There is a newer version of BIRT that you use with Maximo 7.1.1.5, but this document will guide you through the setting up eclipse so you can start developing BIRT reports for Maximo 7.1.1.4 or lower. If you don’t have any idea what BIRT is, then you should start by reading the V7 Report Development [...]
Modifying BIRT master report library
August 16, 2009 by 1 Comment
This document explains in detail how to modify the master report library for BIRT. It focuses on page size, page orientation and page area. By default, all the out of the box (OOB) reports are in landscape. Personally, I don’t like it in landscape and most of our clients prefer their reports in portrait. But [...]
Maximo Asset Management v7.1 Education Assistant
August 12, 2009 by 1 Comment
I found this great IBM support site that has a few short flash demos/tutorials for doing various tasks in Maximo 7. Here is the complete list of flash videos.
Best practices for Maximo performance
August 9, 2009 by 1 Comment
Here are some links to help with tuning your Maximo application. These range from database configuration to websphere.
Maximo links of interest 08-07-2009
August 7, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Support links of interest and tech notes
Set default material/item quantity to zero
August 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
By default, when you add a material or item to a workorder, the value is set to 1. This can be a problem for some entities because laborers can add a item number, select a storeroom then immediate save it without even bothering to enter a quantity. Logically, by default, Maximo doesn’t allow you to [...]
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How to deploy Maximo EAR files
August 2, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Deploying Maximo EAR files is easy once you get the hang of it. We take this process for granted because we do it so much at the office. IBM has supplied us with steps on how to deploy these EAR files for Maximo 6 but these steps can also be applied to Maximo 7. [IBM [...]
WebCast: Conditional UI security
July 31, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Presenter(s): May On Time: 14 Aug 2009, 3:00PM Eastern US This STE will cover Overview, Conditional UI setup, Demo, Questions Please call into the phone conference and join the e-meeting 10 minutes early. Web conference URL: https://de202.centra.com:443/GA/main/000000be8c3e0000012299f73759a671 Password: tiv0li (0 is a Zero) View presentation: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&uid=swg27016404
Optimize SQL Server 2005 with Maximo 6.1 or above
July 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
To help improve performance on SQL Server 2005 with Maximo 6.1 or above use this settings in the maximo.properties file.
Customize report toolbar icons in Maximo
July 28, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Before version 6.2.2, you can have more than 2 icons for Direct Print reports in the Application Toolbar. After this release, you can no longer to that unless you modify the system XML to do so. You can modify the library XML to do expand the asset/location drilldown limit as well. So to customize the [...]
