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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This article is outdated!IBM Anywhere is now available.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 […]
I this article I have explained how to list the larger database tables and indexes on Oracle.On DB2 you can use the following one. SELECT name, card, npages, fpages, stats_timeFROM sysibm.systablesWHERE creator = ‘MAXIMO’ AND type=’T’ORDER BY card DESC; The returned columns are: NAME: Name of the table CARD: Number of rows NPAGES: Total number of pages […]
As you probably know, in recent versions of Maximo IBM has introduced a new look of the user interface.The two available skins are called classic and tivoli09. The following screenshots show the two looks. Skin: classic Skin: tivoli09 The new skin is available starting from Maximo 7.1.1.5 although it may not be set as the default one.You […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. In this little article I’m going to show how to display a dialog box with Yes/No or OK/Cancel buttons and how to capture the user’s input to execute some custom logic. For example, you have a Java method attached to a button on the toolbar […]
MaximoDev has now reached 100 posts of useful tips, tutorials and small guides to help the Maximo technical community.After more than 2 years of MaximoDev activity, I have achieved an incredible success becoming the most followed and visited free and ads-free web site about IBM Maximo features, configuration, customization and development topics.To explain you the […]