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IBM Maximo Application Suite - Manage Component patch 8.6.24

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Abstract

On 3 April 2025, IBM released IBM® Maximo® Application Suite Manage Component patch 8.6.24. 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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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
DT236874 Report In User Sync from Manage to Cognos, users are not synced if the Display Name contains Japanese characters.
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.
DT392637 Service requests Service Request creates email without a Comm log entry.
DT400994 Mobile In the Map view, selecting records does not cause the Map to move to show Inspections Locations.
DT418112 Mobile 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.
DT419620 Graphical Assignment In Work Order Tracking, the Work Log icon does not display the related note text note.
DT419940 Mobile In Techmobile, the user is repeatedly prompted to allow Maximo to access location after selecting "Don't Allow".
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.
DT420525 Mobile In Mobile Labor, using the timer writes the incorrect date in "Start Date and Time".
DT421371 UI In Application Designer, tab clicks lead to abnormal screen behavior, creating excessive white space in the Data Source section.
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.
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.
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.
DT423048 UI In Application Designer, dragging a table column from the Control palette to any tablebody causes the Table control to disappear.
DT423185  System (Object) If SMTP is not enabled, Escalations and Cron Tasks fail.
DT423260 UI The longdescreadonly property, intended to override the Long Description default value of read-only does not work correctly.
DT423299 Mobile Downloading Inspection Data takes longer than expected.
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.
DT423609 Graphical Scheduling In the Graphical Scheduling application, right-clicking the Work Order description and selecting "Move to Today/Next Day" causes error "BMXAT0240E- The model changes did not save to the scheduler table.".
DT423692 Manage Inspections Forms Clicking "Revise Inspection Form" does not work and causes "BMXAA9238E - An error occurred when the Application Service WebMethod was started. The nested stack trace gives details of the error. null" is written to the log.
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.
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.
DT424321 Mobile Labor and Failure Reporting Details visible in Manage are not visible in the mobile Technician application.
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.
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.
DT426626 Scheduler/Crew Emergency cron task execution in Graphical Assignment subsequently removes ability to make changes to record
IJ40620 Object Structures The object structures for the supervisor field contains a personid, not a userid.
IJ44003 Inventory usage The View Work Details dialog in Inventory Usage application is not displaying related Work Orders.
IJ44452 Integration Importing with rules when payload contains Y or N for YORN values results in error "BMXAA7094E - "The entered value Y is not valid. Enter a valid integer value.".
IJ51140 Inventory In Inventory, creating Usage Documents for new Reservations causes multiple inventory usage records to be created for a Work Order with multiple Task lines.
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. 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.

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 October 2025

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ibm17192731

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