IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
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 […]
This post explains how to extract a set of attachments from the server. First of all you have to find the root folder where the attachments are stored. This can be found in mxe.doclink.doctypes.defpath system property (System Configuration – Platform Configuration – System Properties). Unfortunately, from the file names you cannot understand to which records […]
As I have already discussed in a previous post I always tend to adopt an Agile Development approach in my projects. My own motto is: Start Small, Grow Fast. I always use this as a very simple guiding principle when working on customer projects. Some months ago I came across this nice picture that perfectly […]
Maximo 7.6 has a lot of interesting features. One of these is the new installation technology.Richard Lesses has published a useful set of articles with a step-by-step guide of how to install Maximo 7.6. Installing Maximo 7.6: A first look, part 1Installing Maximo 7.6: A first look, part 2Installing Maximo 7.6: A first look, part […]
Many times Maximo users and administrator lacks database skills. These are important in several situations: Write ‘where clause’ statements to filter data in Maximo UI. Develop complex SELECT statements to extract data from multiple tables when developing report. Optimize existing queries to solve performance issues. If you need to improve your SQL skills I suggest […]
Here are some nice presentations that I use during basic education sessions for new Maximo users. Introduction – PowerPoint – SlideShare Getting Started – PowerPoint – SlideShare Asset Management – PowerPoint – SlideShare Work Management – PowerPoint – SlideShare Inventory Management – PowerPoint – SlideShare I tried to use a pretty template and a common […]
Gartner has recently published its Magic Quadrant for Energy and Utilities Enterprise Asset Management Software and guess what?IBM Maximo Asset Management is positioned it the ‘Magic’ corner! Read the full report here.
You probably know that Preventive Maintenance module in Maximo allows to schedule periodical maintenance activities in order to keep your assets running efficiently.In other words you can use the Preventive Maintenance to schedule the automatic generation of work orders. Work orders can be generated manually using the ‘Generate Work Orders’ action in the Preventive Maintenance […]
Some fields in Maximo are linked to a domain that allows to set its value from a predefined set of values. In some cases however, when the value does not provide enough information, you may wish to also display the description of the domain value that you have chosen. For example lets consider the STATUS […]