When I first started creating users in Maximo 7, I quickly realized that I needed a users email address in order for me to save the record. Out of the box, Maximo required that I set the password and email it to the user. Of course I had to configure the SMTP in Maximo in order to do this. So that got me thinking, what if I didn’t want to email the passwords to the user? or if they didn’t even own an email address? or if I didn’t have an SMTP server? How would I be able to create users? Here’s how…
Import assets and asset specifications with MIF
April 26, 2009 By 25 Comments
Detailed tutorial on importing assets and asset specifications with the Maximo Integration Framework.
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Configuring the WebSphere Application Server (MXServer) to run as a Windows service for Maximo 7.1
April 21, 2009 By 1 Comment
If you are tired of starting your Maximo application server manually, then you can configure it so that it runs as a Windows service that starts automatically when a server is rebooted. To configure the WebSphere Application Server (MXServer) to run as a Windows service, complete the following…
Maximo 7.1 initial data and import sequence
April 19, 2009 By 24 Comments
I found this import sequence extremely useful while importing data for a client and it might be useful to you. It’s just a simple guideline for importing data and the suggested entry mode…
Configuring the WebSphere NodeAgent to run as a Windows service for Maximo 7.1
April 17, 2009 By 1 Comment
If you are tired of starting your WebSphere application by finding and running the ‘startNode.bat’ file, you can configure it so that it runs as a Windows service that starts automatically when a server is rebooted. To configure the WebSphere nodeagent to run as a Windows service, complete the following…
Manually installing Service Request Manager applications into WebSphere for Maximo 7.1
April 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
This is a quick guide to deploying Service Request Manager EAR files.
Add a Long Description to a Field in Maximo 7
April 11, 2009 By Leave a Comment
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 [...]
Maximo 7 now compatible with FireFox 3
April 9, 2009 By 6 Comments
Maximo 7 now compatible with FireFox 3 for those of you that are interested or prefer using FireFox over IE…
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 [...]
Maximo Integration Framework not working in verson 7.1.1.4
March 30, 2009 By 5 Comments
If you installed the 7.1.1.4 fixpack and tried to run the integration framework without any success, try enabling it. The problem we were having is that a message was being recieved but was never processed and no errors ever occured. This is because the new fix pack made changes to the ejb-jar.xml file. For some [...]
