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Q&A Discussion for our Aerospace and Defense Customers

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Do Gooder (Employee)
iam0kruDo Gooder (Employee)
asked in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
Using a Workflow to update Report Operational Log records

Hello,When I use an Activity and set the Action to "Update" for a recordset, I encounter an error that has the following statement:"A-20110: SerialOperLog.NOMODIFY: Modify not allowed. Use Serial_Oper_Log_Util_API.Calculate_Serial_Oper_Log"It should be stated that this is a recoredset that I can successfully read from.I would like guidance on how to proceed.If I use an Activity and set the Action to "Call",  then set the "API Name" to "Serial_Oper_Log_Util_API" as the error would suggest I do, I get an error ..."Metadata for requested projection resource [Serial_O per_Log_Util_API] is not found."And here is the screen showing the data I am trying to enter using a workflow…   Here is the Activity from the Workflow that generates the error…  …  if I adjust the Activity to be of Action “Read” I can successfully read the records. Another part of this question is how to find out what options I have for entering in a “Call Name”, when I set the Action to “Call” and I do know the “API Name”. 

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Hero (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
DRowlandDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
Use a different user for Jaspersoft Keycloak Super Admin

Hi,Does anyone know whether it’s possible to use any created cloud user as the Keycloak Super Admin? For example, currently it is advised to set the user as “ifsadmin” via the ifscloud-values yaml file, could I potentially create a user in Cloud first like “ReportAdmin” and use that as the admin?It appears even if you assign a user the Administrator or Super user roles within Jaspersoft, it still does not give them the full permissions (like the ‘Manage' menu) to upload & manage reports. Only the keycloak super user admin seems to have those permissions. Referring to the cloud-values paramters here in 24R1 & R2: https://docs.ifs.com/techdocs/24r2/070_remote_deploy/010_installing_fresh_system/200_installing_ifs_cloud/035_ifs_cloud_ifsinstaller/030_installation_parameters/#parameters_for_ifsmaintenixreportserverThanks.

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Do Gooder (Customer)
PieterBroere
Sidekick (Partner)
PieterBroereSidekick (Partner)
posted in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
No access management of data in Engineering except Permissions

Has anyone that has implemented Engineering found it an issue that there is no access management of data in Engineering except for Permissions ?  (Nothing like company in Finance or Ste in SCM)  We are implementing into a group of companies in the defence industry and they find it unacceptable due to IP constraints to share the data between companies.If anyone has a good work around or CRIM developed for this challenge I would like to hear about it.

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DHCRADPA
Hero (Customer)
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Do Gooder (Partner)
ElioJDo Gooder (Partner)
asked in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
CAMRO Purchase Order Connection to Project

Hi all, Apparently it is not possible to connect a purchase order line with demand code ‘interim order’ to a project activity. Only demand codes Inventory Order and Non-Inventory Order are allowed to connect. Is there a reason why this works this way? Trying to figure out the implications this might have. Is there some kind of workaround that I am missing? 

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Sidekick (Partner)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
LATAM CdNDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
HotJar in Maintenix

Is it possible to install HotJar in Maintenix?

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Robert Bellemare
Hero (Employee)
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Sidekick (Customer)
REGDSidekick (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Loose Inventory Due Tab

Which Tables populate the ‘Loose Inventory Due Tab’? Maintenix Version 8.3, SP5 u25.

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Sidekick (Customer)
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Do Gooder (Employee)
NiroshanKIFSDo Gooder (Employee)
posted in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
Customer Owned and Supplier Loaned materials are not considered by MSO, MRP and Shop Order Planning in IFS CAMRO solution:

I have created DSO> Proved with repair order.         Go to the relevant assembly shop order and observe the part is in customer owned status. Supply type MRO.  Now  this repaired part need to another engine. Now if I disconnected from the current engine that can be pegged to another engine.  on the assembly shop order, now that we have disconnected the repair order we have the material line (customer owned) that has no part reserved or in repair so we need to run MRP ... please consider to include this in a future release.

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Do Gooder (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
HiyawDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Relationship between Total Scheduled Hours, Total Actual Hours and Total Baseline Scheduled Hours

Hello everyone,Can anyone please explain what the relationship is between Total Scheduled Hours, Total Actual Hours and Total Baseline Scheduled Hours under Work Package Details page?Thanks,Hiwot 

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Do Gooder (Customer)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
hishambfd85Do Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
What table contains the History tab data of a task in Maintenix?

