What's in  there?  My memory ,  my glasses   or.... Maximo 76 !   Yes!  Maximo 76 is filled with unexpected, amazing features including direct entitlement to Cognos BI Reporting Version 10.2.1!   This new entitlement enables a 1:1 Maximo to Cognos licenses and access to its very powerful, visual and insightful BI enterprise portolio of tools.   With Maximo 76 you have access to nearly double the amount of Cognos tools available in Maximo 76 including    1.  Cognos Business... [More]

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  Are you a do-it-yourself-er?   Making your own sandwich , walking up and down the Grand Canyon and driving yourself  to work each day? You may have a subset of do-it-youself-ers (also known as  business or power users ) who may want to also create their own reports for their unique project or analytic needs.    With Maximo 76, your business users can utilize QBR or Ad Hoc Reporting to create their own reports within the various Maximo applications.  These reports... [More]

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STOP!  It's not the right one. I changed my mind and don't need it.   It didn't display right away - so I clicked the submit button again - and then again - and then again. Have your users ever uttered these words to you when running a Maximo BIRT report?   Or have you found report performance to be negatively impacted by users running massively large reports over and over again - only to immediately discard their output?   With the Maximo 76  release, new features are available for you to... [More]

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My bucket list is massive...how is yours?  I got recently sidetracked with snow , sea lions and and  rabbit ears - but will be back on track with the list with the long summer days ahead!  .   Automatically cancelling reports containing massive numbers of records is another item you can cross off your work list with Maximo 76 .  Prior to  76, report record limits prevented a user from accidentally executing reports against very large parent record set in an application - before the report job is... [More]

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  I packed a sandwich, an apple and a small pack of rolos...those small chocolate candies with sticky carmel inside...because who doesn't buy your favorite Halloween Candy and eat it all so you have to go out and buy more....in my lunch today.  Yup.  That is a packed sentence.   The BI Packs in Maximo 76 are packed full of functionality. BI (Business Intelligence) Packs are collections of metric reports displayed in Cognos workspaces or dashboards.   In Maximo 76, two different types of BI Packs are available (1)... [More]

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March Madness – two marvelous words with multiple meanings.  It may have you rooting for your favorite team in the NCAA Basketball Tournamen t or waiting impatiently for your iPad 3 to arrive.   It may have you joined in mass with others celebrating St Patrick’s Day , or  anxiously waiting for Spring to finally arrive.   Whatever your March Madness may involve, let's take a step back and review another March event - Pulse 2012.   During the Reporting presentation at Pulse, we delved into the details of BIRT and Cognos reporting functionality,... [More]

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Do you know how to fold one of these…..while cramped in car  traveling 72 miles per hour…with a husband exasperated that you also don’t know how to read one…along with a dog panting in your ear   and your child questioning ‘ Are we there yet ?’     We’ve since graduated to the amazing electronic GPS technology where a woman in a lovely voice calmly directs us to where we need to go.  Truly loving this technology where no folding is required! As maps define how we get from here to there, report specifications do the same.  Report specifications... [More]

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  I need to set limits when faced with these.  Knows as Fluffernutters, smooth, decadent peanut butter and sticky marshmallow topping on plain white bread form the ultimate comfort sandwich.  With a cold glass of milk, the number I can toss down is crazy high.   You may also need to stop your users from over-indulging by setting records limits when they create Ad Hoc or QBR (Query Based Reports.)  The creation process of ad hoc reporting is where users select the fields, application query, sorting and grouping that they... [More]

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How long have these been here?  A jar of mustard, a bottle of pineapple juice and a wedge of unidentifiable cheese in the back corner of our refrigerator?  While I scratch my head trying to remember the day of their last usage - I know that these items are extremely obsolete . Likewise, you may have a number of items in your Inventory which are obsolete or inactive .  To help you identify issues like these,  new Inventory Management content for Maximo is now available!   This content is contained within the BI... [More]

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When was the last time you had something stuck on your face, or in your teeth – and nobody told you about it?   After overcoming the embarrassement (woman) or insisting it was part of your fashion statement (man) – thoughts of ‘if I had only known’ may fly thru your mind. You may also have those same ‘if I had only known’ thoughts about the OEE, or Overall Equipment Effectiveness Report, delivered with Maximo.    OEE is a metric often used in Manufacturing Industries.  OEE is calculated by multiplying three components together, Equipment... [More]

