IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
Yes these are very busy days for me and probably for you all. But don’t worry I will start publishing new articles soon.In the meanwhile you can enjoy watching those two videos from my fellow colleague Andreas. Jobplan demo (3:03 min) Offerings/pricebook demo (2:32 min)
Recently I went through a problem running BIRT reports from Maximo. Every time I launch a BIRT report I got a java.lang.ClassCastException exception like this. java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.xerces.parsers.XIncludeAwareParserConfiguration incompatible with org.apache.xerces.xni.parser.XMLParserConfiguration My colleague Daniel Hlawatsch found the solution based on two similar IBM TechNotes: New Xerces library was introduced in CCMDB 7.1.1.5Error connecting to WebServices To […]
In some cases you need to be able to web address of Maximo to identify between different environments or systems. For example for the test system you want to change the base URL from the default address: http://mxhost/maximo/ to: http://mxhost/maximotest/ In WebSphere application server this part of the web address is called ‘context root’. It […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. Here is a small piece of Java code that can be used to retrieve a Maximo system property in Java using MxServer.getConfig() method. Properties configData = MXServer.getMXServer().getConfig();String prop = configData.getProperty(“mxe.adminEmail”); Replace mxe.adminEmail with your property.
As you may already know IBM Maximo 7.1 does not fully support the installation of multiple environments on a single Administrative Workstation. This is partially true since IBM has developed a procedure based on the use of non-administrative system users (see TechNote 21421640). However, I find this as an overly complex technique so I have […]
Windows 2008 Server default firewall rules are very restrictive. When installing Maximo or SmartCloud Control Desk on a remote WebSphere installed on a Windows 2008/20012 Server system you may hit some connectivity errors between the Maximo Administrative Workstation and the application server. I have found out you have to open the following ports/protocols: Ping: this […]
Today my fellow colleague Andreas Dietrich has discovered a nice little utility that is shipped with Windows 7 which I think can help you guys in several ways.The Windows 7 “Problem Step Recorder” can be used for example to document installations or to provide as best practise for ticket documentation.This little utility (psr.exe) should be […]
Checkout this great series of articles by Richard Lesses describing a step by step guide of the migration of his Maximo development environment. Part 1Part 2Part 3Part 4
Today I want to show you all the possible ways (as far as I know) of starting a workflow in Maximo. Interactive initiate This is the most basic way of automatically start a workflow when an object is created through the user interface. This technique will not work for objects created by MIF, workflows or […]
When using a workflow to drive the status changes of an object in Maximo you shouldn’t allow the users to change the status directly through the ‘Change Status’ action. This could be easily done removing the ‘Change Status’ sigoption from relevant users groups.When users have both options enabled, it may happen that a closed work […]