I personally hate the new Maximo 7.5 skin or the “tivoli09″ skin as IBM will call it. Its design is more geared for use on the iPad or another tablet type device because the elements are designed for more of a touch input than a mouse input. I think the original design is much better [...]
List of special characters usable in Maximo 7.x passwords
September 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
This tip is from David: From https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21322703 These special characters are supported: ampersand & dollar sign $ period . angle brackets < > equal sign = pipe | asterisk * exclamation point ! plus sign + at sign @ greater than sign < question mark ? backslash hyphen – semicolon ; braces { } less [...]
Understanding Escalation Points and setup escalation to cancel a Service Request
September 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
Here is a document from IBM on setting up an escalation to cancel SR. It’s a pretty straight forward example and I normally probably wouldn’t post it as I have already written about setting up escalation points before, but in my example, I used the ‘getdate()’ SQL method to calculate which records were not processed the last time [...]
How to add a login banner and disable new user registration in one step
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This great tip was provided by one of our members, David. I had a requirement to remove new user registration, and in addition to add an official government computer system login banner to a maximo 7 build. Here’s the method that worked best for our system and requires no modification to the application or editing [...]
Maximo fix pack 7.1.1.9 now available
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On August 26, 2011, IBM Software released the Base Services 7.1.1.9 fix pack for Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, and Tivoli Asset Management for IT Download Description This product update corresponds to fixes for Base Services (MBS), which is not a product, but is the base platform component for the products listed in [...]
Security Update: Maximo update for potential security exposure with IBM HTTP Server
September 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Maximo products using WebShere and IBM HTTP Server are exposed to potential security exploit (PM46234) (CVE-2011-3192). This exploit allows HTTP requests using byte ranges to contain ranges larger than the size of the file being served. Performing a significant number of these requests can result in a denial of service. All customers using IBM HTTP [...]
Creating Bar/Pie chart portlet for your Start Center
September 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
You can create KPI’s for your Start Center, but first we will create pie/bar charts as they are much simpler to create. You can create pie charts and bar charts from your results set queries that you should have already created. These charts basically group your query data results and show them in a visual [...]
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Change or modify the Go To menu application positions
September 8, 2011 By 2 Comments
We can already add custom modules to main Go To dropdown menu, but here are two tutorials from IBM on how to re-position the menu items with detailed instructions on updating the backend database to achieve what you want. Changing Application Listings within the Go To Changing the Sub Menu Positions With the Go To According to [...]
Import Inventory Records using Maximo Integration Framework (MIF)
September 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
Maximo has a powerful feature that can take the load off of both user and administrator. A common example of a request a Maximo administrator may get is, ‘Is there anyway I can avoid typing in this list of 286 new inventory items into Maximo?’. In older versions of Maximo (e.g. 4.x and 5.x), an [...]
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WebCast: Maximo Report Strategy, Upgrades and Questions
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This STE will cover: – Understand Maximo’s Reporting Options – Understand the benefits of each option, and how they can be applied in your unique environment – Review Maximo’s Open Reporting Architecture and Options – Detail Report Upgrade Considerations 3. Enable interactive client question and answer period for any reporting question Date: September 20, 2011 [...]
