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Hey Gang,
Does anyone have experience with Invocation Channels for Maximo 7. I would like to Query an External System every 15 minutes for new records and have the information get sent back to Maximo via WebServices. Not sure if I can do it with an Invocation Channel. Any ideas?
thanks,
John B
No experience, but I believe Invocation Channels work with Java classes that you would need to develop.
Since 7.1.1.8 there's a good alternative to WebServices though: the REST API.
I haven't found IBM documents yet, but there's good information on this site:
http://maximotimes.com/category/maximo/
Have fun.
--- In MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com, John Ballnik <jballnik@...> wrote:
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> Hey Gang,
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> Does anyone have experience with Invocation Channels for Maximo 7. I would like to Query an External System every 15 minutes for new records and have the information get sent back to Maximo via WebServices. Not sure if I can do it with an Invocation Channel. Any ideas?
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> thanks,
> John B
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John,
Invocation Channels are generally used to invoke an external system real time from Maximo. I.e, call a web service to pull State and City when someone tabs out of the Zip Code field in a person record.
What you are looking for seems like it would be more feasible with a custom cron task.
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From: John Ballnik <jballnik@yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, December 1, 2011 8:27 PM
Subject: [MAXIMO List] Invocations Channels
Hey Gang,
Does anyone have experience with Invocation Channels for Maximo 7. I would like to Query an External System every 15 minutes for new records and have the information get sent back to Maximo via WebServices. Not sure if I can do it with an Invocation Channel. Any ideas?
thanks,
John B