Modifying BIRT master report library

This document explains in detail how to modify the master report library for BIRT.  It focuses on page size, page orientation and page area.  By default, all the out of the box (OOB) reports are in landscape.  Personally, I don't like it in landscape … Read More

Maximo Asset Management v7.1 Education Assistant

I found this great IBM support site that has a few short flash demos/tutorials for doing various tasks in Maximo 7.  Here is the complete list of flash videos. How to edit screens in Application Designer How to add objects and attributes … Read More

Best practices for Maximo performance

Here are some links to help with tuning your Maximo application. Search Methodologies (best practices for minimizing dat WebSphere Tuning (These parameters can cause Maximo to Browser Caching (Helps with Wide Area Network -WAN- per GZip for … Read More

Maximo links of interest 08-07-2009

Top Tech notes for this month: News & Flashes: Title: Single source for multiple mbs7115 Release notes Troubleshooting and FAQs: Title: Migrating Classifications with Migration Manager Recent and Important Downloads: Title: Maximo … Read More

Set default material/item quantity to zero

By default, when you add a material or item to a workorder, the value is set to 1.  This can be a problem for some entities because laborers can add a item number, select a storeroom then immediate save it without even bothering to enter a quantity.  … Read More

How to deploy Maximo EAR files

Deploying Maximo EAR files is easy once you get the hang of it.  We take this process for granted because we do it so much at the office.  IBM has supplied us with steps on how to deploy these EAR files for Maximo 6 but these steps can also be … Read More

WebCast: Conditional UI security

Presenter(s): May On Time: 14 Aug 2009, 3:00PM Eastern US This STE will cover Overview, Conditional UI setup, Demo, Questions Please call into the phone conference and join the e-meeting 10 minutes early. Web conference URL: … Read More

Customize report toolbar icons in Maximo

Before version 6.2.2, you can have more than 2 icons for Direct Print reports in the Application Toolbar.  After this release, you can no longer to that unless you modify the system XML to do so.  You can modify the library XML to do expand the … Read More

Backup and restore Maximo schema on Oracle

For those of you using Oracle and Maximo 6 or above, backing up and restoring a Maximo schema can be a pain.  If you were using SQL Server, it would take only a few minutes, depending on the size of your database.  But with Oracle, you have to jump … Read More

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