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During the last week of July, over 800 individuals gathered for IBM Tivoli’s Pulse Conference in Melbourne, Australia.   At the second largest Tivoli Pulse Conference, attendees networked and interacted to learn from IBMers and Business partners on the latest functionality and products and from other attendees on implementation best practices. This blog post has more details: Australian Pulse Conference. I had the amazing opportunity to present on Maximo Reporting at this conference, and a key topic that came up with a number of clients was... [More]

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  While getting our English Bulldog ready for Halloween on Saturday (reference last week’s BiLog entry on an unexpected snow storm which delayed the Halloween Happenings!)....I kept thinking that in contrast to Max’s very stubborn demeanor….his costume is amazingly simple and flexible.     Max is a reindeer for Halloween, a reindeer for Christmas, and a reindeer again when we ring in the New Year! Just like Max’s diverse, flexible reindeer costume, Maximo reports are very flexible in that they can be executed against three different sets... [More]

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  I have an unwarranted fear of bridges.  I attacked this fear head-on last week and forced myself to walk over a beautiful bridge in Portland, Oregon while attending the stellar MUWG conference.  My legs were unsteady and my mind continually meandered to the rust surrounding me – but I eventually claimed victory on the other side of the Williamette River.       To minimize your meandering while looking for Maximo Report documentation, a new, downloadable spreadsheet has been prepared for you.... [More]

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    At an area of 56 square feet with Lshaped tables, a single chair and 6 drawers of file cabinet space, each cubicle surrounding me is the same. Like the template that the contractor used to insure each cubicle is the same, Maximo uses templates and library files for consistency and re-usable components in its reports. Today, let's review  the Maximo System Library, and key considerations for its configuration.     Libraries store re-usable components, functionality and images.  Each Maximo report is dependent on this library, and utilizes... [More]

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With the sun warming his speckled skin, and in anticipation of his breakfast of insects, Leroy loves mornings.  And similar to One Eyed Al , and the odd ostrich, I’m a member of their pack loving mornings and the explorations the day holds.   Today, let’s explore another component of the Report Upgrade. In this previous BiLog entry , the impact the report upgrade to version 371 in Maximo 7503 could have on your custom reports was detailed.  But how do you know what reports may be impacted?  Depending on the... [More]

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I dissected our kitchen junk drawer this weekend.   Although I’m not a hoarder ,  I did find a 41 golf pencils , $1.53 in Change and and 3 postcard stamps! While on this clearing spree, today’s Bilog dissects how QBR reports are stored in the database to clear up any confusion you may have.   QBR, or Ad Hoc reports, enable you to create reports ‘on the fly’ without technical database or report development skills.   In this previous BiLog entry, best practices were reviewed to detail which specific users you may want to grant QBR security... [More]

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You’ve read my mind,   heard my frustrations with folding maps   and seen the aftermath of the attack , as we’ve reviewed the components of report specifications over the last few weeks.   Today, we’ll conclude this series on the importance and components of creating report specifications.   Our series started a few weeks back when we highlighted the three major components of creating report specifications which were 1.    Understand report capabilities 2.    Understand user requirements 3.    Detail the user requirements on the report... [More]

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I can't decide.  Each one sounds so good.  Each has features I love.   Each has features ...well...I'm not so fond of.  And each has possibilities I dream about at night.   How do you decide?  Do you make a checklist?  Do you go with your gut?  Do you get inputs from others?   Maximo 76    provides a variety of report options for you to choose from via its Open Reporting Architecture. This has been designed to enable you to utilize the reporting tool or tools that is best for... [More]

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Engulfed by granite from its neighboring town of Quincy, you will find Step 294  , inside the historic Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Massachusetts.  Its simple structure pays tribute to the incredible courage displayed in this epic battle between the Americans and British in the Revolutionary war.   Simplifying the creation of the Cognos meta data was the driving force behind Maximo Cognos Integration.   As noted here , a meta data or packages, are prejoined collection of database tables, is required by Cognos... [More]

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Where?   Where did I leave my keys ?  Where is my to do list ?   But most importantly…where are the cupcakes?   Where is a frequently used term in reporting – as the Maximo ‘Where’ clause is the key to launching any type of report from Maximo.   You can access Cognos Report Studio reports from within Maximo in a number of different ways as detailed in this prior Bilog entry .   These Cognos reports can be executed using the Application query, also known as Launch in Context,... [More]

