All Things Maximo
The Maximo REST API is something really cool and really useful. I am spent a little time playing with it and it’s much easier to use than the MIF web services and SOAP. Although the integration framework is still useful in terms of importing data with interface tables, but the REST services are extremely useful [...]
Here is an exclusive look at what I’ve found within Maximo’s integration framework. You won’t find this anywhere else on the web as this stuff is not documented by IBM for Maximo. The REST API can be found in Maximo versions 7.1.1.6 and up including Maximo 7.5. If you look in the directories where you [...]
Here is a nice visual tutorial from IBM showing you how to send emails to the owner of the SR group when certainly conditions are met using a workflow. [IBM Support]
This tip from IBM Support is very useful for adding a true/false lookup dialog for a parameter on the BIRT report request dialog. In the Maximo 7.1.1.4 release (and higher 7.1.1. fixpacks) and 7.5 releases, a lookup has been added for Yes or No values (YORN type). This lookup can therefore be used in BIRT [...]
Job Plan sequences are very cool once you figure them out. Here’s the basic rundown (assuming you know how to create a PM, and a JOBPLAN, and how to create a WO from a PM). On each PM is a counter called, oddly enough, “counter.” This increments each time the PM generates a work order [...]
The ultimate goal of using start centers is to utilize the power of KPI’s and result sets for quick access to some important information. This information can be useful to your users for quick access to things but it can also affect performance (more on this later). So what is a KPI? It stands for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
We already have a login page to authenicate users, so now the first action we want to implement is a way for users to create a new work order. This … [Read More...]
I am starting a mini series on building a mobile friendly app for Maximo. This will be a lightweight mobile framework so it won't be as powerful as … [Read More...]
To all of our loyal readers, I know you are all Maximo experts by now :) but we are looking for a Java developer that is familiar with web … [Read More...]