Hi! I’ve been trying to find the “History” information, shown in the picture, in the backend tables of Maintenix and I haven’t been able to find it. I appreciate any help with this. Thanks!  

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Sidekick (Customer)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
bjarkiDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Maintenix database tables are missing CREATE_USER

Very often when we’re investigating why this record or row was created, in some cases it help if you can go directly to that individual. Maintenix database keeps in most of it’s tables fields like CREATION_DT (Creation Date), REVISION_DT (Revision Date) and REVISION_USER, but it’s missing the CREATION_USER.In some areas if we’re lucky and Creation Date and Revision Date matches, then we know the user who created that row in the database, if not we’re kept in the dark.Is it hard for IFS to add this field to majority of it’s table where end user is able to create an entry, like Locations etc.

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Robert Bellemare
Hero (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
rbsauerDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Oracle 23C support with Maintenix

Our company direction is to move to Oracle 23C in 2024.  What are the plans for IFS Maintenix on-premises to move to Oracle 23C?

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Chantal Strachan
Sidekick (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
TRG_3Do Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Southwest Airlines is asking - Is there a way in Maintenix to duplicate multiple identical faults?

Southwest Airlines Problem Statement: During heavy checks and cabin visits, QC often has multiple identical faults to document with only slight changes to station locations or seat rows. We would like a way to create a template or duplicate faults without having to goes through all the steps of fault creation. Southwest is looking for feedback/guidance if this is currently available functionality in Maintenix.

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sureamiceman
Sidekick (Partner)
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Sidekick (Customer)
REGDSidekick (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Is it possible to assign Labour from the Task Supervision tab?

It would appear that all the Hyperlinks from the tab produce 'The request is invalid and could not be processed.'V8.3 SP5.

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Sidekick (Customer)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
e94282Do Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
How do other carriers manage Open/Close Panel with special instructions

South west is pursuing better processes of ensuring Panel requiring special instructions have job steps for the Mechanics to sign off.   We are seeking information if other users have developed a process for this .  As current functionality on OPEN/CLOSE panels does not allow job steps to be authored. 

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Robert Bellemare
Hero (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Partner)
RacHaitaMDo Gooder (Partner)
asked in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
The relationship between IFS Cloud MRO and IFS Maintenix

Hi AllI’m a beginner of IFS Cloud MRO and IFS Maintenix, and confusing with the relationship between them.   In other words, I want to know what kind of customer business these two solutions can handle, and what kind of customer need to use one of them or both of them.   Thank you so much!

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Sidekick (Employee)
slcreese
Sidekick (Customer)
slcreeseSidekick (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Tracking MEL/Inop Seats

Southwest Airlines will soon be assigning seats, so the need to track inop seats at the actual seat number will be critical.   Currently, we track seats for each row, not at the individual seat number.  When we have a fault or an MEL, the seat in question is notated in the fault description, but we have no means of being able to select the actual seat.  How do other operators, that assign seats, track inop seats in Maintenix?  Are your seats currently tracked to the individual seats?  

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Robert Bellemare
Hero (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Employee)
Achini VeediyarachchiDo Gooder (Employee)
asked in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
MRP is not able to identify the End Use of the Purchase Requisitions

When a demand is generated for materials from different Work Orders MRP is not possible to differentiate which requisition corresponds to which demand. Without the ability to connect the demand to the originating requisition, once the PR>PO is processed and the parts are received into inventory, the inventory can then be reserved by any of the WOs.This is challenging for Aerospace Industry, due to having strict controls over the parts to be used for specific work tasks. Customers are using custom fields such as “Tail No: provides the Aircraft tail number. and Demand Info - provides the WO number. in the purchase requisition lines to resolve the issue. However this leads to other challenges when the PR line contains multiple Work orders for same due date. What is expected is a soft pegging between the work tasks material demand and Purchase Requisition and the Purchase Orders, so that when the part is received to the inventory correct part is reserved to the correct demand from the W

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Do Gooder (Partner)
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Do Gooder (Partner)
gardinaDo Gooder (Partner)
asked in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
Secured deliveries of IFS Cloud

When new deliverables is available for download, e.g. a new release, or being distributed we would like to be able to confirm that the files have not been compromised, altered or tampered, with(preferably) a digital signature* of the software files or binarys, or a checksum control of the software files or binarys.*This digital signature validates the identity of the software author or publisher and verifies that the file has not been altered or tampered with since it was signed. Is this applicable in the way described above ?  

