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How to fix Office 2007 attachments downloaded as zip files
Few times I have found a small but annoying issue on Maximo when attaching Office 2007 files. Do you know those Excel, Word, PowerPoint files with xlsx, docx, pptx extensions? Yes, those! If you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer it may happen that these files can be uploaded successfully into your DOCLINKS folder but when you try to retrieve them they are downloaded as zip files. If you have this problem here is the solution for you.
February 13, 2013
Multiple browser sessions
Did you ever need to open multiple Maximo UI sessions? If you want to perform work in parallel to become more productive, you can launch multiple browser tabs or windows as the same user. You only need to use a URL like this to connect to your Maximo server: http://[MXHOST]/maximo/ui/login When this procedure is followed correctly, each browser tab will receive its own unique uisessionid allowing to work concurrently with multiple browser’s tabs.
February 4, 2013
A new interesting Android tablet for Maximo
After Motorola ET1 tablet and Toughpad FZ-A1 a new option is now available to mobilize your Maximo users. Few days ago Panasonic has announced the availability of the Toughpad JT-B1 7-inch Android tablet. I will never stop saying that I think Android is the best strategic choice for the Mobile workforce. IBM is focusing on this platform and will soon announce some news in this field covering some gaps in the mobile space. Stay tuned…
January 18, 2013
Install a SmartCloud Control Desk demo system on Linux RedHat
In this post I will describe all the main steps required to install an IBM SCCD demo system on a Linux RedHat 5.7 x64 machine. All the Maximo components will be installed on the same OS for simplicity. NOTE: Please check supported versions of Linux for server and admin workstation in TPAE Product Configuration Matrix. Operating System installation First of all I have created a new VM on my VMware ESX server. I have allocated 5 GB of RAM and 50 GB of disk space. The I have mounted the ISO image of the RHEL DVD and selected ‘Connect at power on’. Here is how the VM properties should look like.
January 17, 2013
Enable pinch-to-zoom on Maximo Everyplace 7.1
Everyplace 7.5 and above provides pinch-to-zoom functionality. If you need nice feature on lower versions and you cannot upgrade there is a small trick to fix this problem. You only need to manually edit maximouiweb.war\webclient\components\page.jsp file and remove the following piece of code rebuild the EAR file and redeploy it. maximum-scale=1.000; minimum-scale=1.000" Be aware that changes to jsp files are not preserved during upgrades or fixpack/hotfix installation.
January 16, 2013
Getting to Problems Before They Get to You
Ever since the dawn of modern industry, regardless of how old your plant or assets are or what type of product is made at your plant, it’s all about getting to problems before they get to you. There are four key elements to optimizing the up time of your assets. Leverage data available from the Dynamic Infrastructure and Smart Devices. Be able to recognize potential issues before they become real problems. Respond with an approach that you know is going to work. Have the experience and information that you gather contribute to continued improvement. See how Maximo can help in this IBM video.
January 15, 2013
How to extract failure codes, problems, causes and remedies
Today a customer asked me to extract the full listing of failure codes, problems, causes and remedies. He wants to be able to create an Excel spreadsheet to analyze the failure codes tree in order to improve and reorganize such structure. Here is the SQL query that can extract this information from Maximo database. select f.failurecode failureclass, p.failurecode problem, c.failurecode cause, r.failurecode remedyfrom failurelist fleft outer join failurelist p on p.parent=f.failurelist and p.type='PROBLEM'left outer join failurelist c on c.parent=p.failurelist and c.type='CAUSE'left outer join failurelist r on r.parent=c.failurelist and r.type='REMEDY'where f.parent is nullorder by f.failurecode, p.failurecode, c.failurecode, r.failurecode; If you need to import failure codes hierarchy you may take a look at this article.
January 11, 2013
Maximo command line reference
I think that one of the things that are missing in the Maximo documentation is a command line reference. That’s why I decided to go through the Maximo directories and search for commands that can be run the system prompt. The following list should be intended as a work in progress. Many commands are not documented at all and I was not able to find any useful resource over the internet. If you have any additional information please leave a comment to this post and I will update this page.
December 14, 2012
I'm Winston Wolf I solve problems
As Maximo consultant I often feel like Winston Wolf in the famous Pulp Fiction movie.
December 7, 2012