Here is an explanation from IBM about how Maximo handles work orders, work order hierarchies, and work order operations [via IBM Support] From the user's perspective, very little has changed in the existing work order functionality between Maximo 4 … Read More
Migration Manager Guide: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v3r1/topic/com.ibm.tamit.doc_7.1/pdf/mam71_migration_mgr_guide.pdf Migration Manager Redbook: http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247906.pdf Migration Manager … Read More
This STE walks the Maximo administrator through the set up of BIRT reports on Maximo 6.26 through 6.28. Date: November 15, 2011 10:00 AM Eastern US Presented by: Ed Maxwell Content This is the presentation file used for the live … Read More
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 … Read More
Job Plan sequences are very cool once you figure them out. Here's the basic rundown (assuming you know how to create a PM, and a JOBPLAN, and how to create a WO from a PM). On each PM is a counter called, oddly enough, "counter." This increments … Read More
To all of our loyal readers, I know you are all Maximo experts by now :) but we are looking for a Java developer that is familiar with web technologies that are interested in working in the Boston, MA area. We have a couple job descriptions, so if … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Here is a document from IBM on setting up an escalation to cancel SR. It's a pretty straight forward example and I normally probably wouldn't post it as I have already written about setting up escalation points before, but in my example, I used the … Read More
