Clear.  Cold.  Refreshing.  Three words which could describe anything from a glass of water, a plunge in the Arctic Ocean, rice noodles, a class mint Mojito, or a run thru a sprinkler on a hot July Day.  Maybe another image comes to your mind...and you may quickly see where I'm going with this.  Text descriptions can often lead much to the imagination . Visual ambiguities however, can lead to serious issues in our work environments, as everyone must have the same, consistent understanding of assets, items, or work orders.  A solid way to enable... [More]

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 Choices.   Every aspect of our lives is packed with them.    Firefox, Chrome or IE?   Small, Medium, Large or Jumbo?   Mouse or touchpad?   Blueberry pie – with or without ice cream?     Shoes, Sneakers or flip flops?   To tweet or not to tweet?    Keeping with that trend, we are now enabling you additional choices for your development of V7 reports with the delivery of Portrait Report Templates.  Report Templates are one of a few different ways your report developers can create custom reports in the Version 7 Report Design Tool.... [More]

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  Have you ever encountered or built a cairn ?   Cairns are stacks or formations of rocks that you can often see on hiking trails or parks.  Some believe they are used as trail markers, while others state they are artistic monuments celebrating nature.  I saw a number of cairns while taking a break from teaching a course in Arizona last week, and added my own interpretation while heading back from Squaw Peak Trail.   As I thought about this week’s blog – I couldn’t help but think back to those really cool cairns and how they relate to what... [More]

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Hi, I am very happy to be here on Service Management Connect, once again blogging about Asset Management! Today I’d like to talk about a very interesting and useful accelerator we recently posted to the ISM Library. The accelerator is called “Maximo for E-mail.” First, let me briefly describe the ISM Library for those who may not be familiar with it.   IBM recently enhanced OPAL and changed its name to the Integrated Service Management (ISM) Library.   It is a rich and diverse repository for information and accelerators, providing... [More]

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The Interim Fix (IFIX) is available at Fix Central.   As with all IFIXes, TPAE 76010 IFIX 005 is cumulative and includes all fixes provided with Maximo Asset Management 7.6.0.10 Interim Fix 004, with these additions: APAR Application Name Description IJ15209 Asset Templates In the Asset Template application, when you duplicate an asset template record after you setup autonumbering, a unique key value duplication error occurs. IJ14105 All Applications After you upgrade from Maximo Asset Management version 7.5.0.11 to 7.6.0.9, a null pointer... [More]

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   I’m a Junior Ranger.   I took on the challenge to identify insects, sketch wildflowers and go on a scavenger hunt for cacti and rock art at Joshua Tree National Park.   And after a day full of hiking, exploring and learning – I have a new badge that I’m incredibly proud of. Recently, we announced a new Maximo Anywhere Skilled Badge Customization Course on IoT Academy.    This course targets technical developers and implementers – detailing the Anywhere topology, and then having the student perform a series of basic and advanced customization... [More]

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It's been awhile since my last blog as it was a busy summer with Maximo World, vacations and other obligations which has delayed some topics I would like share regarding the latest release of Maximo Anywhere.  So over the next couple of months I hope to publish some much needed technical content along with overviews of what is new in the application.    I'm going to start this week by showing how simple it is to enable one of the latest features in Maximo Anywhere 7.6.3 which is the split pane functionality.  Anyone... [More]

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I’m infatuated…I’m obsessing… I’m fascinated with Maximo 7.6.1 and Cognos Analytics.   And you can be too.   Starting with Maximo 7.6.1, every Maximo client is entitled to Cognos Analytics .       Fabulous new features included web-based data modules, dashboards, active reports, smart searching, suggested visualizations and so much more are available to you.   Join me in this infatuation, obsession, fascination with Maximo and Cognos Analytics. Watch the new 13 part... [More]

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Welcome to Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1!   This is the first in a series of blogs on Maximo 7.6.1, released 27 July 2018. Future blog plans include installing to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 (no Launchpad), Upgrading to Maximo 7.6.1 from Maximo 7.6.0.x, and Installing Maximo with an already configured Active Directory server. Installing Maximo 7.6.1 and updating from Maximo 7.6 is like installing Maximo 7.6 and updating from Maximo 7.5 . It is installed to a new directory. What's New in Maximo Asset Management 7.6.1... [More]

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