IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
The title of this article is quite scaring right? Let’s describe the scenario… You have an external application that needs to query or update data in Maximo using a Web Service call. In the real world the outbound XML schema of the caller is different from the Maximo inbound interface. How can you transform the […]
Web Services are the most flexible and powerful technology to integrate Maximo with other systems. In this article I will describe the steps required to configure an inbound Web Service to create or update assets. Setup test tool (SoapUI) To test the Web Service you need an application to simulate inbound HTTP calls. I strongly […]
I am proud to announce the release of MxLoader on developerWorks. This is a great tool I have developed to help me in my day-to-day job as a Maximo specialist. MxLoader is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that allows to quickly and easily query and load data into IBM Maximo, IBM SmartCloud Control Desk (SCCD) and […]
This article is outdated! Please go to Load failure codes with MxLoader. This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. Creating and maintaining the hierarchy of failure codes can be quite complex using the standard Failure Codes application. Unfortunately there is no common solution to import Maximo failure codes. This evening I have […]
This was a tough week but I have learned many things. I have been two days in Florence and other two days in Montebelluna near Venice. Now I am in the train going back home for a well deserved vacation at the beach. Today I have discovered a nice way to embed Maximo UI in […]
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 […]
This entry is part of the Maximo Integration Framework series. Publish Channels in MIF allows to send daya to external systems using a variety of protocols. In this article I will demonstrate how to automatically export new or updated assets into CSV/XML files. Those files can then be processed by an external application to perform […]
This article is outdated! Checkout MxLoader tool. This is the last step toward a complete integration between Maximo and Excel. In the previous article we have learned how to use Integration Object Service and HTTP calls from Excel to populate a spreadsheet with data retrieved from a Maximo server.In this new article I will show […]
This article is outdated! Checkout MxLoader tool. After having written the two articles on importing and exporting data in Maximo, this morning I woke up with an insane idea.Is it Excel capable of parsing an XML structures and issue an HTTP calls to Maximo Integration Framework?Did you already got my idea? I switched on my […]
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 […]