IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. When you are in an Mbo class or you already have a reference to an Mbo object is it possible to retrieve the related records using Maximo object relationships as defined in the Database Configuration application.For example the ASSET object has a relationship called ACTIVEASSETMETER to the […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. One of the biggest issues when implementing Java customizations in the Maximo Business Objects layer is to know what is the best method to override to achieve a specific goal.Here I have listed the most common usages of the the main methods in Mbo, MboSet and […]
Maximo Activity Dashboard (also known as MAD or PerfMon) is a useful tool to analyze and troubleshoot Maximo performances and is available starting from TPAE 7.1.1.6. This great tool tracks execution times for each browser request (user-click) including the time spent querying DB with a great detail about executed queries and time spent for each sub-step […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. Debugging is a great aid in developing Maximo/TPAE customizations in Java. This powerful technique, albeit simple, is too often ignored or neglected by less experienced developers. In this tutorial I will show how to connect Eclipse to a remote Maximo server in debug mode.Here we go. Enable debug […]
Today’s post is very different from a typical MaximoDev technical article. Nevertheless I want to share with my little community my thoughts as a consultant and developer who strongly believes in the Agile Software Development values and principles. Dear Project Managers, I hear you have mixed views about the recent, er, “developments”, in the field […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. This article explains how to setup and use Web Services capabilities of the Maximo Integration Framework (MIF/MEA).In Maximo there are three different types of services that can be invoked from Web Services: Object Structure, Enterprise and Standard Services. This article will focus on Object Structure […]
This entry is part of the Java MBO performance optimization golden rules series. Sometimes you have to perform some complex logic or you have to join several tables to retrieve a piece of data. In other cases there is a piece of code where performance is critical. In such cases it may be hard to […]
This entry is part of the Java MBO performance optimization golden rules series. A not well tuned SQL query is often the biggest contributor to elapsed time taken by Maximo Business Objects (MBO) logic. A general example of this is the use of IN or NOT IN in SQL where clauses. Avoid IN or NOT IN […]
This entry is part of the Java MBO performance optimization golden rules series. It is important to know the difference between close(), cleanup(), and clear() methods and use them to free up resources as soon as possible. close(): Close the cursor, release the database resources (result set), SQL statement, and connection key. Does not release […]
This entry is part of the Java MBO performance optimization golden rules series. The MboSet.setQbe() method is designed to be used to build filters from the user interface. Using the MboSet.setQbe() method will automatically add jolly characters in text searches preventing the database server to be able to use indexes.For example let’s look at the […]