Effective approach on maintenance KPIs and metrics
Do you want to learn more about maintenance performance monitoring?Check out Jason’s new post on Tivoli User Community: First things first for Maximo KPI’s and Metrics
How to delete a Maximo application
Maximo does not allow to delete applications from the Application Designer. However, there is a trick well hidden in the Application Developer Guide to accomplish this task using a SQL client. Note that only user defined application should be deleted. Out-of-the-box applications can be hidden using the standard Maximo security mechanism. It is better to […]
Cloning Maximo environment
There are many reasons why it is useful sometimes to overwrite a development, test or training system with all the data and customizations from the production system. These are just few examples: Development systems has become dirty after some customization that have not been moved to production. Fresh data is needed on the test system […]
Maximo Inventory explained
Check out the this TechNote from IBM about Maximo inventory management. Another interesting resource is the Understanding Maximo Asset Management inventory reorder calculations video. The same presentation is available in PDF format. Inventory application map (Maximo Secrets)
Brief history of Maximo, TPAE, TAMIT, CCMDB, TSRM
In today’s post I want to share with you a brief history of Maximo and how it relates with many other IBM products TAMIT, CCMDB, TSRM. Maximo is the product name introduced in early 1990’s that was then classified as Computerized Maintenance Management Software or CMMS, by Project Software Development, Inc. (PSDI) During the Dot […]
Find all references to a conditional expression
This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. Conditional expressions are one of the most powerful tool in the hand of a skilled TPAE specialist. However, when things get complex it may be hard to track where all custom conditional expression are referenced in your environment. That’s why I have spent some minutes developing […]
Get ready for IBM Smart Cloud Control Desk 7.5
Upcoming IBM® SmartCloud Control Desk unifies CCMDB, TSRM and TAMIT in a single solution with a flexible licensing model. IBM® SmartCloud Control Desk V7.5 provides: Automated process control required to keep up with the rapid changes that cloud brings about New licensing model New delivery models that include a Software as a Service (SaaS) model […]
How to hide a field using conditional expressions
This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. In this little tutorial, I will show how to dynamically hide the Total Cost field in the PR Lines tab of the Purchase Requisitions (PR) application for the PRs that are in status APPR. This is just an example and the same configuration can be used […]
Analyze BIRT report performances and execution time
Some days ago I came across this interesting post from Pam Denny that describes the 80/20 rule. Based on this empirical rule 80% of the report processing is done by only 20% of used reports.That’s why I developed a simple SQL query that uses the LASTRUNDURATION field of the REPORT table to list the report […]
How to change the color of a field using conditional expressions
This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. Here is a step-by-step guide about how to dynamically highlight workorders that have a high priority in the WOTRACK application. This is just an example and the same configuration can be used to change the color of a field based on a particular condition. Define conditional […]