=('I LOVE Spreadsheets!')   It's true.  I'm madly in love with a spreasheet's charts, calculations, cell references, worksheets, hyperlinks and how everything is organized in row and column buckets.   Are You? In Maximo 76, the types of worksheet file formats available to you with BIRT reports has increased  200%!    Two new file formats produce variations of .xlsx files.  These files create the exported content in individual worksheets - cooresponding to the individual pages of the... [More]

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    I missed the sign.     Here in beautiful Boston.  Incredible technology working to reduce accidents, emissions and congestion.  Opps.   But…I didn’t miss the signs on the incredible, new Cognos Analytics release!       The new Cognos 11 (or Cognos Analytic) release introduces a rich feature set of analytic functionality targeting business and power users!       Mirroring the user interface of Watson Analytics, Cognos Analytics provides features for business and... [More]

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Have you heard....the latest?     Starting in IBM’s Maximo Asset Management  7.6.0.5 release,  a new user interface is available with Work Centers where you can access, view and complete daily tasks.  The innovative new interface enables you to access the Work Centers on any device – including desktops, notebooks, tablets or smart phones.    And the work centers are available to all Maximo clients – with no additional licensing fees! Work centers are currently available for the Maximo roles... [More]

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During the last week of July, over 800 individuals gathered for IBM Tivoli’s Pulse Conference in Melbourne, Australia.   At the second largest Tivoli Pulse Conference, attendees networked and interacted to learn from IBMers and Business partners on the latest functionality and products and from other attendees on implementation best practices. This blog post has more details: Australian Pulse Conference. I had the amazing opportunity to present on Maximo Reporting at this conference, and a key topic that came up with a number of clients was... [More]

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  I packed a sandwich, an apple and a small pack of rolos...those small chocolate candies with sticky carmel inside...because who doesn't buy your favorite Halloween Candy and eat it all so you have to go out and buy more....in my lunch today.  Yup.  That is a packed sentence.   The BI Packs in Maximo 76 are packed full of functionality. BI (Business Intelligence) Packs are collections of metric reports displayed in Cognos workspaces or dashboards.   In Maximo 76, two different types of BI Packs are available (1)... [More]

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There is a bulldog on my toast. Combined with a steaming cup of coffee, its consumption is highly restricted.    You may also set up data restrictions in your Maximo environment - enabling users access to various subsets of data.   Typical types of data restrictions include Organization and Site data restrictions.   Starting with Maximo 76 ,  new site, organization and set restrictions are applied to the metadata publishing process.     This new restrictions enable that the user will only see the Site,... [More]

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The view is very different at the bottom than the top of the Grand Canyon.  Both are magnificent, but offer incredible, varying perspectives on one of the 7 wonders of the world. The view of your data is very different in Maximo than it is in Cognos .   Maximo’s very effective Business Intelligence tools, including KPIs, Application Exporting and Reporting, enable operational insight on your data.   Cognos offers a very different analytical view on that same Maximo data. Highlighting Cognos’ analytical... [More]

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Read my mind.  Have you ever muttered those words when someone asks you where the milk is ? or if there any cookies to go with that milk?   Don’t try to read your user’s mind when detailing a report specification.  Instead, work with your user to fully understand his report requirements, which you can then translate into a deliverable report specification.  As noted in the last BiLog entries, we have been reviewing the best practices Of report specification development which include (1) Understand report capabilities  (2) Understand user... [More]

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I can't wait....       At the Department of Motor Vehicles (Three hours to swap a license plate?)     At the Dentist  (The thought of impending agony and drool)     At the Coffee Shop  (For those  beignets!) Can you wait...for your Maximo Start Center to load?     If you or your users follow the three second rule   having a Start Center packed full of KPIs can impact the load time of that page.   Starting in  Maximo 76 ,  the... [More]

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