IBM Maximo consultant, geek, agile evangelist
Maximo does not allow to delete applications from the Application Designer. However, there is a trick well hidden in the Application Developer Guide to accomplish this task using a SQL client. Note that only user defined application should be deleted. Out-of-the-box applications can be hidden using the standard Maximo security mechanism. It is better to […]
There are many reasons why it is useful sometimes to overwrite a development, test or training system with all the data and customizations from the production system. These are just few examples: Development systems has become dirty after some customization that have not been moved to production. Fresh data is needed on the test system […]
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 […]
This post describes how to set an object attribute as mandatory without providing a default value. This is to circumvent what it seems to be a TPAE limitation that prevents to do this from the standard Database Configuration application.Lets make an example. The out-of-the-box attribute PO.VENDOR (Purchase Order – Vendor) is not mandatory. Unfortunately if […]
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 […]
Here is an example of how to add the attachment capability to the organizations (MULTISITE) application. Add the ‘attachment’ control to the MULTISITE application using the Application Designer. Then add the DOCLINKS relationship to the ORGANIZATIONS object as shown in the following picture. Please check the ‘Where Clause’ statement and modify it to match your […]
Maximo 6 and 7 do not provide a mean to create groups in the ‘Go To’ menu or to move applications from one menu to another. I this article I describe a procedure to edit the Maximo ‘Go To’ menu.WARNING: I strongly suggest to backup your database before making these changes. Where and how information […]