IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
During one of my consultancies I was asked how it is possible to remind one person to produce a report each month. They want to generate the PM application to generate a work order for the first working day of each month.This can be achieved with a tricky use of a ‘Time Based Frequency’ and […]
By default Maximo 6 does not show the units of measure description in the lookup dialog.To add this column you must edit the LOOKUPS.xml system configuration file.Open th Maximo Application Designer: Go To > Configuration > Application DesignerIn the dropdown box select ‘Export System XML’.Select the LOOKUPS entry and save the resulting xml file.Locate the […]
Maximo 6 and 7 do not provide a mean to create groups in the ‘Go To’ menu or to move applications from one menu to another. I this article I describe a procedure to edit the Maximo ‘Go To’ menu.WARNING: I strongly suggest to backup your database before making these changes. Where and how information […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. This is the quickest and simplest procedure that I know to setup an Eclipse environment to develop Java customizations for IBM Maximo products. Eclipse Installation The first step is to install Eclipse on the development system. Download Eclipse 3.5 from Eclipse website. Extract the downloaded […]
With latest versions of Internet Explorer have problems when trying to open sub-menus under the Go To main menu. This problem seriously affects Maximo’s UI navigation.The support for Microsoft Explorer 8 has been included in the IBM Maximo 6.2.5 FixPack If you cannot apply the entire FixPack in your environment you can apply few small […]
Welcome to my new blog. I work for IBM since 2000 and I recently joined the IBM Tivoli Advanced Technology Group. My primary focus will be on customization and integration of IBM Maximo products.During my first days of self-study I’m feeling excited about the new challenge but I often loose myself in tons of product […]