IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
Check out the this TechNote from IBM about Maximo inventory management. Another interesting resource is the Understanding Maximo Asset Management inventory reorder calculations video. The same presentation is available in PDF format. Inventory application map (Maximo Secrets)
In today’s post I want to share with you a brief history of Maximo and how it relates with many other IBM products TAMIT, CCMDB, TSRM. Maximo is the product name introduced in early 1990’s that was then classified as Computerized Maintenance Management Software or CMMS, by Project Software Development, Inc. (PSDI) During the Dot […]
This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. Conditional expressions are one of the most powerful tool in the hand of a skilled TPAE specialist. However, when things get complex it may be hard to track where all custom conditional expression are referenced in your environment. That’s why I have spent some minutes developing […]
Upcoming IBM® SmartCloud Control Desk unifies CCMDB, TSRM and TAMIT in a single solution with a flexible licensing model. IBM® SmartCloud Control Desk V7.5 provides: Automated process control required to keep up with the rapid changes that cloud brings about New licensing model New delivery models that include a Software as a Service (SaaS) model […]
This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. In this little tutorial, I will show how to dynamically hide the Total Cost field in the PR Lines tab of the Purchase Requisitions (PR) application for the PRs that are in status APPR. This is just an example and the same configuration can be used […]
Some days ago I came across this interesting post from Pam Denny that describes the 80/20 rule. Based on this empirical rule 80% of the report processing is done by only 20% of used reports.That’s why I developed a simple SQL query that uses the LASTRUNDURATION field of the REPORT table to list the report […]
This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. Here is a step-by-step guide about how to dynamically highlight workorders that have a high priority in the WOTRACK application. This is just an example and the same configuration can be used to change the color of a field based on a particular condition. Define conditional […]
Did you have ever spent precious time searching in the Group Security application what group grants a specific permission to a certain user?Do you want to list all the sigoption granted to a specific user?Do you want to list all the groups to which a specific user belongs together with all the granted sigoptions?Do you […]
Today I want to share with you a little tip that allows to search for empty (NULL) values in every Maximo/TPAE application.You can search for null and not null values by entering the following values into a search field on the Find tab: To search for a null value enter: ~null~ To search for not […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. In this article I will describe some common ways of iterating through an MboSet and what is the best approach.In the following examples mboSet is the already holding the MboSetRemote that you need to traverse. Example 1 (worst solution) for(int i=0; i<mboSet.count(); i++;){ MboRemote currMbo=mboSet.getMbo(i); […]