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Maximo Configuration Changes

Find changes that may affect your automation scripts, integrations, scheduled jobs and workflows before an upgrade.

How to use this guide

  1. Choose the first and last release to explore; both endpoints are included.
  2. Pick the configuration area you maintain, or start with Upgrade risks.
  3. Read the next step, confirm the exact IBM release or fix level and add relevant checks to your upgrade test plan.

Selected IBM changes, reviewed 28 September 2026. This guide is not a scan of your system. General scripting began in 7.5 and integration scripting in 7.6.

Automation scripts already available

Introduced in Maximo 7.5; baseline capability · Baseline

Object, attribute, action and condition scripting predate this baseline.

Your next step: Inventory scripts and launch points before comparing releases.

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Integration processing can use scripts

Introduced in Maximo 7.6; baseline capability · Baseline

Scripts extend object structures, publish channels, enterprise services and invocation channels.

Your next step: Identify the actual integration hook when replacing Java exits.

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Reusable libraries and additional launch events

Expanded in Maximo 7.6; baseline capability · Baseline

7.6 added library scripts and more object/attribute events, including save timing choices.

Your next step: Separate shared functions from launch-point logic.

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Schedule a script with ScriptCrontask

Available in Maximo 7.6; baseline capability · Baseline

Cron tasks can invoke scripts without an object launch point.

Your next step: Record cron parameters, schedules and run-as users alongside the script.

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Scripted actions in escalations and workflows

Existing capability at the 7.6.1.3 baseline · Baseline

An action launch point creates an action that can be attached to a workflow or escalation.

Your next step: Include the action association and its MBO context in regression tests.

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Script cache reload during MIF updates

Maximo 7.6.1.3 IFIX 001 · IJ40423 · Fixed

IBM lists a fix for whole-cache reloads when a script is updated through MIF with per-script reload enabled.

Your next step: Check the installed IFIX before diagnosing repeated compilation.

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Launch point when clearing long description

Maximo 7.6.1.3 IFIX 004 · IJ43818 · Fixed

IBM lists a fix for an attribute script failing to fire when long description is cleared.

Your next step: Test populated-to-empty changes, not just new values.

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Automation script testing capability

Maximo Manage 8.4 (application version) · Added

The Manage 8.4 release notes identify the ability to test automation scripts.

Your next step: Use the available test facility with the script’s required context and data.

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SCIM 2.0 identity-provider synchronization

Maximo Application Suite 9.0 · Added

MAS adds synchronization of users and groups from an external identity provider using SCIM 2.0.

Your next step: Review custom identity provisioning against the supported SCIM path.

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Java 17 runtime transition

Manage 9.1 · March 2025 feature release onward · Changed

Manage moves to Java 17; scripts and custom classes that use Java libraries need compatibility testing.

Your next step: Test imported Java APIs, custom cron classes and integration handlers.

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Legacy suite user/group management APIs deprecated

Maximo Application Suite 9.1 · Deprecated

The old suite APIs enter deprecation before removal in 9.2.

Your next step: Identify callers of the deprecated suite APIs and migrate to their replacements.

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Deprecated suite user/group APIs removed

Maximo Application Suite 9.2 · Removed

The suite user/group APIs deprecated in 9.1 are removed.

Your next step: Update provisioning scripts that call these APIs before cutover.

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Cross-application user synchronization removed

Maximo Application Suite 9.2 · Removed

Centralized user management replaces synchronization, except for Maximo Real Estate and Facilities.

Your next step: Retire obsolete synchronization jobs and review identity monitoring.

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Script behavior after sendMessage()

Manage 9.2.0 fix list · DT450807 · Fixed

IBM lists a fix affecting script execution after sendMessage().

Your next step: Retest scripts using this method.

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Missing Jython classes

Manage 9.2.0 fix list · DT451125 · Fixed

IBM lists a fix for missing classes in jython.jar affecting custom scripts.

Your next step: Retest affected imports on the installed build.

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Reassignment notification template behavior

Manage 9.2.0 fix list · DT443650 · Fixed

IBM lists a fix for unintended template updates during task reassignment.

Your next step: Check reassignment emails and template content.

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PM forecast cron resource leak

Manage 9.2.0 fix list · DT461707 · Fixed

IBM lists a fix for MboSet resource handling during large forecast runs.

Your next step: Check forecast-run memory and cursor usage.

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