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Translated messages and labels are not enabled by default on Maximo workflows. This means that if you have a multilanguage environment all the users will see the same task descriptions interaction messages when using workflows.To be able to insert translated labels and messages for workflows you have to enable the multi-language option for the following […]
TPAE 7.5 has introduced a nice Rich Text editor control for editing and formatting long descriptions. This applies to both Maximo and SmartCloud Control Desk starting from version 7.5.This feature is very cool in some cases but may cause some troubles. I personally do not like the effects of pasting text into such RTF text […]
Commodity codes are standard classification codes for products and services used to detail where money is spent within a company. In Maximo commodity codes are used to define similar types of items, tools, or services. Commodity codes are also grouped together in commodity groups. A commodity group contains a grouping of individual commodity codes.Commodity groups […]
Maximo Everyplace is the easiest solution to go mobile with Maximo however there is one little thing that always annoys me (and mobile users). After having created mobile versions of the Maximo apps, the administrator has to define a mobile start center with a Favorite Applications portlet to access them. Unfortunately, there is no way […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. How many times you have asked yourself: Should I upgrade?Maximo Integration Framework has been improved a lot in the recent versions and fixpacks. Look at this list of features and you may find a good reason to upgrade. 7.5.0.3 OSLC – Link and share data […]
SmartCloud Control Desk 7.5 and Maximo 7.6 have introduced new UI skins and navigation behavior. There are four new System Properties which control the left navigation pane and other related visual attributes. mxe.webclient.homeButtonHeaders – Moves Goto menu to left of the screen and adds Start Center button to the header mxe.webclient.systemNavBar – Enables the lefthand […]
To set the date format in Maximo, you use the setting.DISPLAYDATE system property from the System Properties application.When you enter a date format for this property, it overrides any system settings for displaying date formats in Maximo If you do not set the system property with DISPLAYDATE, then the display format is based on the […]
Adding a language pack to Maximo after having installed it can be done by running the installer again. After few dialogs and some checks you will be prompted with a list of languages that can be added to the base language.Alternatively you can follow the manual procedure described hereafter. First of all you have to […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. In this tutorial I will show how to configure the Maximo Integration Framework (MIF) in order to import data in Maximo from a Comma Separated Values (CSV) text file. The best thing is to start with an export. Please follow this article before proceeding. To […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. In this tutorial I will show how to configure the Maximo Integration Framework in order to export data from Maximo into a Comma Separated Values (CSV) text file. To achieve such goal we must configure the following chain: Object Structure Publish Service External System For […]