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This article is outdated!IBM Anywhere is now available. In several forums and groups I have recently seen, there is some confusion around the current IBM’s mobile solutions for Maximo so I will try to give my personal view on this hot topic.Before going on keep in mind that this analysis is updated to the current situation as […]
The Maximo contains an extremely useful command to create a demo database filled with a sample data. This can be really helpful when learning haw Maximo works. Tho create the demo database perform these steps. Stop the application server (MXServer) Open a command prompt Move to:[SMP_DIR]\maximo\tools\maximo Issue the following command:maxinst -s[INDEXTABLESPACE] -t[DATATABLESPACE] By default both […]
Sometimes standard Conditional Expressions are not enough. Sometimes the logic to implement is too complex to be implemented using an SQL expression. In such cases Maximo allows to implement the condition logic in a custom condition class using Java. To implement a condition class you must extend psdi.common.condition.CustomCondition and override evaluateCondition and toWhereClause methods. Here is a […]
I this article I have explained how to list the larger database tables and indexes on Oracle.On DB2 you can use the following one. SELECT name, card, npages, fpages, stats_timeFROM sysibm.systablesWHERE creator = ‘MAXIMO’ AND type=’T’ORDER BY card DESC; The returned columns are: NAME: Name of the table CARD: Number of rows NPAGES: Total number of pages […]
As you probably know, in recent versions of Maximo IBM has introduced a new look of the user interface.The two available skins are called classic and tivoli09. The following screenshots show the two looks. Skin: classic Skin: tivoli09 The new skin is available starting from Maximo 7.1.1.5 although it may not be set as the default one.You […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. In this little article I’m going to show how to display a dialog box with Yes/No or OK/Cancel buttons and how to capture the user’s input to execute some custom logic. For example, you have a Java method attached to a button on the toolbar […]
MaximoDev has now reached 100 posts of useful tips, tutorials and small guides to help the Maximo technical community.After more than 2 years of MaximoDev activity, I have achieved an incredible success becoming the most followed and visited free and ads-free web site about IBM Maximo features, configuration, customization and development topics.To explain you the […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. A very common doubt when extending MBOs is what value returns the Mbo.getString() method when the target field has a null value. The answer is: It returns an empty string “”.Thus to check if the DESCRIPTION of an Mbo is empty or null you can […]
Maximo Asset Management version 7.5.0.3 incorporates several new features, such as the ability to link Maximo Asset Management applications to external applications and the option to configure high availability for your environment. 7.5.0.3 also introduces email interaction, which enables a user to change the status of an object or workflow assignment by email. In addition […]
An outstanding set of articles about how to configure and use the Maximo Email Listener with GMail are available on IBM Asset Management blog.Here are the links: Importing the SSL Certificate Configuring SMTP Over SSL Sending Service Requests