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We want to capture typical attributes for assets such as voltage, power, type of gas and quantity etc.
We know we can create attributes in classifications and use them on the Asset->Specification tab.
However, the minute we changed the asset's classification on the Specification tab, the previously captured attribute values will be removed from the ASSETSPEC table where asset attribute values are captured by asset.
Is there a way to break this behavior so that we can capture such asset attributes regardless the usage and change of asset classification?
I know we can always create a child table and necessary domain to capture such asset attributes, but want to avoid it if we can use something existing in Maximo.
Thanks.
"Is there a way to make asset attribute values independent from classification?"
No. Not through the front end anyway.
"the minute we changed the asset's classification on the Specification tab, the previously captured attribute values will be removed from the ASSETSPEC table where asset attribute values are captured by asset"
Not ENTIRELY true. If the new classification has an attribute with the same attribute ID, when you put in the new classification the values all go blank. But when you hit save, anything that matched what was there before will be retained.
So if old classification had attribute VOLTAGE and value of 1000, and you assign the new classification, also with an attribute VOLTAGE, it'll blank out at first but when you hit save it should bring back the value of 1000.
If your new classification changes the attribute ID to, say, VOLTS, the value of 1000 will be lost.
Maybe that'll help a little bit. . .
Travis Herron
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> We want to capture typical attributes for assets such as voltage, power, type of gas and quantity etc.
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> We know we can create attributes in classifications and use them on the Asset->Specification tab.
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> However, the minute we changed the asset's classification on the Specification tab, the previously captured attribute values will be removed from the ASSETSPEC table where asset attribute values are captured by asset.
>
> Is there a way to break this behavior so that we can capture such asset attributes regardless the usage and change of asset classification?
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> I know we can always create a child table and necessary domain to capture such asset attributes, but want to avoid it if we can use something existing in Maximo.
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> Thanks.
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