Maximo Tips & Tricks
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EZMaxMobile - Maximo Mobile Integration
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WebAssign - Workorder Assignment & Scheduling
This web-based add-on to IBM Maximo application provides supervisors and managers with the ability to assign work orders to specific staff as well as track the status of those work orders. Work orders can be assigned on an individual basis or by groups - it as easy as a "point ...
EZDash - Custom Maximo Dashboard
A web based dashboard that seamlessly interacts with your Maximo maintenance management system. EZDash provides real time interactive graphs and charts for use by staff to monitor and manage work processes, inventory, labor hours, PM schedules, etc. EZDash is easily configured to display a wide range of key performance metrics ...
WebMaint - Customer Service Request Module
This web-based add-on to IBM’s Maximo application system provides customers with a simple way to enter service requests and view their previously entered service tickets. Customers can enter requests without having to be a registered Maximo user, therefore eliminating the need for a user to register or be registered in ...Add a Long Description to a Field in Maximo 7
To enable long description functionality to a field in application designer, you must first set the field to be a long description owner. After you’ve done that, you set the ‘Lookup’ property to LONGDESC for the field in application designer. I will guide you through setting this up in Maximo 7.
First, go to the Database Configuration module. Search for the WORKORDER object and click on the attributes tab. You can find an existing extra field or you can creating a new field by clicking on ‘New Row’ or find an extra field by filtering the description to ‘Extra Fields’. In this example, let’s take the field WOLO9, which is an ALN field, and expand it to see more properties. There you will find the option for “Long Description Owner?”. Check that box and save your changes. Your screen show now look like this:
Database Configuration - Long Description Owner
From here you will need to run configdb to commit your changes to the database. You can do that with the command line or you can do it from within Maximo itself. To do it within Maximo, click on the list tab then click on Select Action -> Apply Configuration Changes. You will need to turn on Admin Mode to be able to do any configuration changes. You can find ‘Manage Admin Mode’ under Select Action drop down.
Once you have configured the database, go in the Application Designer and open up the WOTRACK application since we modified the WORKORDER object. Add a field anywhere you want and open it’s properties. It should look like this:
Application Designer - Text Box Properties
Save changes and now you can go into the WORKORDER module and you should see your new field with the long description button enabled.
Tags: Maximo, Maximo 7.1, Application Designer
