Dynamic Scheduling were introduced in Maximo Scheduler 7.5.2 release That allow clients identify new emergency work that has entered the schedule. Alert the user that emergency work has been found and that there are resources identified that are available to be assigned. Allow the user to choose an appropriate available resource or optionally make the assignments automatically. Users can configure what constitutes an 'Emergency' work order within their environment.   An example bringing Emergency Work Orders on Graphical Assignment... [More]

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I found $1.36 in my pocket this weekend.  After experiencing mixed emotions of where did this come from and why don’t I remember to take money out of my pocket – I settled on the thrill of finding something unexpected as I detailed here last year. You also may find something unexpected in Maximo with the Report Update utilities.  These utilities were introduced in June 2010, and have been enhanced in the Maximo 7.5.0.3 release .    In this release, there are now two report update utilities available for Page Break and Auto Layout.  Both... [More]

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You may get unreadable and bad characters when downloading attached XLSX or DOCX files in Internet Explorer 11 version or Edge  (but not on Firefox).   And then you are unable to open .docx or .xlsx attachments using browsers such as Edge or IE11. It seems like something is changing the file extension from .docx or .xlsx to .htm. However, you can open attachments with these file extension using Firefox without issue.   The scenario is that you have a work order with an attachment, and when you attempt to open it, the browser... [More]

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Where?   Where did I leave my keys ?  Where is my to do list ?   But most importantly…where are the cupcakes?   Where is a frequently used term in reporting – as the Maximo ‘Where’ clause is the key to launching any type of report from Maximo.   You can access Cognos Report Studio reports from within Maximo in a number of different ways as detailed in this prior Bilog entry .   These Cognos reports can be executed using the Application query, also known as Launch in Context,... [More]

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Maximo 7.6 has recently been released and adds a number of great new user interface features. Hover Dialogs are a new feature that display additional information related to a field when you hover your computer mouse over the field.  For example in the image below, if you hover over the Reported By field in Work Order Tracking, it will display additional details related to the field value.                                     These hover dialogs are set... [More]

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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A good place to start might be with some definition of terms. There are a number of acronyms used to refer to the management of health, safety and the environment. We have seen SHE, HSSE, HSE and EHS all used by our customers. HSE just happens to be the terminology used by IBM’s new Maximo Health, Safety and Environment Manager product. In this blog I’ll refer to HSE Manager as the product and HSE as a generic acronym for the domain that covers the management of health, safety and the environment. That said, let’s consider why using... [More]

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Did you know that Auto-Locate hierarchy has been enhanced in Maximo Spatial 7.5. The text below describes the order and hierarchy of processing data in Maximo records that can possible generate a map position. The objective is simple. There is not always a direct link between the Maximo and GIS feature record. So rather than not display something in the map, try to find some information in the record that has a direct link to an object in the map or that can be geocoded using an address or GPS coordinates. This ultimately results in a better... [More]

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The first step to using multiple languages with Maximo is to ensure that the multilanguage pack is installed. The Tpae Solution installer is typically found in c:\ibm\smp\bin Language packages are in found by default in c:\ibm\smp\pmp To install the language pack you wish to use, I have provided an example of the command below using the Solution installer c:\IBM\SMP\bin>solutionInstaller.bat -action install -pkgpath c:\ibm\smp\pmp\PAE_Lang_Pkg_7.5.0.6_Es.zip -dbpwd maximo -dbuser maximo -license accept Rebuild and redeploy the maximo ear... [More]

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When following the current Best Practices for Performance white paper, one of the Generic JVM arguments that is recommended is to set the -Xdisableexplicitgc parameter. Setting this parameter turns a System.gc() call into a no-op. This parameter works well for the vast majority of our clients. However, there have been a few cases where JVM memory is fairly tight due to the specific workloads that the end users are generating. In some cases, requests for object memory grow faster than the Java virtual machines decides to perform... [More]

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Hi.   My name is Jean Carlos and I'd like to let you all know of our brand new blog Maximo Upgrade Tips ,  which authors are part of the Brazil Maximo/Industry Solutions Upgrade QA team. We are going to put there posts with tips in how to perform Maximo and Industry Solution upgrades, quick guides for some specific scenarios, tips in how to fix Integrity Checker, Validate errors, workarounds, and so on, all this based in our experience of testing the Upgrade scenarios for IBM Maximo Asset Management, Industry Solutions and some... [More]

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Introduction In this blog entry we will look at reducing high email listener email fetch latency which may result when there is be a need to frequently create service requests from IMAP messages that have large documents attached.   To keep things simple, the constants will be a Tpae 7.5.0.X environment and a simple email server program both running on the same system. The initial conditions are the MXServer shut down and a batch of 6 emails, each with a 15 MB PDF attachment, sitting on the email server. The MXServer will be started, the... [More]

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Some users ask sometimes :  Should I use Application Designer or edit XML files for changes in my Maximo applications?   The answer to that question can be a little bit complex, but I will try to clarify it here. In Maximo you can modify windows that are specific to an application in the Application Designer.  However, this is not available for everything that you would like to change, for example, you cannot edit or add fields to the Location lookup screen.  For these things that you cannot change in Application Designer,... [More]

I was fired from my first job.  I was 16 years old, working as a busboy for a busy restaurant in Buffalo when my boss told me to refill the ice in the salad bar.  As I carried a large bucket filled with ice past the busy dinner crowd, I suddenly lost my grip.  As the ice chips settled everywhere – in plates of hot lasagna, bread baskets and under the feet of waitresses - my boss icely told me to grab a mop and then head home.   While I quickly learned that moving ice was not a viable career option for me…... [More]

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