IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
SmartCloud Control Desk 7.5 and Maximo 7.6 have introduced new UI skins and navigation behavior. There are four new System Properties which control the left navigation pane and other related visual attributes. mxe.webclient.homeButtonHeaders – Moves Goto menu to left of the screen and adds Start Center button to the header mxe.webclient.systemNavBar – Enables the lefthand […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. You may have noticed that there are some fields that cannot be modified once an object is saved. An example of this behavior is the ASSET.ASSETNUM field. When you create a new asset you can set it’s ID but once you have saved it it […]
To set the date format in Maximo, you use the setting.DISPLAYDATE system property from the System Properties application.When you enter a date format for this property, it overrides any system settings for displaying date formats in Maximo If you do not set the system property with DISPLAYDATE, then the display format is based on the […]
ISM Library is an IBM website where you can find addons, plugins and extensions available for all IBM products including Maximo. I really think it is worth spending 5 minutes of your time to look at what extensions are available. Here is the link that will take you directly to the list of solutions available […]
There is a common misconception in Maximo on when to use the return item transaction or a move asset transaction. The return item transaction should be used when an item has been consumed by a GL entity, but for one reason or another, the item was not necessary and therefore needs to be returned to […]
After more than 3 years of blogging I think it’s worth sharing some statistics about my blog. MaximoDev Blog Facts and Stats (May 2013) from Bruno Portaluri
You have probably noticed that once you have saved an object you are not allowed to change it’s ID. This is basically because each object stored on the database needs an immutable unique identifier that can be used to reference that object from other tables. Maximo prevents updating such identifiers to avoid loosing links between […]
Roles in Maximo are used to represent a specific person or a group of people that can be used in workflows, communication templates and escalations. If you need to find which roles are used in a specific workflow you can use an SQL query like this. SELECT wfnode.title, wfnode.description, wfa.roleid, r.descriptionFROM wfnodeJOIN wfassignment wfa ON […]
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 […]