Get database specific date formats for MBO queries

One of the biggest challenges of using MBO’s are queries that use date ranges or date values in general.  This is because any user can be connected to an Oracle, SQL Server or DB2 instance and they all use dates differently.  There is a class called SqlFormat that will help take care of the date [...]

Create custom web services in Maximo

I found this post to be very interesting from Burak Bolek.  He talks about writing your very own custom java web service.  Will this method, you can almost do anything you want in Maximo via web services.  Very cool!

New Maximo Blog: MaximoNews.com

Check out this new blog called maximonews.com.  It’s only a few weeks old but looks promising.

Maximo business object (MBO) development

Here is a link to a great resource for getting started with MBO development

Maximo Denial of Service Security Exposure with Java JRE/JDK – FIXED!

Recently IBM has announced a security vulnerability in their asset management applications such as Maximo, and IBM now has a fix for this.  Here is an overview of the issue: A critical Java class library security vulnerability was blogged on the Internet and is now in the public domain. This can be used as a [...]

Java security vulnerability update for Maximo Asset Management products

There is a Java security related issue in all versions of  Java (1.4.2, 5.0. and 6.0).  Read this IBM Support post for more…

Find “Open” workorder records thru Java MBO code snippet

Just a reminder to myself that I found this nice little code snippet that we can use to find “OPEN” records through Java MBO’s.  “OPEN” in this case, I would assume, is something along the lines of a workorder with at status that is in WAPPR, APPR, INPRG, WMATL, WSCH and WPCOND.  Here is the [...]

Prevent duplicate invoice vendor numbers from being entered using a custom Java class

In our forum, Dave asked if I could come up with a java class to validate whether an invoice vendor number was a duplicate.  This tutorial has a link to the custom java file that you can download and use in your own Maximo 7 instance. This text is available for purchase but you need [...]

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Make changes without having to redeploy Maximo EAR files

Here is a good post on WebSphere and the exploded ear.  This method makes it so that you don’t have to redeploy EAR files when you make changes to any java code or anything like it.  Very useful!

Hyperlink to Dialog Box

This tutorial from IBM on how to hyperlink to a dialog box is an interesting one.  Not only does it show you how to link to a popup dialog, you can also create a custom dialog to use with it.  Read the full tutorial here…