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Hello, While I am able to easily add an asset status record with MXL, I can't seem to set the memo without setting the PLUSCASSETSTATUS.MEMO after I've created the status.  I am setting the memo keying off of PLUSCASSETSTATUS.PLUSCASSETSTATUSID.  It's a bit tedious.  I thought I could include ASSET.NP_STATUSMEMO, but that doesn't seem to work.  Anyone been able to do this another way or somehow using that non-persistent NP_STATUSMEMO attribute?  Thank you.

Matt,

Depending on the Object Structure you're using within MxLoader with assets, you might just need to include the NP_STATUSMEMO field. For example, if you:

1. Navigate to the Integration > Object Structures application
2. Locate the MXASSET Object Structure
3. From the More Actions menu choose the Exclude/Include fields option
4. Highlight the ASSET Object
5. Click on the Non-Persistent Fields tab
6. Locate the NP_STATUSMEMO field and ensure that the Include flag is checked.

Most of the non-persistent fields in Object Structures are excluded by default, so you might just need to explicitly include it. Additionally, if you plan to modify an out-of-the-box Object Structure you should consider cloning the Object Structure and making modifications to the cloned record.

Hope this helps,

Hello, While I am able to easily add an asset status record with MXL, I can't seem to set the memo without setting the PLUSCASSETSTATUS.MEMO after I've created the status.  I am setting the memo keying off of PLUSCASSETSTATUS.PLUSCASSETSTATUSID.  It's a bit tedious.  I thought I could include ASSET.NP_STATUSMEMO, but that doesn't seem to work.  Anyone been able to do this another way or somehow using that non-persistent NP_STATUSMEMO attribute?  Thank you.

Hello, While I am able to easily add an asset status record with MXL, I can't seem to set the memo without setting the PLUSCASSETSTATUS.MEMO after I've created the status.  I am setting the memo keying off of PLUSCASSETSTATUS.PLUSCASSETSTATUSID.  It's a bit tedious.  I thought I could include ASSET.NP_STATUSMEMO, but that doesn't seem to work.  Anyone been able to do this another way or somehow using that non-persistent NP_STATUSMEMO attribute?  Thank you.

This unfortunately probably needs to be an enhancement request. We don't expose a method on the Asset MBO which would enable you to capture the memo because for the longest time we didn't record asset status history except for calibration assets. What we do is on the non-persistent AsChangeStatusSet (which is only used by the UI) in the changeMboStatus we fetch the last status history record and copy the memo down at that point. That's inefficient and only works for the UI so I think making the status history similar to the rest of the Maximo statusable objects makes sense.

With the new Maximo Mobile asset application we're adding the ability to make status changes in 8.10 but don't support a memo (I assume because of this). So even our core experiences would benefit from this enhancement.

If you really wanted to do this before the enhancement, I think you may be able to do something similar where you add an automation script on the object structure changeStatus event where you call the out of the box changeStatus logic like we'd normally do in the MaxAssetProcess class. Then you could get the child set of PLUSCASSETSTATUS and find the entry being added and take the memo field to copy down to that record. It's a hack but should technically work. Documentation on the OSIN object structure changeStatus event can be found here: https://ibm-maximo-dev.github.io/maximo-autoscript-documentation/integration/osevents

Hello, While I am able to easily add an asset status record with MXL, I can't seem to set the memo without setting the PLUSCASSETSTATUS.MEMO after I've created the status.  I am setting the memo keying off of PLUSCASSETSTATUS.PLUSCASSETSTATUSID.  It's a bit tedious.  I thought I could include ASSET.NP_STATUSMEMO, but that doesn't seem to work.  Anyone been able to do this another way or somehow using that non-persistent NP_STATUSMEMO attribute?  Thank you.