Create attachments through MIF

Starting from Maximo 7.1.1.6 it is possible to import an attachment (aka doclink) to an objects through MIF. In this example I will show how to add a short text file to an asset record.

First of all you have to create an Object Structure with DOCLINKS as a child object of ASSET.

Now you can use HTTP or REST calls to add an attachment to an asset. If you are not familiar with this things I suggest you to take a look at this post.

After server attempts I have managed to find the minumum set of attributes to do the job.

<SyncMYASSET xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.ibm.com/maximo">
<MYASSETSet>
<ASSET action="AddChange">
<ASSETNUM>13150</ASSETNUM>
<SITEID>BEDFORD</SITEID>
  <DOCLINKS>
    <ADDINFO>1</ADDINFO>
    <URLTYPE>FILE</URLTYPE>
    <DOCTYPE>Attachments</DOCTYPE>
    <DESCRIPTION>test.txt</DESCRIPTION>
    <DOCUMENTDATA>MTIzNA==</DOCUMENTDATA>
  </DOCLINKS>
</ASSET>
</MYASSETSet>
</SyncMYASSET>

Modify the XML above for your case:

• ASSETNUM and SITE uniquely identify the asset record
• DOCTYPE is the folder where you want to put your attachment
• DESCRIPTION is the descriptive name of the file
• DOCUMENTDATA is the binary content of your file encoded with Base64 algorithm