IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
We all know that Maximo allows the definition of new internal values for synonym domains. A common example is the LOCTYPE domain that defines the allowed values for the LOCATIONS.TYPE field.If we want to implement a special business logic for the OPERATING type of locations we can write something like this in our automation script. loctype […]
In my last project I had to implement a customization to send SMS messages using Skebby. The service APIs are obviously based on REST and JSON so I ended up writing an automation script to integrate Maximo with the Skebby service.In the process of writing the code I have faced (and solved) some interesting issues […]
We all know how flexible Security Groups are when dealing with user roles and granting application authorizations. However, flexibility often brings complexity.You have carefully designed user’s roles defining what applications and actions they are allowed to access in Maximo and implemented all using Security Groups application. The system goes live and after one or two […]
We all know Maximo is a complex product. It has plenty of features and is very flexible but sometimes complex to manage especially when system performances are poor.A lot of things may affect the perceived performances of Maximo and it may be hard to have an overview of the entire system configuration. What are the […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. Update April 2021 – This post describes the old REST APIs. A tutorial on the new APIs can be found here. In this tutorial I will show how easy it is to query and update data in Maximo using the Integration Framework (MIF) REST interface. […]
A common requirement in Maximo is to track changes made by users on a specific object (database table). In Maximo terms this is called ‘Audit Tracking’.In this post I will describe how to enable audit tracking for a specific set of attributes of an object and how to display the updates in a separate tab […]
Consider this scenario (which I came across). You have extended psdi.app.workorder.WO out of the box MBO class with your own cust.app.workorder.WO class to implement you own business logic for work orders. After a while you install the Maximo Scheduler extension and you soon discover that all your custom logic has gone because the WORKORDER object […]
Starting from Maximo 7.1.1.6 it is possible to import an attachment (aka doclink) to an objects through MIF. In this example I will show how to add a short text file to an asset record. First of all you have to create an Object Structure with DOCLINKS as a child object of ASSET. Now you […]
This post explains how to extract a set of attachments from the server. First of all you have to find the root folder where the attachments are stored. This can be found in mxe.doclink.doctypes.defpath system property (System Configuration – Platform Configuration – System Properties). Unfortunately, from the file names you cannot understand to which records […]
The title of this article is quite scaring right? Let’s describe the scenario… You have an external application that needs to query or update data in Maximo using a Web Service call. In the real world the outbound XML schema of the caller is different from the Maximo inbound interface. How can you transform the […]