Goal: Before / After Time: 2 hours but depends on your back-up procedures, image manipulation time, and time required to rebuild and redeploy the Maximo EAR file Prerequisites You will need image manipulation software like Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Paint, etc… You will need Administrator Access to the Maximo Server You will need to back up [...]
Maximo Links of Interest 8-30-2012
August 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Escalations Setting up an Escalation to automatically inactivate users BIRT Fixing Top 3 BIRT Annoyances – Part 2 Java Rapid Java class deployment on WebSphere Java MBO performance optimization golden rules MBO Performance Tip N.1 – Avoid using MboSet.count() method in loops MBO Performance Tip N.2 – Use discardable MBOs when possible MBO Performance Tip [...]
Set a default Order By for an application in Maximo 7.5
July 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Some users may want to change the default order by clause for an application like Work Order Tracking. In Maximo 7.5, it is easy to change the default value which can be done in Application Designer. First open the WOTRACK application, and on the list tab, click on the “Work Order Tracking” table. It should [...]
Enabling Run Reports Select Action Option For Any Application
May 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you want to use reporting for a custom application or for an application that doesn’t have reporting enabled, it’s as simple as adding the signature option within application designer. [IBM Support] Enabling Run Reports Select Action Option
Updated Images for Maximo 7.5 to easily differentiate between MAXIMO production, test and development environments
May 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
You can find the original post for Maximo 7.1 here but these are updated for Maximo 7.5 with the new login page design and the banner images on top. Download these images for free below and to install these images, you can follow how I changed the BIRT report logo, or you just simply extract the [...]
Add Start/Stop Timer Functionality for Work Order Tracking
April 19, 2012 by 4 Comments
Did you know that Maximo has a built in timer functionality that will let laborers start a record and then later stop it and record that transaction in the LABTRANS table? Well, it does and it’s a great feature to have, especially on a mobile device like EZMaxMobile. It just makes total sense to start/stop [...]
Delete a custom Maximo application
April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This tip on how to delete a Maximo application from Bruno is a a lifesaver and perfect timing because I was wondering how to this exact thing the other day.
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, [...]
Add a YORN lookup in a parameter for a BIRT report
October 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
This tip from IBM Support is very useful for adding a true/false lookup dialog for a parameter on the BIRT report request dialog. In the Maximo 7.1.1.4 release (and higher 7.1.1. fixpacks) and 7.5 releases, a lookup has been added for Yes or No values (YORN type). This lookup can therefore be used in BIRT [...]
Add custom modules to the main Go To menu
August 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
As some of you may know, the only way you can add new modules in Maximo is to duplicate an application such as Work Order Tracking from within Application Designer in order for it to show up in the ‘Go To’ drop down menu. But it doesn’t really show up in the main menu list, meaning [...]
