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When implementing business logic in Java code it may be useful to compare the value of an attribute to it’s previous or initial value.This is particularly useful when overriding MboValueAdapter.action() method to validate the new value of an attribute as soon as it changes. Look at how the three values are retrieved in the following […]
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Sometimes is a bit hard to find an exact list of system requirements and prerequisites for IBM Maximo and SmartCloud Control Desk (SCCD) products. If you want to know what are the supported operating systems and middleware versions here are the most important sources of information: IBM SmartCloud Control Desk system requirements IBM Maximo system […]
Translated messages and labels are not enabled by default on Maximo workflows. This means that if you have a multilanguage environment all the users will see the same task descriptions interaction messages when using workflows.To be able to insert translated labels and messages for workflows you have to enable the multi-language option for the following […]
TPAE 7.5 has introduced a nice Rich Text editor control for editing and formatting long descriptions. This applies to both Maximo and SmartCloud Control Desk starting from version 7.5.This feature is very cool in some cases but may cause some troubles. I personally do not like the effects of pasting text into such RTF text […]
To automatically start Maximo or SmartCloud Control Desk (SCCD) when the hosting server starts you need to configure the WebSphere Node Agent to start automatically start at server boot. Automatically start WebSphere Node Agent This can be achieved on Windows setting up the WebSphere Node Agent as a Windows service using the WASService command located […]
In some cases you are in the middle of an MBO Java code and you need to know if the current method has been triggered by an interactive UI session or by background process like MIF or escalation.This is what you need. boolean isGUI = getUserInfo().isInteractive(); The getUserInfo() method is available on both Mbo and […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Java Development series. In a previous post I have described how create a custom action class using Java. Here is a full example that can help to understand how to navigate objects and set values. package cust.psdi.app.workorder;import java.rmi.RemoteException;import psdi.common.action.ActionCustomClass;import psdi.mbo.MboConstants;import psdi.mbo.MboRemote;import psdi.mbo.MboSetRemote;import psdi.util.MXException;/** * Sets the Workorder description […]
This entry is part of the Conditional Expressions HowTo. A very typical customization task is to make readonly some records of a specific table based on the value of an attribute.For example you may wish prevent the editing of purchase orders that have a total costs higher than 1000$ for a specific group. Here is […]
Today I have received the following questions from one of our customers. Are there any best practices or recommendations on how to develop and maintain different versions of a Maximo based solution? How can we do source control? Are there any compare tool/utility to find differences in various version of application (available in different environments)? […]