Maximo controls the access and privileges by security groups , where each security group has associated users that will be affected by changes in the security groups privileges. Then, on a beautiful day you are faced to a challenge. You get to know that one specific user is special and needs very close attention in regards to access to domain values, such as the list of Work Order Status. You have a way to determine that the whole security group that the user belongs to, will have limited access to specific status values but you still have a... [More]

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Everything is normal in your business, you are a Maximo System administrator, and then you get a problem to resolve.  One of your Maximo users, gets married and would like to use husband's or wife's last name in the login info (user id) to log into Maximo from this moment forward.  What would you do ? The MAXUSER.USERID - this specific field identifies the user. The name or value must be unique for all User records.  MAXUSER.USERID in the Maximo Users application is Read Only and it cannot be changed on the Maximo UI  (User interface). ... [More]

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You can use the Job Plan Sequence tab on a PM record to minimize and simplify administration.  If there is a need to insert additional or different Job Plans into a PM Work Order generation sequence at specific intervals, this is your solution...     A single PM can provide the scheduling and maintenance of multiple Job Plans for a single asset or location by inserting alternate or additional Job Plans at certain intervals in the Work Order generation scheduling sequence. This is accomplished by using Job Plan Sequence... [More]

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Java deprecated messages are displayed on console and log files.  If application users do not want to see these messages, they can be turned off.  Add the following command line argument to JVM arguments.   Add -Xlint:none to the Java/JVM arguments. This will remove the warning messages.

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Maximo uses its own internal database connection pool mechanism and does not use the application server database connection pool. In Maximo and Maximo based products such as Smart Cloud Control Desk, there can be database connection leaks. These database connection leaks could be caused by incorrect code as well as memory leaks.  In situations where there are database connection leaks, it is very difficult to identify the code where the connection leak is occurring. The Maximo dbconnection watchdog logger can be used to find the database... [More]

Customers from time to time have noticed that the Maximo system stops responding. When the environment is reviewed, the database has locks on SIB related tables.  This is a case where the issue is not primarily because of SIB tables but due to the fact that the SIB tables are the victim of Maximo system freezing and holding locks on the SIB tables. If Maximo integration components are writing to JMS Queues using the database storage, then SIB tables are created and used in the database.  Whenever Maximo writes data or reads data from... [More]

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Automation scripting is a useful feature used by many clients.  However you may not want to log when each and every Automation Script starts and finishes.  This is especially so if you have a large number of Automation Scripts, as your log will quickly fill.   Here is an example of the type of entries that appear in the log when an Automation script is run:   [CID-MXSCRIPT-123456] Correlation started. [4/24/15 14:10:08:957 EST] 0000009a SystemOut     O 26 May 2015 13:10:08:957 [INFO] [MXServer]... [More]

In Maximo, reorder quantity is calculated by this formula:   Order Quantity = [(ROP + 1) –Quantity on Order –Available Balance] Y = Order Quantity / Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) X = Next whole number integer of Y Reorder Quantity = X * EOQ     Let me give an example how it works: 1. Create an testing item and set the Reorder parameters 1.1. Create ITEM1000 in ITEM Master application 1.2. Add ITEM1000 to Storeroom CENTRAL 1.3. Set current balance as 10 1.4. Activate the item in Organization and tick Roll New Status to... [More]

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With Maximo 7.6 we can configure in-session logging for an individual user so that other users are not affected by performance issues, create custom log messages and review the content between these messages in the log.  Also, run MMI APIs in the Monitor Environment Information to gather diagnostic information.  I think these are really awesome features for capturing relevant diagnostic information in the logs.      Below are the two part YouTube Series on MMI You will no longer need to scroll through... [More]

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