I installed Maximo Mobile today and spent hours trying to figure out why I could not get packagemobileandroid to run. I know my setup was correct, no chance I did the setup wrong. After a few attempts, I decided maybe I did something wrong and I should read the install guide, my last resort to figure this out. Sure looked like I had done everything correct, I installed everything without error. I did modify the correct files entering the correct values, still no luck. The error I was getting was "Cannot find... [More]

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Once in a while I'll get questions about performance problems.  Specific scenarios can be resolved by applying Interim Fixes or adding indexes.  Those critical and urgent problems often happen throughout the entire system.   Here is a collection of performance related recordings and technotes that might help: Install Performance Monitor... [More]

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Let’s face it.  You’re busy!  You get 100 emails a day; you’re on conference calls from morning to night and forget about the projects you’re leading.  As you blast through your email, and try to get feedback, you compose countless emails knowing full well what you need but not really thinking about what the recipient needs.  Your subject lines are blank or say something like “FYI”, or “Please Read”.  Half of the messages are forwarded from someone who forwarded from... [More]

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Hello All, The Maximo Support Resources pages have been redesigned to meet IBM Mobile standards and provide a better user experience.  These pages provide a Maximo centric view of the IBM online experience with quick access to all sorts of resources including Support, Developer Works, SMC, Documentation all in a single location.  In addition, these pages are built to deliver quick results on the topics most requested from our clients.  With a single click, all documents related to a particular Maximo topic are returned without... [More]

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As most of you know, Maximo Mobile release 7.5.1.0 has added support to Android devices and for this reason, we updated the Maximo Mobile cookbook to assist business partners and customers to continue customizing their Maximo Mobile installations in the new platform. The new version of the cookbook contains a simpler way to setup your development environment. The good new for BPs is that you do not need to learn Android to continue customizing the product! This is a great new and the team worked very hard to keep the existing customizations... [More]

The domain application in Maximo is used for creating different domains in Maximo and two of these domain types enable you to validate and bring over data from other tables. This blog entry does not teach you how to use the Table and Crossover domains, rather it tells you how to get these two domains to work when looking up data from a table with Multi Language in use. Due to the way Maximo handles Multi language functionality, you run into problems if you try to list and bring back data from a column that is Multi Language enabled. To... [More]

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In Maximo when using the ‘Find’ field in the toolbar ,if there are multiple records that can be returned, the required record may not be displayed on the screen.  This is also true when searching for a PO that has revisions in Receiving application.  Maximo will search only for the key that was entered and returns the first value it finds.  This is standard functionality.  Note: If there are multiple records that can be returned from a ‘Find’ search, if the user selects the list tab after the search ,... [More]

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After posting my last blog ' What you always wanted to know about hotfixes... ', our L3 (Level 3) manager sent me some really excellent and detailed information about the definition and attributes of Fixpacks, Interim Fixes and Limited Availability fixes. I want to share this information with you here:   FIXPACK Fixpacks deliver product defect fixes that have undergone a full development release cycle and the most extensive QA testing of all maintenance releases.  The fixes delivered are for... [More]

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A common issue when we are extending maximo objects using java classes is the absence of proper extension information in your product xml. This file tells not only which maximo objects we are extending but it can also be used to point maximo installation - updatedb - to the proper database change scripts (dbc) that will install your product. Usually, it is even common to ignore such xml when customizing maximo and, in place of it, make usage of Migration Manager to "install" your product objects, including structural changes in... [More]

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Great news!  Today,  September 13, 2013, IBM Software released the 7.5.0.5 fix pack for Maximo Asset Management and Maximo Asset Management Essentials.  Information for Fix Pack 7.5.0.5 can be found here: http://ibm.co/162LnMZ Additionally, you can find the list of corrected APARs for this fix pack here: http://ibm.co/15gJUIq What's new in 7.5.0.5? Here's a few highlights: Runs On Support for WAS 8.5.5 Enhancements for Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) Improvements to the graphical user interface for... [More]

Co-Authored by Dan Miller, Maximo developer In his Best Practices for Configuring Tivoli process automation engine application document Scott Dickerson discussed relating two existing objects in a new relationship.  Bruno Portaluri has also blogged on this subject where he has discussed linking Parent-Child records in Maximo by writing java code.   Dan Miller and I would like to show you how you can link parent – child records using Maximo applications (NO CODING!) and also show you how you can use the Child to point back... [More]

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New mapping capabilities were introduced in Scheduler 7.5.1 that allow clients to view assets, locations, tickets and work orders on a Google, Bing or Spatial map within Maximo. By default when you go into these applications you see only one marker in the Map tab based on the main record.  This functionality then leads to the question ‘How do I view multiple markers on a map?” The Map Control in the Scheduler product is available in Application Designer.  Using the control properties along with a data source, the ability... [More]

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Despite ever increasing 3G and 4G network coverage, as well as Wi-Fi access, it is surprising the amount of mobile workers that need to carry out work in Maximo offline. Sometimes these workers do not have access to information resources that they need to help them carry out their tasks. Did you know that you can create PDFs of Maximo information content to view offline? Aside from mobile workers, we have learned from our customers that some workers prefer hard copies of the information that they require and the option to create and print PDFs... [More]

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In the Database Configuration application have you ever tried to join two objects to create a view using the 'Join to object' field and received the error When you use the 'Join to object' field, the application will try to find matching attributes in the 'Extends object' and the 'Join to object' objects and will automatically update the 'View where' field. So why do you receive this error when you know both objects have the attribute assetnum? This is because the rules we use to determine how to join the... [More]

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