Whe you press Enter after specifying data in a table row in Maximo, a new line is created in applications.  (For example, when adding new rows in a Work Order Tracking plans tab, Services subtab , or,  when adding tasks to a workorder, etc...).  You just press the ENTER key on the Description field from a line and then a second line appeared, and so on...  third line as well..   This is caused by a system property which is called webclient.defaultbutton.   This property applies to users who press Enter after they specify data in a table row.  ... [More]

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When you see the values from the lookups breaking in multiple lines even if the lookup column length has enough space or room for the full value, one way to get rid of this scenario is to prevent Maximo to use a specific predefined model for displaying the data this way. You can simply disable the usefieldsizegroup property in the XML definition file and configure Maximo not to wrap the text to be displayed.   Please do the following :   1. Configure Maximo not to wrap the text to be displayed.  (You can set the webclient.wraplength property... [More]

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Steps to add the Details Section to a table.   1. In order to properly set up the details section in a table you need to add both events in the table: toggleselectrow and toggledetailstate. The events are added in the table by tablecol tags. 2. Add a tabledetails tag after the tablebody. 3. Make sure that the "linkedcontrolid" property from the columns of the tablebody are the same of the "id" from the fields of the tabledetails. The following is an example of the table with table details set up.... [More]

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Some users have a long userid like the complete e-mail address and sometimes they cannot fully see it while typing in a small field. It may cause a typo and it's not comfortable for the users.   To increase the username field size in the login screen you should do the following steps:   1- In the MX Server, go to the following folder: <maximo-folder>\applications\maximo\maximouiweb\webmodule\webclient\login 2- Open the 'login.jsp' file; 3- Find the the row: <input <%= attrs %>... [More]

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First of all, let's understand what a Locale is.   The Locale Java class is used to represent a geographical, political or cultural region to correctly format a text, number, date or operation.   According to Oracle, the Locale class implements identifiers interchangeable with BCP 47 (IETF BCP 47, "Tags for Identifying Languages"), with support for the LDML (UTS#35, "Unicode Locale Data Markup Language") BCP 47-compatible extensions for locale data exchange.   The Locale field in user Default Information specifies several... [More]

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  I couldn't stop.   They were warm, fluffy, delectable and perfect with a steaming hot cup of black coffee.   But you can stop...comparing Purchase Order to Invoice Cost Variances manually.  Starting with the Maximo 7.6.0.2 release , , a new Invoice Cost Variance report for LIFO/FIFO items is available! .This new report details the cost variances for LIFO/FIFO Items, which occur when there is a difference in the cost between the received PO Line cost and the Invoiced Line cost.  This can be used when... [More]

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Users can choose which language to use when they log in to the same Maximo instance   I've been a Support Engineer at IBM for years, but have worked almost entirely with English-speaking Users who log in to a Maximo instance that has English as the base language of the installation.  Occasionally I've fielded questions from Users on a French or Portuguese instance, but that's about it.  I finally worked with a completely bilingual user-base client, and to simulate their issue, I needed to add French as the second language on my... [More]

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Many clients uses the Maximo default favicon and the logos for Maximo application. If you are looking to update the Maximo favicon and login logo to your corporate logos. You can perform the below steps to update.   1. Go to the Maximo folder C:\ibm\SMP\maximo\applications\maximo\maximouiweb\webmodule\webclient\images 2. Make a backup of 'maximo-icon.icon' 3. Rename your logo with same file name                                 For your Maximo logo... [More]

Assistive Technology can be required for a number of disabilities including low vision, blind, hearing impaired, deaf, mobility, dyslexia, and others.   Because of legal regulations not all information on Assistive Technology and Maximo is publicly available. You can submit an accessibility request on your specific requirement. You can submit a VPAT (product accessibility) request from this URL: https://www-03.ibm.com/research/accessibility/requests/accvpat.nsf/bidx js?OpenForm The VPATs will provide details on what products and versions... [More]