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Today I clicked the Apply Settings action from Logging application and I have received the following error: BMXAA5189E – Failed to load logging settings from the database. String index out of range: 0 After a long search I have discovered that it is caused by a misconfiguration of the logging appenders. click Manage Appenders action […]
In some cases you need to prevent the editing of a child table (add/change/delete) in a Maximo application. For example, you want to prevent adding or changing records in the “Multiple Assets,Locations and CIs” table of the Work Order Tracking application when a work order is in status INPRG. The probem can be easily solved […]
Today aI want to share two simple but useful queries to be created in the Users application. The following where clause will list all active user sessions excluding system: I always add a result set on MAXADMIN start center with this query to see how many users are logged on the production environment or how […]
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 […]
How to highlight high priority work orders in Work Order Tracking application.
A frequent question from people using MxLoader is how to clear the value of a field. For example, if asset 11230 has the serial number field set to a certain value and we want to blank it out, the following MxLoader sheet will not do the job. This is because MxLoader skips all the blank […]
Have you ever experienced a delay when entering data on a field and validation is triggered after several seconds? The asyncronous data validation has been introduced in Maximo 7.5 to improve responsiveness of the user interface. However there are some situations where this is really annoying. For example, if you have developed your own scripts […]
Sometime you have a complex workflow with many nodes. In these situations is not always easy to troubleshoot an issue or to modify the workflow for a changing business need. For example we may have several nodes in the workflow setting the work order status to CANC. We know that we use the WO CANC […]
Maximo has several interrelated objects People, Person Group, Users, Labor, Craft, Qualifications, etc. Sometimes is difficult to understand the real differences between them. In this post I will provide a quick overview of these concepts. For more details you can refer to this excellent Maximo Secrets application Map. People A person record contains basic information […]
A very useful feature of Maximo is the ability to send emails to recipients from many applications like Work Order Tracking or Service Requests. The Create Communication action can be used to fill the email data (To, CC, BCC, Subject, Message , attachments). In this context it is very useful to have define Communication Templates […]