IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
Have you ever wondered what’s the difference between ‘Validation Where Clause’ and ‘List Where Clause’ in the Maximo Table Domain definition dialog? I believe this is one of the most common misused features in Maximo. I have see so many times tables domains defined in the wrong way. Let me show a good example of […]
We all know that Maximo allows the definition of new internal values for synonym domains. A common example is the LOCTYPE domain that defines the allowed values for the LOCATIONS.TYPE field.If we want to implement a special business logic for the OPERATING type of locations we can write something like this in our automation script. loctype […]
Maximo has a predefined set of statuses for work orders that are defined in the WOSTATUS synonym domain. The values and their meaning are well documented in the official documentation. Unfortunately the allowed state transitions are hardcoded in the psdi.app.workorder.WOStatusHandler class and cannot be easily changed since they are defined as private arrays. Here is a brief […]
Some fields in Maximo are linked to a domain that allows to set its value from a predefined set of values. In some cases however, when the value does not provide enough information, you may wish to also display the description of the domain value that you have chosen. For example lets consider the STATUS […]
A useful set of articles and tutorials from IBM about domain, crossover domain, lookup, value list. Adding a valuelist (ALN Domain) in MaximoAdding Lookup Functionality to a Field in MaximoSetting Up Crossover Functionality in MaximoFiltering an out of the box lookup in MaximoTroubleshooting Crossover DomainsSetting Up A Conditional DomainAssociating Lookups in Maximo using the MAXLOOKUPMAP […]