IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
In Maximo/TPAE applications assets can be either rotating or non-rotating. The difference between those two types of assets is sometimes not clear. Rotating assets are assets that are interchangeable, such as motors, pumps, fire extinguishers, or PC monitors. Rotating assets have both a unique asset number and an inventory item number. The item number lets […]
Locations are places where assets are stored. Locations are typically the places where assets operate, but include any building, place, or other areas that contain assets, where maintenance work might be performed.A Maximo Location stores aggregated data of all events and costs performed within that Location. This includes the movement of assets into and out […]
Check out the this TechNote from IBM about Maximo inventory management. Another interesting resource is the Understanding Maximo Asset Management inventory reorder calculations video. The same presentation is available in PDF format. Inventory application map (Maximo Secrets)
Today I want to share with you a little tip that allows to search for empty (NULL) values in every Maximo/TPAE application.You can search for null and not null values by entering the following values into a search field on the Find tab: To search for a null value enter: ~null~ To search for not […]
As a Maximo consultant I spend many hours on test and development systems developing customizations and testing business processes. This means I frequently login on Maximo Web UI with several users and passwords.I typically store the passwords in my web browser to speedup the annoying step but today I have found a better trick to […]
Sometimes you may develop a custom Maximo application that shows a list of entries in a table. If the application is used frequently and the result set to show is not huge, it could be useful to automatically display the table content without the need to hit enter or click on the search icon.Here is […]
During one of my consultancies I was asked how it is possible to remind one person to produce a report each month. They want to generate the PM application to generate a work order for the first working day of each month.This can be achieved with a tricky use of a ‘Time Based Frequency’ and […]
By default Maximo 6 does not show the units of measure description in the lookup dialog.To add this column you must edit the LOOKUPS.xml system configuration file.Open th Maximo Application Designer: Go To > Configuration > Application DesignerIn the dropdown box select ‘Export System XML’.Select the LOOKUPS entry and save the resulting xml file.Locate the […]
With latest versions of Internet Explorer have problems when trying to open sub-menus under the Go To main menu. This problem seriously affects Maximo’s UI navigation.The support for Microsoft Explorer 8 has been included in the IBM Maximo 6.2.5 FixPack If you cannot apply the entire FixPack in your environment you can apply few small […]