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Glen ,
I left General Motors a few years back -
They were stuck in 4.1.1
I since have settled into a small manufacturing Plant.
We moved from Maximo 5 to 6 to 7.1
Can not make it to 7.5 due to server restrants but...
..big change to going up is web based application..
- I am a Maximo Administrator with roots back into maintenance..
- I never really liked the idea of pulling reports from maximo
- and BIRT reporting is provided in maximo 7.1
If you want to talk - email me.
-ken
--- In MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com, "GlenR" wrote:
>
> Greetings Everyone,
>
> My name is Glen Ray. I work for a manufacturing company in Portland Oregon as a maintenance tech.
>
> The Company has had Maximo for many years. They are currently running V4.1
>
> When they bought Maximo they bought a maintenance contract with it that has provided updated versions, but the company has never upgraded the program.
>
> I was told we have a current version of 7.5. I was told the problem now is twofold.
>
> First there are much higher priorities for IT and second you can't just install the new version without installing all the past versions first.
>
> The Maximo IT guru left the company a few years back and now no one really has time for it.
>
> In the mean time, my goal is to access the Maximo data through MSExcel and create some good reports that our version of Maximo does not supply. I've done some SQL query work and believe as soon as I can get a password (read only access) I'll be able to make things a lot easier on the techs and management. (Is there a generic password?)
>
> I'm guessing some of the reports I create can be models for Maximo reports when the upgrades are finally completed.
>
> I'de love to hear your thoughts on this.
>
> Thanks
> Glen
>
It's true that 4.1.1 is a solid version. I have 2 different clients that
are still on it, although 1 is moving to 7.5 at the end of the month.
I will say that the risk is that you're flying without a net, i.e. IBM will
not support it, so you don't have the option of phoning them up when you
have a problem. In addition, outside this group, and the SQR site that Wes
mentioned, there's probably not a lot of places you can go for help if you
need.
However: there are still a bunch of people in this group that still
remember it even if they don't work with it any more, so if you need
something, feel free to post. And don't forget to search the previous posts
& files in this group - they go back to 1999, so you can potentially find a
lot of information here.
Shannon Rotz
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kermitlong
Sent: January-14-13 3:40 AM
To: MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [MAXIMO List] Re: Greetings Everyone.... An Introduction
Glen ,
I left General Motors a few years back -
They were stuck in 4.1.1
I since have settled into a small manufacturing Plant.
We moved from Maximo 5 to 6 to 7.1
Can not make it to 7.5 due to server restrants but...
..big change to going up is web based application..
- I am a Maximo Administrator with roots back into maintenance..
- I never really liked the idea of pulling reports from maximo
- and BIRT reporting is provided in maximo 7.1
If you want to talk - email me.
-ken
--- In MAXIMO@yahoogroups.com <mailto:MAXIMO%40yahoogroups.com> , "GlenR"
wrote:
>
> Greetings Everyone,
>
> My name is Glen Ray. I work for a manufacturing company in Portland Oregon
as a maintenance tech.
>
> The Company has had Maximo for many years. They are currently running V4.1
>
> When they bought Maximo they bought a maintenance contract with it that
has provided updated versions, but the company has never upgraded the
program.
>
> I was told we have a current version of 7.5. I was told the problem now is
twofold.
>
> First there are much higher priorities for IT and second you can't just
install the new version without installing all the past versions first.
>
> The Maximo IT guru left the company a few years back and now no one really
has time for it.
>
> In the mean time, my goal is to access the Maximo data through MSExcel and
create some good reports that our version of Maximo does not supply. I've
done some SQL query work and believe as soon as I can get a password (read
only access) I'll be able to make things a lot easier on the techs and
management. (Is there a generic password?)
>
> I'm guessing some of the reports I create can be models for Maximo reports
when the upgrades are finally completed.
>
> I'de love to hear your thoughts on this.
>
> Thanks
> Glen
>