I was recently asked for some detailed documentation regarding setting up and using the MobileFirst studio to preview\demo Maximo Anywhere 7.6.1 applications.  Other then the Knowledge Center which gives a basic guideline, there isn't much out there that goes over the process in detail. So in this blog I'm going to go through the configuration of MobileFirst Studio in eclipse, importing the Maximo Anywhere application in to the eclipse workspace, building the applications as well as some of the configuration tasks required.... [More]

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Continuing from my last blog post , I'm assuming you have installed WebSphere 8.5.5. I'm going to do a simple migration: out-of-the-box Maximo 7.5.0.5 from WebSphere 7.0.0.29 to WebSphere 8.5.5.0. Prerequisites for using Migration Tool: 1. WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 8.5.5.0 2. A Maximo Asset Management instance currently running on WAS 7.0 2a. MAM Fix Pack 7.5.0.5 or later installed Configuration Migration Tool - what is it? It is one of several WebSphere wizards that use a graphical interface that... [More]

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  Problem     In Maximo we provide the capability to send Role based emails. A role is defined in the Roles application and is typically attached to a communication template while sending an email. Behind the scenes Maximo resolves the email addresses of the members in a role and sets the "TO:" field with a list of email addresses. However there is always a chance that one or more of these addresses on the list could be invalid due to a variety of reasons. When there are one or more invalid email addresses on the "TO:" list... [More]

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Are you an application developer of a Maximo product? Before you configure the user interfaces and applications within Maximo to meet your end users requirements, it is important to understand which events are sent to the the user interface framework when your users interact with application widgets. Then you need to understand the ways the user interface framework can "handle" these events. Grasp these two concepts about how out-of-the-box applications respond to events and you will be much more effective at customizing the user... [More]

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Note: Barb Ballard recently posted the following blog entry in the Process Automation Group. Since it equally applies to Asset Management, I thought I would post it here too.   When debugging a problem or when looking to recycle a JVM, it is useful to know which users are logged onto the system and what JVM they are working on. If a JVM needs to be recycled, you could then notify the users on that JVM that they will get an interruption in service. Or when debugging a problem it is useful to know what a user was doing on a particular JVM... [More]

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Just a quick plug before we head off into the land of screen shots. I attended a demo that showed off new user interface features coming in the next version of Maximo. Of great interest was the new interface, or skin. It's much cleaner than before, with larger type and just the right amount of white space. They've also hidden some elements that don't need always to be seen. (If you're worried about the new look causing problems for users used to the old look and feel, don't worry - everything is turned off when you upgrade... [More]

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Some rules are hard to follow.  Not eating dessert  before dinner.  Always walking inside of the crosswalk.  Not bringing my favorite Diet Raspberry Ice Tea to a movie theatre.      Business rules in Maximo specify product functionality.  In the Maximo Cognos report integration, there are some key business rules to be aware of for the metadata publishing process we’ve been reviewing the last few weeks.   As noted in the last entry, you can publish Report Object Structures (ROS) in... [More]

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With the release of Maximo 7.6.0.2 a new JSON API is available.   You can find information here:   https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20Maximo%20Asset%20Management/page/Maximo%20JSON%20API    Moving forward, we will be supporting the JSON API.  We will no longer be enhancing the REST or OSLC API's.

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When faced with choices ,  I often try to remember the food pyramid when deciding between a decadent red velvet cookie   and a crunchy Kale chip.   Consume large quantities of green leafy vegetables, and small quantities of delicious sugary treats the pyramid reminds me – while my stomach violently disagrees.     Likewise, a pyramid is key to understanding Maximo report users.  When we talk about Maximo users in terms of reporting and data analysis – we put them in the five categories shown here.  These categories are based on the user’s job... [More]

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By default the Welcome message on the login screen in Maximo displays as: "Welcome to Maximo".                                 This message and other text on the login screen is controlled by values in the MAXMESSAGES table. In order to change the values in your MAXMESSAGES table there is a Messages application under Select Action in the Database Configuration application. Go to System Configuration-> Platform Configuration-> Database... [More]

  It’s stalagmites reaching over a winding river into the mountains of Arizona.  It’s a family of dolphins laughing.  It’s a cool rock in the woods.    Remember stopping to really take a look at something – whether it was a rock or a cloud – and everyone would guess what they saw?    We don’t want you to guess what TCR is, so today’s Bilog will review what it is and how you can enable it.     TCR stands for Tivoli Common Reporting.  Beginning with the Maximo 7.1.1.6 released in December 2009, an integration to the Cognos Reporting Products was... [More]

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Configuration Management (CM) is the specification of allowable as-designed asset assemblies (“Models”) and/or as-maintained physical builds. It can also mean the process of ensuring that actual asset physical builds meet the requirements of an allowable configuration. Functional builds may also be represented (for example, an “electronic systems only” view of the equipment). For the purposes of this “Models” application design, we take the rigorous view that Configuration Management refers only to reference data (i.e. the configurations... [More]

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All email messages have or should have a content-type header field which will determine how that email is handled.  The Email Listener is not a true, full service email client and is therefore not as flexible and forgiving as email clients [such as Notes & Outlook] in handling the full range of email formats.  The purpose of this article is to set the expectations for what content-types the listener will process.  Note that the content-type type attribute of an email is distinct from character set which denotes how text for... [More]

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  Transaction processing associated with Maximo integration scenarios involving a high number of external systems, might not necessarily be the optimum when working with a SINGLE continuous queue. Application server’s queue configuration values will be driven by the largest common denominator that addresses the transactional needs of   ALL external systems. Are you aware that is possible to specify to each external system in your integration scenario a dedicated continuous queue? By configuring Maximo’s integration framework continuous queue... [More]

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