IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
In a previous post I have described how to correctly manage a child table in an application using the Application Designer. However, there are better ways of achieving the same goals so I will analyze all the available options to correctly link records in a parent-child relationship. If you are a creating custom objects and […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. A good logging (tracing) is always a lifesaver when you have problems in a production environment. I will never stop telling to my fellow programmers how much is important to fill code with meaningful log calls. Maximo has a good and flexible logging subsystem. This […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. What is a coding standard and why it is important? A coding standard is a set of guidelines, rules and regulations on how to write code which will help developers quickly read and understand source code conforming to the style as well as helping to […]
This article is outdated! Checkout MxLoader tool. This is the last step toward a complete integration between Maximo and Excel. In the previous article we have learned how to use Integration Object Service and HTTP calls from Excel to populate a spreadsheet with data retrieved from a Maximo server.In this new article I will show […]
This article is obsolete. Please refer to this one. If you are a creating custom objects and applications in TPAE you may need at some point to create a child table like the Subassemblies in the Assets application. Let’s pretend we have a parent table called TB1 and a child table called TB2. TB1: Parent […]
Adding a language pack to Maximo after having installed it can be done by running the installer again. After few dialogs and some checks you will be prompted with a list of languages that can be added to the base language.Alternatively you can follow the manual procedure described hereafter. First of all you have to […]
This article is outdated! Checkout MxLoader tool. After having written the two articles on importing and exporting data in Maximo, this morning I woke up with an insane idea.Is it Excel capable of parsing an XML structures and issue an HTTP calls to Maximo Integration Framework?Did you already got my idea? I switched on my […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. In this tutorial I will show how to configure the Maximo Integration Framework (MIF) in order to import data in Maximo from a Comma Separated Values (CSV) text file. The best thing is to start with an export. Please follow this article before proceeding. To […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. In this tutorial I will show how to configure the Maximo Integration Framework in order to export data from Maximo into a Comma Separated Values (CSV) text file. To achieve such goal we must configure the following chain: Object Structure Publish Service External System For […]
In this little post I will share few database queries to list the customizations made to your Maximo environment. It also applies to other TPAE based products. Security restrictions SELECT * FROM securityrestrictORDER BY objectname, attributename; Custom objects and attributes SELECT * FROM maxobjectWHERE userdefined=1ORDER by objectname;SELECT * FROM maxattributeWHERE userdefined=1ORDER by objectname, attributename; Custom […]