What's new in Maximo Manage 8.6

Learn more about what's new and changed in Maximo Manage.

New applications

IBM® Cognos® Analytics integration: Maximo Manage 8.6 includes integration with Cognos Analytics to provide Business Intelligence tools. For more information, see Integrating with Cognos Analytics server.

KPIs: You can now track overdue preventive maintenance and emergency work, the rate of closure of preventive maintenance work orders, and the number of work orders that are awaiting approval. You can also see trend information for each KPI and whether your organization is over or under your target.
Favorites and Quick actions: You can now use the Favorites card to quickly access other applications. You can also use the Quick actions card to create a work order, service request, job plan, and more.
Workflow assignment actions: You can now accept, reject, route, and reassign workflow assignments on the Workflow assignments due soon card on the Operational dashboard.

Rich text support: You can now add images, links, and text formatting to the long description of each work order.

Resource leveling tab: Use the Resource leveling tab to view resource allocation and planned work by craft. For more information, see Viewing resource leveling on the Scheduling dashboard.
Optimization report: Use the optimization report to view optimization progress and to see details of the last run optimization. For more information, see Monitoring optimization progress on the Scheduling dashboard.
Calendar and shift breaks: New shift break options are available in the Calendars application that update labor and crew availability to more accurately reflect calendar and shift information. For more information, see Specifying shift breaks in calendars.

Scheduling enhancements: Optimization rules were updated to support high priority work, work records locked by date or time, and modified availability from shift breaks. New constraints were added to support custom fields in the Graphical Scheduling and Graphical Scheduling-Large Projects applications.
Dispatching enhancements: New optimization rules were introduced for the Graphical Assignment application, including the support of global routing breaks, assigning related work records to the same technician, and allowing for uninterruptible tasks to be scheduled across shift breaks.

New interface for Java™ or automation scripts: Maximo Manage now has an interface that you can implement with Java™ or automation scripts. This interface accesses the store and reads, writes, or deletes documents from the store. For more information, see Creating scripts to manage attachments.

Advanced search added to the Work Orders and Workflow Assignments applications: You can now click the Filter icon to see additional search fields including target start, target finish, priority, job plan, and more.

Documentation for integrating with IBM Maximo Connector for Envizi: Topics added to learn about integrating the Maximo Manage with the Envizi ESG Suite. For more information, see Integrating with Maximo Connector for Envizi.

Documentation for integrating with IBM Maximo Connector for TRIRIGA®: Topics added to learn about integrating the Maximo Manage with the TRIRIGA Application Suite. For more information, see Integrating with.