IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
The mobile app simulator is a great tool when developing mobile applications with Maximo Anywhere. Obviously it does not replace a good test on the real device but it is essential during development especially when the browser development tools are used to inspect and debug the app.One limitation of the simulator is the 200 records […]
You know that Google Chrome is the preferred browser for previewing mobile apps when developing with Maximo Anywhere. However, it seems that Google Chrome automatic updates are a big pain because sometime the simulator stops working correctly. I know there were at least 3 problems caused by a Chrome update: Menu is not displayed correctly […]
This page has been published in 2015 and contains obsolete info. After 2 years of blogging on MaximoDev and more than 100 posts to explain how to configure and customize Maximo I want to spend few minutes to explain how to NOT customize Maximo. Customizing Maximo may be challenging and fun but should always taken […]
Consider this scenario (which I came across). You have extended psdi.app.workorder.WO out of the box MBO class with your own cust.app.workorder.WO class to implement you own business logic for work orders. After a while you install the Maximo Scheduler extension and you soon discover that all your custom logic has gone because the WORKORDER object […]
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 […]
A common need is to differentiate Maximo production, test, development environments.The easiest technique I know is to customize the login and header messages.Open Database Administration application and select the Messages action. Search for ‘welcome’ and change the messages in the ‘login’ group as you wish. The welcome message is displayed on the login page, the […]
This post explains how to extract a set of attachments from the server. First of all you have to find the root folder where the attachments are stored. This can be found in mxe.doclink.doctypes.defpath system property (System Configuration – Platform Configuration – System Properties). Unfortunately, from the file names you cannot understand to which records […]
As I have already discussed in a previous post I always tend to adopt an Agile Development approach in my projects. My own motto is: Start Small, Grow Fast. I always use this as a very simple guiding principle when working on customer projects. Some months ago I came across this nice picture that perfectly […]
Maximo 7.6 has a lot of interesting features. One of these is the new installation technology.Richard Lesses has published a useful set of articles with a step-by-step guide of how to install Maximo 7.6. Installing Maximo 7.6: A first look, part 1Installing Maximo 7.6: A first look, part 2Installing Maximo 7.6: A first look, part […]
Many times Maximo users and administrator lacks database skills. These are important in several situations: Write ‘where clause’ statements to filter data in Maximo UI. Develop complex SELECT statements to extract data from multiple tables when developing report. Optimize existing queries to solve performance issues. If you need to improve your SQL skills I suggest […]