IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
Did you ever need to open multiple Maximo UI sessions?If you want to perform work in parallel to become more productive, you can launch multiple browser tabs or windows as the same user.You only need to use a URL like this to connect to your Maximo server: http://[MXHOST]/maximo/ui/login When this procedure is followed correctly, […]
I think that one of the things that are missing in the Maximo documentation is a command line reference. That’s why I decided to go through the Maximo directories and search for commands that can be run the system prompt. The following list should be intended as a work in progress. Many commands are not […]
Few days ago Panasonic announced the commercialization of the long waited Toughpad FZ-A1.I think that Android is the best strategic option for mobile workforce enablement and the new Toughpad seems a very interesting rugged device to run Maximo Everyplace.Another interesting news is that IBM has planned to deliver Maximo Mobile Suite on Android platform in […]
If you use Maximo Everyplace on Android you may wish to look at this small native app that I have developed to overcome some minor limitations of the product. This are the enhancement provided by this native mobile app: Free up screen space hiding browser’s address bar and notification bar Enable barcode scanning through the […]
During the second half of 2012 IBM held some great education sessions to assist customers in planning their upgrade to Maximo Asset Management 7.5 and SmartCloud Control Desk 7.5. This series was devoted to the Maximo product suite, add-on’s and industry solutions. In each session, a member of the business architecture team delivers a presentation chronicling […]
Maximo stores labels in multiple places. When you add a label to a field, tab or section in Application Designer, Maximo stores this in the application XML in the MAXPRESENTATION table and in the MAXLABELS table. For fields, labels are stored in Database Configuration, in the Title field of the attribute (MAXATTRIBUTE table). For example, […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. What is Maximo Integration Framework? The Maximo Integration Framework (MIF) is an integral part of the Tivoli Process Automation Engine (TPAE) that allows the synchronization and integration of data and of applications between TPAE and external systems in real time or batch mode by using a […]
This article is outdated!IBM Anywhere is now available. In several forums and groups I have recently seen, there is some confusion around the current IBM’s mobile solutions for Maximo so I will try to give my personal view on this hot topic.Before going on keep in mind that this analysis is updated to the current situation as […]
The Maximo contains an extremely useful command to create a demo database filled with a sample data. This can be really helpful when learning haw Maximo works. Tho create the demo database perform these steps. Stop the application server (MXServer) Open a command prompt Move to:[SMP_DIR]\maximo\tools\maximo Issue the following command:maxinst -s[INDEXTABLESPACE] -t[DATATABLESPACE] By default both […]
I this article I have explained how to list the larger database tables and indexes on Oracle.On DB2 you can use the following one. SELECT name, card, npages, fpages, stats_timeFROM sysibm.systablesWHERE creator = ‘MAXIMO’ AND type=’T’ORDER BY card DESC; The returned columns are: NAME: Name of the table CARD: Number of rows NPAGES: Total number of pages […]