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Chon

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May 2, 2010

Report List Portlet not enabled in Security Group Application

I just started to play around with this again and noticed that even in Maximo 7.1.1.6 this feature is not enabled by default.  So, you have to enable it yourself.  You have to download a package file and rebuild and deploy EAR for this to show.  Read the full article here…

Chon

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April 29, 2010

Setting up JMS buses and queues for multiple instances of Maximo 7

I’m sure most of you have read my post on setting up multiple instances of Maximo, and if you have, you maybe wondering how to setup the JMS buses and queues for MIF to work for each instance.  Well, here is a detailed KB article on Configuring JMS Buses and queues for Multiple Independent Instances [...]

Chon

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April 25, 2010

Make a field required using the Conditional Expression Manager

The conditional expression manager is a useful tool to use to conditionally display or hide data or fields.  This helpful trick will show you how to make a field required based on some other values in other fields.  In previous version of Maximo, this used to be called Field Control.  Now, I know that you [...]

Chon

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April 23, 2010

Hiding Sensitive Data via Data Restrictions

How to hide data using Attribute Restrictions in the Security Groups application and using the Conditional Expression Manager.

Chon

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April 8, 2010

Adding A Picture Image To A Record Within An Application

Here is an interesting article on adding a picture to any record within any application.  You can add an image to the users application to show their profile or even add an image to an asset. [IBM Support]

Chon

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March 29, 2010

Maximo 7 Web Services Library

Here is a link to a great write up on Maximo 7′s Web Services Library. [via TAIC]

Chon

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March 26, 2010

Add Laborcode field to the workorder screen with a table domain

In a previous post on adding a laborcode field to the workorder we used a custom java class to get it to work. Our friend, PRiMoZ mentioned that we could also do the same thing with table domains, so this tutorial will walk you through setting that up and it’s pretty easy to get working.  [...]

Chon

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March 18, 2010

Add Laborcode field to the workorder screen with custom java class

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 [...]

Chon

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March 16, 2010

Change canvas size in workflow designer

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.

Chon

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March 12, 2010

Maximo Cognos Integration Installation

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.

Chon

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March 7, 2010

Creating Additional Continuous Queues and MDBs

Here is a good article on creating additional continuous queues and MDBs for Maximo 7 MIF.

Chon

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February 28, 2010

Setup linked documents in Maximo 7

This guide will help you setup linked documents in Maximo 7 for Linux and Windows.

Chon

2 Comments »
February 26, 2010

Maximo and Cognos integration

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

Chon

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February 18, 2010

Change text box screen sizes without making database field size changes

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. If you [...]

Chon

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February 14, 2010

Dynamically change the file name of a BIRT output report

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, but at [...]

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