IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
I’m happy to announce that I have just released version 8.2 of MxLoader. It includes few small bug fixes and few important features. If you haven’t already upgraded to MxLoader it’s time to do it! Time Zones You may not be aware that while most time zones differ from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) by a […]
Here is a quick guide about how to use API authentication with MxLoader. Generate API Key Follow these steps to generate an API Key for your user. Login to Maximo with administrative account. Go to Administration > Work Center > Integration. Click on the API Keys and click on the Add API Keys button Search […]
One of the frequent complaints from Maximo clients is the scarce user-friendliness of the View Workflow History dialog. Here is the same dialog after few changes. Clutter information is removed and is now clear the sequence of actions taken by the user. Before you start you have to open the Application Designer and click on […]
MxLoader 8.4 no longer requires registration. You can download the latest version or the updater tool from this page.
The DBC XML Format Technical Reference document disappeared from IBM website. You can download the document from this link. Thanks to Biplab Das Choudhury and Cezar Tipa.
In this post I’m collecting the answer to the questions that we have received during the webinar of 18th of June 2021 about the release of MxLoader 8.1. Data Validation Validation process is important before upload. because many clients were asked us physical validation report before process data in Maximo. Do we have any such […]
Sometimes you may need to allow some users to update only few fields. This may be hard to achieve using conditional UI and conditional expressions. In the following snippet I’m setting all fields as readonly except DESCRIPTION and STATUS if the current user is in MANSUP security group. Attach the script to the Initialize event […]
Attachments types can be defined setting the system property mxe.doclink.doctypes.allowedFileExtensions but Maximo just checks the file extension. Implement a more strict file type scanning when you upload an attached document.
How to highlight high priority work orders in Work Order Tracking application.
MxLoader 7.1 and above supports the new Maximo JSON APIs that are available from Maximo 7.6.0.2. The REST APIs are based on the OSLC protocol so there are some changes you have to consider. The most important difference between OS and REST service is the format of the where clause that can be set in […]