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All about Maximo domains and lookups

A useful set of articles and tutorials from IBM about domain, crossover domain, lookup, value list. Adding a valuelist (ALN Domain) in MaximoAdding Lookup Functionality to a Field in MaximoSetting Up Crossover Functionality in MaximoFiltering an out of the box lookup in MaximoTroubleshooting Crossover DomainsSetting Up A Conditional DomainAssociating Lookups in Maximo using the MAXLOOKUPMAP […]

Maximo Everyplace on Motorola ET1 tablet

Maximo Everyplace is a great addon to enable mobile capabilities in IBM products based on Maximo/TPAE without dealing with complex setup and configuration required by the more advanced Maximo Mobile solutions. The great advantage of Maximo Everyplace over Maximo Mobile is its simplicity.Basically speaking, with Maximo Everyplace you can build small-screen-friendly TPAE applications that are […]

How to enable barcode scanning for Maximo Everyplace on Android

With this post I will start a small set of articles on Maximo Everyplace which is a feature that provides the ability to use Maximo on mobile devices through the device web browser. An interesting article on IBM Asset Management blog describes how to use a bluetooth barcode scanner paired with an iPhone or an […]

Creating a custom dialog box to send a report via email

An outstanding tutorial from Daniel Ng explaining how to create a custom dialog box to send a report via email.The tutorial is very detailed and explains a lot of Maximo/TPAE stuff including: Create a custom XML dialog box Attach the dialog box to an application Associate a signature option to the dialog box Associate the custom dialog box […]

Sample Action Class

This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. Sometimes you have to implement some complex logic in workflows or escalation and you feel limited by the out-of-the-box Maximo actions. In these cases you can unleash the Java power and code your algorithm in a custom action class.In order to create a custom action class, you […]

Grant access to an action menu or toolbar button conditionally

This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. In Maximo/TPAE menu items are granted per security group in the Security Groups application. Every option available for an application has a corresponding signature option (aka sigoption) record in the SIGOPTION table. Those SigOptions can be configured in the Application Designer. In this article I will […]

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