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This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. In this post I have explained how to query and fetch MBOs from the database. In this small article I will show how to get and set the attributes of an Mbo. How to read attributes To read the attributes of an Mbo you can […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. To query a Maximo table using Java you need to perform the following steps: Get a reference to the MboSet. Specify a where clause. Loop through the MboSet and fetch Mbos. The following example shows how to retrieve all the assets located in BEDFORD site. […]
Today I want to share with you all a very efficient technique that I use to test email notifications and communication templates in workflows. The technique is based on a very lightweight dummy SMTP server called smtp4dev that can run on any Windows system. This small application sits in the system tray and does not […]
During the second half of 2012 IBM held some great education sessions to assist customers in planning their upgrade to Maximo Asset Management 7.5 and SmartCloud Control Desk 7.5. This series was devoted to the Maximo product suite, add-on’s and industry solutions. In each session, a member of the business architecture team delivers a presentation chronicling […]
Maximo stores labels in multiple places. When you add a label to a field, tab or section in Application Designer, Maximo stores this in the application XML in the MAXPRESENTATION table and in the MAXLABELS table. For fields, labels are stored in Database Configuration, in the Title field of the attribute (MAXATTRIBUTE table). For example, […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. What is Maximo Integration Framework? The Maximo Integration Framework (MIF) is an integral part of the Tivoli Process Automation Engine (TPAE) that allows the synchronization and integration of data and of applications between TPAE and external systems in real time or batch mode by using a […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. Today I want to share with you some Java sample code to reset the value of a field when another field is modified.In the example below I have implemented a little piece of logic to reset the WORKORDER.SUPEVISOR field when the WORKORDER.OWNERGROUP is modified. Here […]
This article is outdated!IBM Anywhere is now available. In several forums and groups I have recently seen, there is some confusion around the current IBM’s mobile solutions for Maximo so I will try to give my personal view on this hot topic.Before going on keep in mind that this analysis is updated to the current situation as […]
The Maximo contains an extremely useful command to create a demo database filled with a sample data. This can be really helpful when learning haw Maximo works. Tho create the demo database perform these steps. Stop the application server (MXServer) Open a command prompt Move to:[SMP_DIR]\maximo\tools\maximo Issue the following command:maxinst -s[INDEXTABLESPACE] -t[DATATABLESPACE] By default both […]
Sometimes standard Conditional Expressions are not enough. Sometimes the logic to implement is too complex to be implemented using an SQL expression. In such cases Maximo allows to implement the condition logic in a custom condition class using Java. To implement a condition class you must extend psdi.common.condition.CustomCondition and override evaluateCondition and toWhereClause methods. Here is a […]