BiLog: Xian Terracotta Warriors and Custom Report Page Sizes
Buried for over 2,000 years, 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots and over 600 horses were discovered in 1974 in Xian, China when farmers were digging a well. Chinese Emperor Qin Shi Huangdi commanded the build of this amazing underground army, and seeing the vastness of the warriors in pits larger than two football fields, is incredible and breathtaking. The detail and uniqueness of the terracotta warriors is truly the greatest archaeological finds of our time. Likewise, you may find you need to create reports with a custom page size to meet the... [More]
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"File-based" error management in IBM Tivoli Maximo
Functional improvements in Maximo Integration Framework (MIF) Data Import functionality enable the selection of two different ways to address error correction: GUI-based and File-based . The data import functionality provided through the External System application gives the option of identifying the error management mechanism of your preference. "File-based" error management is supported by Maximo's Message Reprocessing application thru an enhanced GUI where re-processable files (files including all errors identified from their... [More]
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TUC Webcast Tomorrow - Denny O'Brien presents Shifting Toward Transparent Development
Space is limited. Reserve your Webcast seat now at: http ://t ivol i-ug .org /eve nts/ comm unit y_we bcas ts/c /e/2 85.a spx
Connect, learn, and share with IBM Tivoli on the development of
future product releases. Learn how you can get open access to release
plans, product roadmaps, sprint demos, and beta code so that you can
provide feedback and make a direct impact on what development teams
deliver. Denny O’Brien is a manager in the IBM Tivoli strategy and development
organization. In his current role, Denny manages the... [More]
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BiLog: Smallest Post Office and V71 to V75 Upgrade Best Practices
At 7 feet wide by 8 feet deep, and housed in a former shed on a tomato farm in Ochopee, Florida, is the smallest post office in the United States. Located in the Florida Everglades, Ochopee is home to a multitude of snakes and alligators , but its post office is only big enough for a single postal clerk! While the post master of Ochopee may not be considering an upgrade due to the sentimental value of their facility, you may be considering an upgrade from Version 7.1x to Version 7.5. If so, you may want to review the review the items below... [More]
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Using Spreadsheets to manage and report Maximo data
Customers often have the need and/or desire to work with data in a spreadsheet format because of the usability of applications such as Excel. With release 7.5 of Maximo, users can now have their applications enabled to support the export and import of data into a delimited file format (.csv) that lets them view and manage that data in Excel. A Maximo user whose job it is to manage a company’s asset master data can have a feature where they are in the asset application and can export asset information, such as assets and their... [More]
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BiLog: Ostriches and Best Practice: Engage in OnLine Resources
With dazzling eyes, imposing heights and a two toe architecture, ostriches are indeed unique birds who quickly garner attention. Today, I’d like to draw your attention to a reporting best practice of engaging in On Line Resources . Over the last few BiLog entries, reporting best practices highlighted at IBM’s Pulse 2012 conference and in this video have been recapped. These reporting best practices included: (1) Evaluate All Data Analysis Options detailed here and (2) Invest in Report Object Structures here Today, the best practice of... [More]
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