Migrating a Maximo server
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
How to launch Workflow
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 […]
Automatically stop workflow on closed work orders
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 […]
IBM Maximo Anywhere 7.5 leaked
Most of you already knows that IBM is going to release the long awaited next-gen mobile solution for Maximo. It will be called IBM Maximo Anywhere.An IBM whitepaper has just been published and the announcement letter will follow soon.While waiting for the announcement letter here are some leaked screenshots. The most promising features are: Online/Offline […]
Analyze groups to users association
The following SQL query lists all the security groups and the associated users. SELECT maxgroup.groupname, maxgroup.description, maxuser.userid, maxuser.loginid, maxuser.defsiteFROM maxgroupJOIN groupuser ON groupuser.groupname=maxgroup.groupnameJOIN maxuser ON maxuser.userid=groupuser.useridORDER BY maxgroup.groupname, maxuser.userid; The best approach to analyze the results is to load them into Excel and create a pivot table.
Automatically refresh Maximo Start Center
Users that heavily rely on StartCenters to check for incoming tickets or work orders sometimes ask if the StartCenter can automatically refresh itself. To accomplish this you can inject a small JavaScript into the StartCenter JSP code.Backup the following file and open it with a text editor: [SMPDIR]\maximo\applications\maximo\maximouiweb\webmodule\webclient\components\startcenter-options.jsp Search for a row like this <table […]
Object Quick Summary
One of the customer that I’m working with is heavily relying on work logs. Unfortunately, the work logs are displayed in a standard table so there is no way of quickly displaying all the logs entered by the users. The solution I have designed is a QuickSummary tab in the Work Order Tracking application that […]
Implementing a Smart Search feature
Using Maximo search functionality can be sometimes complex or even frustrating. Several customers have asked me if there is a simple Google-like functionality to search for all the objects that contains a specific set of words. This article describes how to implement such feature in the Work Order Tracking application. The solution described in this […]
Display a summary of an object
NOTE: This techniques requires Java programming. A similar article describes how to achieve the same results with scripting. One of the customer that I’m working with is heavily relying on work logs. Unfortunately, the work logs are displayed in a standard table so there is no way of quickly displaying all the logs entered by […]
How to implement stateful MBOs
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. Many objects in Maximo has a STATUS attribute that can be changed using the status icon or the change status menu option. The STATUS attribute is always associated with a synonym domain that has the valid statuses for the object. Examples of these domains are: […]