1_grid23_7b" />
7.4 Search for <tablecol id="invusetrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_tablebody_10" dataattribute="location" linkedcontrolid="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_1_grid23_9" />
7.5 After it, add the line
<tablecol id="invusetrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_tablebody_8c" dataattribute="refwo" label="Reference Work Order" linkedcontrolid="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_1_grid23_7c" />
Change 8: To add wonum and taskid text box view transactions dialog:
8.1 Search for textbox id="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_2_grid23_7"
8.2 Remove the line
<textbox id="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_2_grid23_7" dataattribute="refwo" />
8.3 In its place, add the lines 
<textbox id="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_2_grid23_7a" dataattribute="referenceworkorder.wogroup" label="Work Order" />
<textbox id="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_2_grid23_7b" dataattribute="referenceworkorder.taskid" />
8.4 Search for <textbox id="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_2_grid23_9" dataattribute="location" />
8.5 After it, add the line
<textbox id="invtrans_viewtrans_invuse_grid3_1_1_matusetrans_2_grid23_7c" dataattribute="refwo" label="Reference Work Order" />
Change 9: Add refwo column for select reserved items
9.1 Search for <tablecol id="selectreserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_17" dataattribute="polinenum" inputmode="readonly" sortable="true" />
9.2 After it, add the line 
<tablecol id="selectreserveditems_invreserve_Table_tablebody_10a" dataattribute="wonum" inputmode="readonly" sortable="true" label = "Reference Work Order"/>"
5. Save the modified invusage.xml file
6. In Application Designer, import the modified invusage.xml file
7. Save changes.
DT418614
Create a new System Message.
Message Group      asset
Message Key        brokenRecordsFound
Display Method     MSGBOX
Message ID Prefix  BMXAA
Message ID Suffix  E
Display ID         checked
Value              Unable to process downtime updates for Asset \{0}. Broken asset status records found with ASSETSTATUSID(s) \{1}. Please fix the broken records and try again.
OK?                checked
1. Open Application Designer.
2. Click Export System XML.
3. Click the icon next to LIBRARY. Save the file as library.xml.
4. Open the library.xml file in a text editor.
5. Search for <textbox> parameters with label="Specify a file". Delete the line. There should be at least three textboxes to delete.
6. Search for <checkbox> parameters with label="Copy document to the default location set by your administrator (recommended)". Delete the line. There should be at least three checkboxes to delete.
7. Save the modified library.xml file.
8. In Application Designer, import the modified library.xml file.
9. Save changes.
DT421786
1. Open Application Designer.
2. Click Export System XML.
3. Click the icon next to LIBRARY. Save the file as library.xml.
4. Open the library.xml file in a text editor.
5. Search for buttongroup id=lookup_condition_3.
6. Remove default="true" from the Cancel pushbutton, for example.
<buttongroup id="lookup_condition_3">
	<pushbutton default="true" id="lookup_conditionexp_3_1" label="Continue" mxevent="lucontinue"/>
	<pushbutton default="true" id="lookup_conditionexp_3_3" label="Cancel" mxevent="dialogcancel"/>
</buttongroup>
7. Update other instances of incorrect attribute (default="true") placement.
8. Save the modified library.xml file.
9. In Application Designer, import the modified library.xml file.
10. Save changes.
DT421869
1. Open Application Designer.
2. Filter for the Message Reprocessing application (INTERROR), and open it.
3. Click Export Application Definition. Save the file as multisite.xml.
4. Open the interror.xml file in a text editor.
5. Search for the buttongroup iddetails_2.
6. Remove default="true" from each pushbutton. 
<buttongroup id="details_2">
	<pushbutton default="true" id="details_2_1" label="Process" mxevent="process"/>
	<pushbutton default="true" id="details_2_2" label="Save" mxevent="noprocess"/>
	<pushbutton default="true" id="details_2_3" label="Internal Record" mxevent="intrecord"/>
	<pushbutton id="details_2_4" label="Cancel" mxevent="dialogcancel"/>
</buttongroup>
7. Save the modified interror.xml file.
8. In Application Designer, import the modified interror.xml file.
9. Save changes.
DT422999 Disable the deprecated header as per OWASP recommendation at HTTP Security Response Headers Cheat Sheet.
1. In the file system. search for the text string X-XSS-Protection. Several web.xml files will contain the string.
2. Set param-value to 0: 
<init-param>
     <param-name>X-XSS-Protection</param-name>
     <param-value>0</param-value>
 </init-param>
3. It will be necessary to redeploy after making these changes.
DT423888
1. Open Application Designer.
2. Click Export System XML.
3. Click the icon next to LIBRARY. Save the file as library.xml.
4. Open the library.xml file in a text editor.
5. Search for "Bulletins:"
6. Replace it with "Bulletins"
7. Save the modified library.xml file.
8. In Application Designer, import the modified library.xml file.
9. Save changes.

APAR Change information
  • A change in terms of records being handled. Previously, the records from API were handled through refwo attribute only, now, it can be handled by a combination of wonum and taskid (while creating/updating invuseline)
  • Retains the format the user has entered the data in (WO + TASK or REFWO) for the inventory usage line.
DT421723 Users will be able to see only approved datasheet attachments now. Previously, users were able to see all of them.
APAR Change details
DT364026
  • Added non-persistent attributes displaywonum and displaytaskid for non persistent object reservation and issueditemsforreturn.
  • Added relationship from object RESERVATION, ISSUEDITEMSFORRETURN and MATUSETRANS to WORKORDER to fetch wogroup and taskid.
  • Included non-persistent attributes wonum and taskid in object structure MXAPIINVUSE for object INVUSELINE."
DT421723 Modified relationship to select only approved Datasheet attachments from doclinks table.

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Modified date:
08 October 2025

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