Below are two web casts pertaining to upgrading either Maximo 6 or 7.1 to Maximo 7.5. Upgrading Maximo 6 to Maximo 7.5 WebCast: Abstract Audience: All Level Support, Services, GTS, Business Partners, Customers This STE will cover: – Maximo 7.5 architecture and upgrade process from Maximo 6.2.x to 7.5 Date: August 28 2012 10:00 Eastern [...]
Import labor codes with Maximo Integration Framework
February 16, 2012 by 1 Comment
This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Import Data with MIFOnce you have imported users into Maximo, the next step is to import labor codes. This is a simple tutorial that will show how import labor codes into Maximo with the Integration Framework. If you are migrating users from one Maximo system [...]
Import users security groups with MIF
February 2, 2012 by 3 Comments
This entry is part 13 of 14 in the series Import Data with MIFI have previously shown you how to import users so this tutorial will show you how to import data via interface tables and set the users security groups. You will be able to set a users security group to defaults such as EVERYONE, [...]
IBM Pulse 2012 – Release the Beast: How USAA Went on the Mobile Offensive in a Defensive Environment
January 27, 2012 by 3 Comments
Are you attending IBM Pulse 2012? Are you looking for a mobile solution for your business? Then stop by this session to see how USAA stopped syncing their mobile devices and started using real-time connectivity with EZMaxMobile to improve stability and lower failure rates. Session Details: 1120 Release the Beast: How USAA Went on the [...]
Create a new application in Maximo
January 24, 2012 by 4 Comments
In this tutorial, I will show you what are the basic steps to creating a new application within Maximo. This tutorial won’t go into details about custom java class but it will show you what you need to do to add a new application. For simplicity sake, this new application won’t have any business logic, [...]
Get database specific date formats for MBO queries
January 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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 [...]
How to avoid PM’s from generating during a Holiday
December 28, 2011 by 1 Comment
It might be a little bit late here but this is a good post on using active dates on PM’s
A better way to completely hide ‘new user’ registration on the Maximo login page
December 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
I have posted a quick solution before to hide or disable the ‘new user’ registration link and ‘forget password’ link, but the issue there is that you can still click on the link if you put your mouse in the right area on the page. It also leaves the separator characters on the page which [...]
Work order operations are now tasks – FAQ
October 18, 2011 by 3 Comments
Here is an explanation from IBM about how Maximo handles work orders, work order hierarchies, and work order operations [via IBM Support] From the user’s perspective, very little has changed in the existing work order functionality between Maximo 4 vs 6.x and 7.x. Work Order functionality have however been enhanced in the following two ways: [...]
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 [...]
