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, [...]
Secure MIF web service methods with native authentication
January 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
By default, MIF web services are unsecure, but if you are using native Maximo security and not LDAP, you can secure MIF web services with this configuration change. Normally Web Services and HTTP Servelets are secured using the MEAWEB Web.xml descriptor to map the maximousers security role in the Application Server to each service. If [...]
Using the AddUser.bat file to add new users
December 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There are a bunch of .bat files that come with Maximo such as “configdb.bat” and many others. Here is one that lets you add users to Maximo just by running this file. Of course, like some of the .bat files, some of these aren’t officially supported by IBM so if you run into problems, they [...]
VMMSYNC Cron Task Setup
December 19, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here is a step-by-step processing from IBM to setup to synchronize users and groups.
Add a relationship to a result set portlet in Maximo 7
November 22, 2011 By 1 Comment
Here is a nice little tip for when you create a result set portlet, let’s say for a list of workorders that are assigned to the current user, and you want to add a related column to the result set. For example, you want the result set to show the workorder #, description, assetnum, asset [...]
Understanding and creating KPI’s for your Start Center
September 29, 2011 By 1 Comment
The ultimate goal of using start centers is to utilize the power of KPI’s and result sets for quick access to some important information. This information can be useful to your users for quick access to things but it can also affect performance (more on this later). So what is a KPI? It stands for [...]
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Change the Maximo 7.5 skin for a single user session
September 22, 2011 By 3 Comments
I personally hate the new Maximo 7.5 skin or the “tivoli09″ skin as IBM will call it. Its design is more geared for use on the iPad or another tablet type device because the elements are designed for more of a touch input than a mouse input. I think the original design is much better [...]
List of special characters usable in Maximo 7.x passwords
September 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
This tip is from David: From https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21322703 These special characters are supported: ampersand & dollar sign $ period . angle brackets < > equal sign = pipe | asterisk * exclamation point ! plus sign + at sign @ greater than sign < question mark ? backslash hyphen – semicolon ; braces { } less [...]
How to add a login banner and disable new user registration in one step
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
This great tip was provided by one of our members, David. I had a requirement to remove new user registration, and in addition to add an official government computer system login banner to a maximo 7 build. Here’s the method that worked best for our system and requires no modification to the application or editing [...]
Maximo fix pack 7.1.1.9 now available
September 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
On August 26, 2011, IBM Software released the Base Services 7.1.1.9 fix pack for Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, and Tivoli Asset Management for IT Download Description This product update corresponds to fixes for Base Services (MBS), which is not a product, but is the base platform component for the products listed in [...]