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My plant grew hands.   I think he wants to stretch towards the sun, or at least ACCESS some of the cherry tomatoes growing on either side of him.  Likewise, you may want to ACCESS Cognos reports from Maximo.   There are three ways that you can do this, including - 1.  From an application’s Action Menu, you can select ‘Run Reports’ and access any registered Cognos Report.   Once you select the Cognos report, its request page appears for you to enter parameter values.   Then,... [More]

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  I found my eyeballs in the attic.    They were waiting for me this weekend as I waded thru a box of festive Halloween decorations.  The eyeballs screamed ‘clone’ to me….cloned alligators ,  cloned ostriches and cloned Maximo applications. When you clone a Maximo application, you may want to enable QBR (Ad Hoc Reporting) functionality for a new or cloned application.  The steps below detail how you can do this.   1.  Verify that the RUNREPORTS Security Option is enabled for your cloned application.  (This is a Prerequisite sigoption to the QBR... [More]

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I can't wait....       At the Department of Motor Vehicles (Three hours to swap a license plate?)     At the Dentist  (The thought of impending agony and drool)     At the Coffee Shop  (For those  beignets!) Can you wait...for your Maximo Start Center to load?     If you or your users follow the three second rule   having a Start Center packed full of KPIs can impact the load time of that page.   Starting in  Maximo 76 ,  the... [More]

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The record set totals 143.   Ranging from jazz, country and rock and roll, the 143 records commander a prime, comfortable spot in our attic.   Your  Maximo record set may or may not have the same historical grooves.  However, understanding how a Maximo application record set can be applied in Maximo Ad Hoc reporting is critical.   Maximo Ad Hoc reporting enables your Power users to create their own reports - for their unique business needs.   One of the key components of creating their report is... [More]

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In the Version 7 releases, you can create very powerful ad hoc reports in within the various Maximo applications - without requiring developer's technical skills or database knowledge - to meet your individual business and project needs. This functionality is often referred to as QBR, or Query Based Reporting. Throughout the BiLog (Business Intelligence) entries, I've touched upon some of the features of QBR reporting including Using an application's query and extending thru QBR at   http://ibm.co/hzh70D Detailing the... [More]

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Spurred by the quest to enable our client’s additional functionality and coached by Agile processes, the 7503 development team introduced the Maximo 7503 release on July 20, 2012!    This enabled a repeat team performance highlighted last year with the Maximo 7.5 release . One of the largest components on the 7503 release, were major updates to Maximo Reporting .    The embedded reporting tool, BIRT, was upgraded from Version 2.3.2 to 3.7.1, and a new Direct Integration Option to Cognos 10.1.1 was enabled. Over the next few weeks, we’ll detail... [More]

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“Seemed like a nice round number”.  These were the words Paul Newman spoke as he committed to eating 50 hard boiled eggs in an hour in the infamous scene from the movie “Cool Hand Luke”    While recently watching this classic movie – and Paul Newman’s stomach extend uncomfortably with the onslaught of the eggs – I couldn’t help but relate his adventure on how you can also extend QBR reports in Version 7 – comfortably.    In previous Bilog entries, I’ve detailed how you can extend QBR reports to include long descriptions ,and audit enabled... [More]

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  Yoo Hoo.  Yes...Not Yahoo...Yoo Hoo.  I was introduced to this chocolate milk type drink last week when I hosted over 40 girls from my daughter's high school swim team for a pasta dinner.  After a long day of school and practice, the girls descend onto a parent's house to refuel themselves with pasta and Yoo Hoo's before heading off to their next activity of another swim practice, work or homework.    I quickly lost count of how many cartons of Yoo Hoo's were consumed at our house....but couldn't get that marvelous, celebratory... [More]

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  We’ve moved. The ISM Library content portion of Maximo has moved to a new location. The ISM library held fabulous content you could download to extend or configure your Maximo environment.   This content included  JavaDocs, Drilldown extensions, Cognos BI Packs and more. This incredible content has been moved to the Maximo Content Library pages . From this single wiki page , you can quickly see the available Maximo downloadable content.  Selecting a content area provides details on the... [More]

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