IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
As you may already know IBM Maximo 7.1 does not fully support the installation of multiple environments on a single Administrative Workstation. This is partially true since IBM has developed a procedure based on the use of non-administrative system users (see TechNote 21421640). However, I find this as an overly complex technique so I have […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 was a tough week but I have learned many things. I have been two days in Florence and other two days in Montebelluna near Venice. Now I am in the train going back home for a well deserved vacation at the beach. Today I have discovered a nice way to embed Maximo UI in […]
You have probably noticed that once you have saved an object you are not allowed to change it’s ID. This is basically because each object stored on the database needs an immutable unique identifier that can be used to reference that object from other tables. Maximo prevents updating such identifiers to avoid loosing links between […]
In a previous post I have described how to correctly manage a child table in an application using the Application Designer. However, there are better ways of achieving the same goals so I will analyze all the available options to correctly link records in a parent-child relationship. If you are a creating custom objects and […]
This article is obsolete. Please refer to this one. If you are a creating custom objects and applications in TPAE you may need at some point to create a child table like the Subassemblies in the Assets application. Let’s pretend we have a parent table called TB1 and a child table called TB2. TB1: Parent […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. Maximo uses the Apache Axis library to call external Web Services. Sometimes could be useful enable the logging for this library instead of sniffing connections and protocols to figure out what is going on.Axis uses Apache commons logging for logging which in turn provides a […]