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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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Have the ability to edit the form view when opening an item from workflow or work queues

I have come to notice that, if I open an item from Workflow or from Work Queues, I do not have the same option to edit the form view that I do when I open an item from the Items tab. For some materials, I would be interested in different fields, a...
12 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

EDD calculation should factor carrier holidays and weekends

Currently there is no capability to set Carrier holidays and weekend schedule that can be factored in EDD calculation. Padding-up days to regular schedule isn't a great option. If holidays and weekends) are not accounted for, the delivery date cal...
almost 3 years ago in Intelligent Promising 1 Delivered

Description of available Analytics Data Sources

I would like to have available a 'cheat sheet' that describes what data all of the various Analytics Data Sources (Live Export Details, Snapshot Inventory History, etc.) include and what they are meant to capture. We are trying to encourage our us...
about 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

Provide method to script the OMoC/Cloud build and deploy process

The following are the 7 basic steps for building and deploying a package to the OMoC/Cloud OMS environment. In an on-prem instance of OMS, all of these steps are easily scripted so that the admin can run one command and execute everything, that ma...
about 6 years ago in Self Service Tool 2 Delivered

More Flexibility in Segmenting Inventory

We have various types of customers shipping from our warehouses, and our partnershps vary. Some partners are assigned a fixed # of units of inventory, while others are assigned a share (%) of units in a specific warehouse. It is important for our ...
about 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

Allow multiple receipts for a purchase order

Many small and medium retailer do not have partners with full EDI capabilities or retailers may not have capabilities to process vendor EDIs. I am working for such a retailer. They create a purchase order in internal ERP system but they do not get...
over 7 years ago in Store Engagement 1 Delivered

Ability for a child item (keyboard) to belong to multiple parent items (Intel PC as well as AMD PC) at the same time

Ability for a child item (keyboard) to belong to multiple parent items (Inter PC as well as AMD PC) at the same time. It is common in the retail world that a product is bundled as combos in multiple permutation and combinations. It means allowing ...
about 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

Regional Store manager to have access to multiple store and ability to switch between stores without having to logout

Regional Store manager to have access to multiple store in his/her region. The ability to login to multiple stores by a single user is critical for Regional Store Manager who manages multiple stores within a region. This needs to be supported by b...
over 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 1 Delivered

USER Management API

Development of an API that can create and update user account, roles, and set permissions. An API of this nature would allow IT Management programs such as Saviynt to dynamically control user access within the application based on client's own Ide...
about 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 0 Delivered

Configure and Modify Modification Rules at Hub level

Configuring modification rules at Hub level provides a leverage to copy over the hub rules for any enterprises.
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 4 Delivered