What is “launch in context”? It is a feature that lets you take the current record you are viewing and take certain values from the object and launch a URL. For example, if you are viewing a workorder, you can add a hyperlink button somewhere on the page and when you click on it, you [...]
Maximo Conditional Expression How To’s
March 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
These tips come from Bruno and are really useful. Here are some tutorials that I particularly like: Find all references to a conditional expression How to hide a field using conditional expressions How to change the color of a field using conditional expressions
Setting up both a Cluster and Integration Framework for Maximo 7.1 on WebSphere 6.1
March 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
This guide comes from IBM Support and the original link can be found here. When using the Maximo Integration Framework (IF) in a clustered environment the following should be considered. · For best performance with minimal impact to users, the IF can be configured to run on a single instance of Maximo while users log in [...]
Import labor codes with Maximo Integration Framework
February 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Once 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 to another or just plain upgrading, you can import labor codes and also [...]
Maximo MIF – Message tracking and the ‘store message?’ option
February 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
In most of the MIF tutorials here, I like to use the Message Tracking feature so I know whether or not the messages even get received by Maximo and if it was processed successfully or not. There is another option to store the incoming messages to an XML file so you can view them later. [...]
Import users security groups with MIF
February 2, 2012 By 2 Comments
I 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, DEFLTREG and even MAXADMIN security group.
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 1 Comment
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 [...]
