Today I faced an interesting problem. My customer asked to be able to search work orders with specific values in one of the custom fields I have added few weeks ago to the Work Order Tracking application. Easy I said. I know I just need to add that custom fields in the ‘searchmore’ dialog of […]
Script to run report and save as attachment
In this post I’m sharing an automation script to generate a BIRT report automatically and attach it a work order. I my scenario I have triggered it from the workflow but it can be also triggered from an escalation.
Handling a Custom Dialog using Automation Scripts
Automation scripts are undoubtedly a powerful feature but we all know there are some limitations. For example automation scripts cannot be used to handle user input in a custom dialog box. This is because the scripting engine runs in the businessobjects layer which is below the maximouiweb layer that can handle DataBeans and user interface […]
Migrate Maximo configurations with MxLoader
Have you ever struggled migrating configurations from Development to Test environment and then to Production?If the answer is yes, you are not alone. I think this is the one of the most common issues when managing multiple environments in medium-large Maximo projects. Keeping several Maximo environments in synch while ensuring a fast release cycle required […]
Tracking elapsed time in work order status history
A common requirement from my clients is to track how much time work orders have been in each status. IBM Maximo already has the Work Order History dialog that displays the date and time of each status change. Unfortunately it may be not straightforward for a user to calculate the time spent in each step […]
Disable default attachment folder
One of the fist lessons I have learned through all these years as Maximo consultant is that every time there is a default value for a field the user will not change it. A very common example of this is the Folder field of the Add Attachment dialog. The value of this field will always […]
Where was an asset located at a certain time in the past?
Maximo has a well known feature to display the history of where an asset was located. It is accessible from View Asset Move History from the Asset application.In the following example the asset DS01-A-002 was created in location DS01-S-SA-01 and then moved to other two locations. The data displayed in this dialog is stored in the ASSETTRANS […]
Logging in automation scripts
I have to admit, I’m a big fan of automation scripts.Recent updates released with Maximo 7.6.0.9 have almost covered all the possible customization needs including library scripts, REST APIs, MIF processing, before/after save event. All the new features are well documented in this somewhat secret document. However whatever nice feature will be added in the […]
Avoiding FetchResultStopLimit errors in Java or scripts
Today I had to face an issue deleting a large set of records from a Maximo table using an automation script. My script was something like this. mboSet = MXServer.getMXServer().getMboSet(“MYTABLE”, mbo.getUserInfo())mboSet.deleteAll()mboSet.save() Unfortunately the table I had to purge (MYTABLE in the example) was having more than 5000 rows so when I launched the script I […]
Automation Script to reset user’s Start Centers
In a previous post I have explained how to force the reload of a the start center for a specific group of users.I have now developed a useful automation script that can be invoked from the Security Group application to automatically perform this task with just one click.Register the script as a Script with an […]