IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
After several experiments with IBM Watson IoT Platform I have decided to take a step back and play MQTT manually to really understand how it works. In this post I will walk through my experiments with of the Watson IoT Platform MQTT messaging API for devices, applications and gateways. Prerequisites First of all you need […]
By default MxLoader uses plain Object Services through HTTP calls. These services are automatically exposed when an Object Structure is created in Maximo. Using Web Services is possible to have more control over data defining processing classes, user exit classes, XSL maps, and processing rules. MxLoader 5.1 now allows to use Web Services as well. […]
A common requirement is to display the bulletin board messages in a more visible way.A simple solution is to display the formatted message opened by default. To achieve this you can edit the following JSP file: [SMP]\applications\maximo\maximouiweb\webmodule\webclient\components\bulletinboard.jsp On my Maximo 7.5.0.6 i have this line of code at row 335: style=”display:none;overflow:visible” If you change the […]
A common requirement in Maximo projects is to restrict work order status changes based on some internal business rules. This can be achieved on Maximo with the technique described in this article.Unfortunately the rules set in the WOSTATUS domain on the server are not applied automatically to the Anywhere mobile applications so we need to […]
The mobile app simulator is a great tool when developing mobile applications with Maximo Anywhere. Obviously it does not replace a good test on the real device but it is essential during development especially when the browser development tools are used to inspect and debug the app.One limitation of the simulator is the 200 records […]
You know that Google Chrome is the preferred browser for previewing mobile apps when developing with Maximo Anywhere. However, it seems that Google Chrome automatic updates are a big pain because sometime the simulator stops working correctly. I know there were at least 3 problems caused by a Chrome update: Menu is not displayed correctly […]
This page has been published in 2015 and contains obsolete info. After 2 years of blogging on MaximoDev and more than 100 posts to explain how to configure and customize Maximo I want to spend few minutes to explain how to NOT customize Maximo. Customizing Maximo may be challenging and fun but should always taken […]
Consider this scenario (which I came across). You have extended psdi.app.workorder.WO out of the box MBO class with your own cust.app.workorder.WO class to implement you own business logic for work orders. After a while you install the Maximo Scheduler extension and you soon discover that all your custom logic has gone because the WORKORDER object […]
Starting from Maximo 7.1.1.6 it is possible to import an attachment (aka doclink) to an objects through MIF. In this example I will show how to add a short text file to an asset record. First of all you have to create an Object Structure with DOCLINKS as a child object of ASSET. Now you […]
A common need is to differentiate Maximo production, test, development environments.The easiest technique I know is to customize the login and header messages.Open Database Administration application and select the Messages action. Search for ‘welcome’ and change the messages in the ‘login’ group as you wish. The welcome message is displayed on the login page, the […]