Have you been in the location or asset drilldown dialog box and seen the node “…This level has reached the set display limit…”? That is because the drilldown limit for child nodes is set to 50. You can change this limit to 5 or even 200.
Extra fields vs Crossover fields
May 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In Maximo, you can use extra fields to store extra data and crossover fields is just an added functionality. For example, in the asset table, there are extra fields such as eq1, eq2… and so forth. These fields are there for you to use at your own free will and use them however you want. [...]
Edit dialogs within Application Designer
April 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment
I received a great question about editing fields in the “Advanced Search” dialog in the Application Designer, but where can you find that dialog so you can edit it? Here is the question at hand: I am in the System Configuration – Application Designer. Application: QUICKREP – Quick Reporting on the List Tab. I’m trying [...]
Import data with Maximo Enterprise Adapter (MEA)
April 7, 2009 By 2 Comments
There aren’t many differences between Maximo 6′s MEA and Maximo 7′s MIF. If you read my previous post on importing data with MIF, then it will be easier to understand how MEA works. The architecture is pretty much the same but some minor name changes. If you have never used the MIF, then this tutorial [...]
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How to fix “Assert statement failed” error in Actuate reports for Maximo 6
March 8, 2009 By 12 Comments
If you have developed or deployed Actuate 8 reports for Maximo 6, you have undoubtedly encountered this error many times. The problem is usually due to the fact that there is a connection problem to the database and it is the user account name that is causing this error. So when you try to run [...]
“Turn Smart Fill Off?” option in Maximo 6.2
March 2, 2009 By 1 Comment
Many users don’t often know about the Smart Fill option in Maximo 6.2 and what it does. Here is a summary from IBM’s support website: The Smartfill functionality in Maximo works in the following capacity. Once smartfill has been enabled, and when a field has the Select Value option, a string or partial value can [...]
