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As you guys may know, I am a .NET developer and I have been experimenting with Java and trying to learn and write some Maximo custom java class implementations. So here is my first hands on experience extending an existing class in order to add a laborcode field to the workorder screen. Of course, you [...]
If you have used the workflow designer, you know as much as anyone that the canvas size is too small to be really useful. Here is a tip to make that workflow canvas size bigger.
If you have installed Maximo 7.1.1.6 and want to use Cognos BI, then this Maximo Cognos Integration installation guide will help you through the process.
Here is a good article on creating additional continuous queues and MDBs for Maximo 7 MIF.
This guide will help you setup linked documents in Maximo 7 for Linux and Windows.
If you have Maximo 7.1.1.6 then you can use Cognos with Maximo. Here are some helpful links to setting that up.
Maximo Cognos Integration Installation
Maximo Cognos Integration
Most of you know that you can change the field size of any value by going into the database configuration and changing the size to either are larger or smaller number. But in doing this, sometimes the field on the screen doesn’t change in width if your field size changes are very minimal. [...]
I have been looking for this functionality for a while and now I have finally found it. This feature is available for BIRT 2.3.1, which means you will have to have Maximo 7.1.1.5 or above installed as it comes with BIRT 2.3.2. You will have to write some java for this to work, [...]
Here is a good article for you system administrators. If you do a lot of development like we do around here, copying and moving Maximo databases can be a pain. This article on maintaining system properties when moving or copying databases should help ease the pain applies to Maximo 7. [IBM Support]
If you have used the built in Maximo Assignment Manager module, you probably wanted to pick up your computer and throw it out the window. In my opinion, the assignment manager module and far from being user friendly and all it’s meant to do is associate a name to a workorder. Of course [...]
At times it is necessary to override or extend the functionality in core MAXIMO. This can be achieved by ‘extending’ methods in the Maximo business objects. The following section outlines the process involved in extending the add() method in the Items application. This same approach can be used to extend any add() method from the [...]
When you start playing around with the MEA or MIF and you come to a point where there are some extra fields that you want to populate aren’t provided in the persistent fields of the MBO, you must look into the non-persistent fields. Here is an example of including the long descriptions using a non-persistent [...]
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Here is a link to IBM’s Maximo 7 Developer Reference Guide
http://www-01.ibm.com/software/brandcatalog/portal/opal/details?catalog.label=1TW10MA2K
This is just a help file that contains some sample java code and examples of how to extend some Maximo business objects.
Did you know you can automatically send email notifications to customers who submit work requests via Service Request module or by our WebMaint module? You can send email upon different status changes, such as when a workorder status is changed to approved or when the workorder has been completed.
The Escalation Setup below is an example [...]
March 18, 2010
