Have you used  the new system property "mxe.crontask.runonschedule"  ?   The system property mxe.crontask.runonschedule has been introduced from 7602. We can make  missed scheduled crontasks run immediately or  not run until the next scheduled time. In other words,  when the property is set to 0, missed scheduled cron tasks are run immediately and then at the next scheduled time. When the property is set to 1, missed scheduled cron tasks are not run until the next scheduled time.   For example, ... [More]

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  What wood you do?  Faced with the task of moving and stacking two cords of wood -  weighing over 4 tons - wood you      (1) Book a flight to Honolulu?     (2)Take a nap?     (3) Grab a wheelbarrow, a few Ibuprofen and get to work?       What wood you do if you wanted to create an ad hoc report in Maximo 76    - but couldn't get a value like 'Number of Days Overdue' to display?  Wood you     (1) Knock your head against... [More]

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With application development, it is  normal to rebuild and redeploy the Maximo ear file as part of the admin activities. Have you encountered this error after a simple rebuild and redeploy of your Maximo ear and all of a sudden no one can access one or some applications? Help! No users can access this application to complete their daily duties! . 1. You checked that you can login, start center appears ok and other apps are working. 2. You also checked to ensure the rebuild and redeploy process did not encounter any issues. 3. You have... [More]

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At times, when trying to upload some simple data such as a location into Maximo, you might encounter this abnormal display behaviour as seen below with the description.   1. You have checked and the import file used does not have these visible characters. 2. You have also ensured there were no errors were encountered with the upload. If you enable root loggers SQL = INFO and INTEGRATION =DEBUG you will notice the following value gets bound to the description. Notice the funny odd square character instead of the expected space, which... [More]

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Starting from Maximo 7.5.0.10 Fix Pack / 7.6.0.3 Feature Pack,  you will have a new option for disassembling kit.   In default design, when disassembling kit, the design was to set the tobin to the inventory item's default bin. If a default bin is not specified, use the first bin in the invbalances result set. From upcoming Feature Pack, you can now set your system to disassemble to the same bin of your Kit by using a new property below.   - mxe.app.inventor.useSourceBinForInvKitAction value 0 : This will set your design to... [More]

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  Do you like to have the latest smartphone model available on the market? Do you like to have recent internet browser versions too? You might therefore have chosen to upgrade to Maximo 7.5.0.8 in order to use the Internet Explorer 11 browser version which is compatible with this fixpack level. What is the impact on reporting tools? - If you are using BIRT reports, it is quite straightforward: BIRT 3.7.1 is the only version of BIRT that is compatible with Maximo 7.5.0.8. So no need to upgrade if you were already on the 7.5.0.3 fixpack or a... [More]

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There is a known compatibility issue between Eclipse and Internet Explorer 11. The problem is that you do not see your parameters when trying to preview your report.  All you see is this:     Which is not very helpful!   IBM support has provided a workaround option that, initially, seemed to resolve the problem – at least with the Eclipse 371 release for Maximo 7.5. It seems that these changes do not always work with Eclipse 431 (Maximo 7.6). This solution goes as follows: 1) Close the Birt Designer and open the... [More]

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Question: We are planning the optimization feature of Maximo Scheduler 7.5 which currently integrates with IBM ILOG ODM Enterprise 3.7. But IBM ILOG ODM Enterprise 3.7 does not support Windows 2012 at this stage, can we use IBM Decision Optimization Center 3.8 with Maximo Scheduler 7.5 instead?   Answer: IBM Decision Optimization Center 3.8 is the new release name for the IBM ILOG ODM Enterprise 3.7. IBM Decision Optimization Center 3.8 supports Windows Server 2012   At this stage, Maximo Scheduler does not support to integrate with... [More]

As Andy Williams sang, "It's the most wonderful time of the year", the seasons are changing, the leaves are falling and Maximo year end work needs to be done. As we all know Maximo is as good as the data we have and certain things need to be reviewed to make sure we have the most up to date data. Below is a quick breakdown of the different applications that have a big influence on your year end data. 1. Work Order Tracking. Completing and closing work orders is a very crucial step in updating cost against assets in Maximo. All the... [More]

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