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Do Gooder (Partner)
sureamiceman
Sidekick (Partner)
sureamicemanSidekick (Partner)
asked in Aviation Technical Content Manager (ATCM)
How will ATCM add parts to existing part groups?

Is ATCM going to be adding individual parts to existing part groups?Is there going to be common functionality between inventory classes, or will there be a difference based on the class?

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sureamiceman
Sidekick (Partner)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
bjarkiDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Is AeroRepair API on IFS agenda

IFS Maintenix already have developed API for AeroBuy from AeroExchange few years ago (pre-Covid). Do you know if there is on IFS agenda to add API for AeroRepair ? I know there are Maintenix customer is already using AeroRepair module from AeroExchange and each one is using their internal method of trying to automate processes between Maintenix and AeroRepair.

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Do Gooder (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Employee)
KunalDo Gooder (Employee)
asked in IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance
CRO - External Service Order not getting completed after receiving different part number

Hi All,I am working with an aircraft OEM and they manage different kind of rotable pools with their customers wherein customer can take a part from the rotable pool and in-return will supply the unserviceable core item to the OEM for repair.This OEM does not carry out internal repairs and create a CRO of repair order type “external service order” to send the unserviceable core part (P1) to supplier and get it repaired. Some of the times, the supplier will perform modification to the part (P1) which leads to change of part number (P1 now becomes P2). When we receive the modified part (P2), OEM would perform Register Arrival - utilize modify receipt conditions and change the part number (P2 - ensure alternates are defined) and receive the modified part (P2) in inventory. This creates a part serial transaction for the received modified part and serial.Now the caveat over here is, the CRO external order which was initially created for the unserviceable part P1 remains open and under the tr

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Do Gooder (Customer)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
J.T.Do Gooder (Customer)
posted in IFS Maintenix
Stock Details History Tab

Description•Add a History tab in Stock Details, to see updates and changes made in Stock details.Impact•Restock levels and automatic restock actions changes need to be reviewed via periodic analysis.  Need historical change information to tie to the outcome of those changes.Role•Inventory PlanningFrequency•Daily

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Do Gooder (Customer)
E
Do Gooder (Customer)
e94282Do Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
Managing Tasks requiring accomplishment with a defined Minimum and Maximum Usage window. Tasks that must be accomplished after but before a defined schedule parameter

Southwest Airlines would like to know how other operators manage Tasks that require accomplishment after a minimum usage but before a maximum usage.   Plan after but Before a specified scheduling parameter.  example: Task must be accomplished after 10 flight cycles (FC) and before 25 flight cycles after initialization.   Task must be accomplished 4 times and then terminate: Accomplished between 50-100 FC Accomplished between 150-200 FC Accomplished between 250-300 FC Accomplished between 350-400 FC terminates  Terminates after 4th accomplishment  

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Robert Bellemare
Hero (Employee)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
cwood
asked in IFS Maintenix
Issue with Installing Jasper Studio 9.0.0 for custom reports

With the upgrade to Maintenix 8.3 SP10, we need to upgrade JasperReports Server to version 9.0.0, this is fine, we’ve already installed it on our Dev box. We have a lot of custom reports and we have used Jasper Studio in the past to develop and publish reports. Unfortunately, it looks like Jasper Studio 9.0.0 now needs an internet connection to log into the Jaspersoft community before we can use it. Our Dev box (and all our servers) are not allowed to be on the internet due to ITAR constraints, we also aren’t allowed to install software on our local machines due to our company security policy. We have a lot of security restrictions that make this process difficult.We’re talking to our Infrastructure team to try and find a solution and are wondering if anyone else has run into this issue and how they have solved it. 

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Do Gooder (Customer)
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Do Gooder (Customer)
AStellingDo Gooder (Customer)
asked in IFS Maintenix
How to handle banned parts

Do other operators have a way they prevent the purchase and receipt of banned parts? Specific inventory at the P/N and S/N level.

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Robert Bellemare
Hero (Employee)

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