IJ16322: STARTING THE TIMER ON A WORK ORDER IN ANYWHERE UPDATES SCHEDULED START DATE TO THE CURRENT SYSTEM DATE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• PROBLEM:   Work order shows incorrect scheduled start date
  
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
  1. Go to Maximo (Desktop) and make sure the mxe.skd.syncwodates
  is set to 1 in the System Properties application
  2. Go to Work Order tracking application and create a work order
  3. Approve the work order
  4. Create a new assignment line on the Assignments tab  and
  assign the work order to a labor
  5. Login to Anywhere application and find the same work order
  created step 4 above
  6. Click the Timer button
  7. Go back to Maximo (Desktop) and refetch the work order
  Expected: Work order Scheduled Start date has not changed from
  what it was on step 4 above
  Actual: Work order Scheduled Start date has been updated to the
  current system date
  8. Go to the Assignments tab and check the Scheduled Start Date
  (ASSIGNMENT.SCHEDULEDATE)
  
  
  RESULTS: The assignment's scheduled Start date has been updated
  to the current system date
  
  EXPECTED RESULTS:   The assignment's scheduled Start date is
  the same as it was on the step 4
  
  PRODUCT VERSION:
  IBM Maximo for Scheduler 7.6.7.0
  

Local fix

Problem summary

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  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Anywhere                                                     *
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  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * STARTING THE TIMER ON A WORK ORDER IN ANYWHERE UPDATES,Work  *
  * order shows incorrect scheduled start date                   *
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  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
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Problem conclusion

•  Fix has been made to fix....The fix for this APAR is contained
  in the following maintenance package:
  		 | release\fix pack\interim fix for  Release 7.6.1.2 of Base
  Services(Scheduler 7674)
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MAXIMO SCHEDULE

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46SE

Applicable component levels