If you have gone through the process of importing data with MIF, you may have noticed that there is not integration object for failure codes. When I was importing data, I didn't have to worry too much about it because I didn't have that many failure … Read More
OK, the title of this post might be a bit misleading, but in Maximo 7, you can't actually delete items from the Item Master. This is not a bug and it's actually meant to be this way. In order to "delete" an item, you basically just have to change … Read More
Most of you know that you can change the field size of any value by going into the database configuration and changing the size to either are larger or smaller number. But in doing this, sometimes the field on the screen doesn't change in width if … Read More
Here is a guide document on how to add the user name of the person executing a BIRT report. … Read More
I have been looking for this functionality for a while and now I have finally found it. This feature is available for BIRT 2.3.1, which means you will have to have Maximo 7.1.1.5 or above installed as it comes with BIRT 2.3.2. You will have to write … Read More
Here is a good article for you system administrators. If you do a lot of development like we do around here, copying and moving Maximo databases can be a pain. This article on maintaining system properties when moving or copying databases should help … Read More
If you have used the built in Maximo Assignment Manager module, you probably wanted to pick up your computer and throw it out the window. In my opinion, the assignment manager module and far from being user friendly and all it's meant to do is … Read More
At times it is necessary to override or extend the functionality in core MAXIMO. This can be achieved by 'extending' methods in the Maximo business objects. The following section outlines the process involved in extending the add() method in the … Read More
When you start playing around with the MEA or MIF and you come to a point where there are some extra fields that you want to populate aren't provided in the persistent fields of the MBO, you must look into the non-persistent fields. Here is an … Read More
A URL can be added to the Start Center header area. The steps to accomplish this are as follows: … Read More
