IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
Writing automation scripts in Maximo is easy and almost every Maximo specialist has some ort of skills to develop customizations using Python/Jython scripts. Every error in your code will be handled by Maximo and displayed to end user as an error message. However, in some cases you need to handle exceptions in order to explicitly […]
Today I clicked the Apply Settings action from Logging application and I have received the following error: BMXAA5189E – Failed to load logging settings from the database. String index out of range: 0 After a long search I have discovered that it is caused by a misconfiguration of the logging appenders. click Manage Appenders action […]
Maximo automation scripts became more and more powerful during the last years so we heavy rely on these capabilities to extend Maximo features and fulfill customer needs. When the amount of script code grows, it’s easy to end up into some sort of spaghetti code so you need a practical way split the code into […]
The Maximo condition node allows to specify an condition in SQL format in order to drive the workflow in different ways depending on some custom logic. In some cases the logic that has to be implemented can be quite complex and not easy to implement using SQL syntax. In this case we can use an […]
In some cases you need to prevent the editing of a child table (add/change/delete) in a Maximo application. For example, you want to prevent adding or changing records in the “Multiple Assets,Locations and CIs” table of the Work Order Tracking application when a work order is in status INPRG. The probem can be easily solved […]
The Maximo Single Page applications are simplified and provide a quicker way of visualizing and editing data. The Labor Reporting application is a good example of such kind of application. However, you may notice that custom Single Page applications do not provide the Advanced Search feature like the Labor Reporting app. To add the Advanced […]
When developing automation scripts I always like to have a shared filesystem with all the latest automation scripts. This allows me to use code editors or to better navigate across the entire code and eventually use source code versioning tools like Git or CVS. One technique I usually use is to use Notepad++ and edit […]
Last week, a client asked if it was possible to display a warning icon on asset records based on certain business rules. Initially, this request posed a challenge, but I was able to find a solution to implement it effectively. The technique is based on a non persistent attribute populated an automation script that evaluates […]
IBM claims the you can use the implicit variable ‘app’ in automation scripts if you need to know the name of the Maximo application that is currently running. Unfortunately, this technique works only on the main object on which the application is defined. As an example, try to define the following automation script on the […]
There are many blog posts in the Maximo technical community describing how to develop an automation script and schedule execution using a cron task (link1, link2). However, a custom cron task may run for a long period of time and this may block the system when trying to enable administrative mode. In this case you […]