A couple of new releases were announced in May/17 under Maximo Location Based Services. Maximo Spatial 7.6.0.2, Maximo Linear 7.6.0.1 and Maximo Anywhere 7.6.2. Please check the following highlights for each of these products.   Maximo Anywhere 7.6.2 Display ArcGIS maps populated with ArcGIS features and other Maximo record data directly from your mobile device.  You can define one or more areas on a map that can be used with mobile devices. Updates you make to ArcGIS are synchronized to the mobile devices. Users can access map data... [More]

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Hello Everyone! Now that we have 7.6.0.1 installed , and we have updated all our applications(including the customized apps),   it's time to finally get our Maps ready! I would like to lead you to do some preliminary steps before we proceed on getting your map ready for Spatial!   One of the major new functionalities introduced within Maximo Spatial 7.6 is the usage of Feature Services. This allows us to easily bring data into Maximo from your Feature Service.... [More]

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Hello Everyone! Over the next few days/weeks, I will be sharing with you some information regarding Maximo Spatial 7.6 , and more specifically 7.6.0.1. If you are now installing Spatial 7.6.0.1 you can take a look at our Maximo Spatial Wiki's Spatial Matrix to keep an eye on supported versions: Maximo Spatial Matrix From my previous post, most of you are already aware of the Spatial 7.6.0.1 release . To deliver good news, I wanted to let everyone know that Maximo Spatial 7.6.0.1 is now supported against TPAE 7.6.0.5! You... [More]

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                      Transferring 100 Items on a 1/3 Conversion Should Not Mean That You Receive 99 Back When there is a conversion factor between two storerooms and the conversion is 1/3 units the consequence can be that after sending 100 items and return them, only 99 are returned with one lost.  Understandably this happens because it is using a 1/3 conversion.  This can be resolved by modifying the attribute Conversion value to have 4 decimal points instead of the out of the... [More]

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It has been more than a month since I wrote my last blog. In the previous versions of Maximo like Maximo 7.5, there is documentation to clone an environment. You can try to clone a Maximo 7.5 environment, and it can work without issues. However if you encounter errors that are impossible to fix with the cloning process and/or other component installs into this environment, you may need to do the 'original' installs on the new administrative workstation.   In Maximo and/or ICD 7.6, cloning of an environment is officially not... [More]

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Overview I see a lot of clients who are always asking for updating user status based on their status in Active Directory (AD). While this functionality does not come with base Maximo, it can be accomplished by using a method that involves adding a custom (meaning not in Maximo by default) attribute to Maximo that pulls the status directly from the field in AD that tracks user status. After adding the attribute to Maximo, we can pull the data from AD via the VMMSYNC or LDAPSYNC, and then once we have the information, we can use an escalation to... [More]

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Ever wondered if the Interim Fix you were sent for a specific APAR a while back and that you didn't get the chance to apply on your Maximo environment, is still up-to-date? Since those are cumulative, it might be worth applying the latest version and therefore include the more recent APAR fixes delivered for that specific fixpack level. You might therefore want to check out the " Maximo Interim Fixes " blog on IBM DeveloperWorks: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/connect/maximoifix You can find the latest Interim Fixes that were... [More]

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As many of you may know Maximo TPAE (Base) fixes are bundled with Scheduler fixes. I just wanted to make this quick blog entry to share what each base version had bundled with it. Maximo version 7504 and lower comes with fixes for scheduler version 751, versions 7505 and higher come with fixes for scheduler 752. My co-worker pointed out that Maximo 7.6.0.0 has Scheduler 7.5.3.   What this means if upgrading from a previous version of Maximo to a newer version you will need to plan to upgrade your scheduler version at the same time.... [More]

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I have been in Maximo Support for many years and often the question comes up what does LIFO/FIFO do? You can define your costs on an item by item basis by changing the cost type in Inventory on that item or a default for your site in the Organization application->Select Action->Inventory Options->Inventory Costs. In here, you can define what accounting method you want to track so that your costs reflect the standard for that item. When you do that, the Inventory application displays a different table. Before LIFO/FIFO was incorporated... [More]

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It is around that time of year again when budgets are released, so the cash pours in(or seen the current economic climate more like trickles in..) to do a Maximo or TPAE upgrade or installation. With that I have noticed over the years recurring questions of many of you out there how any redundant or not operated Maximo Add-ons or Industry Solutions can be un-installed. The simple answer is , Maximo Add-ons or Industry Solutions cannot be un-installed. To name some Add-ons or IS' , but by no means all of the widely used solutions in Maximo... [More]

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Contributors:  Steve Hauptman, Ted Lyons, Mike Sielian, John Cook, Melody Bienfang     Introduction   This post describes a technical solution that gives clients the flexibility to delete attached documents (DOCLINKS) seamlessly and with ease. By leveraging existing functionality in Maximo namely Escalations and Automation Scripting, you can purge attached documents from the location where the document physically lives. A selection criteria should be defined in an Escalation  (e.g. STATUS = 'CLOSED') along with... [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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Email Interaction Setup (EIS) application application is included in Maximo Asset Management Fixpack 7.5.0.3 and above.   With EIS users can interact with Maximo using a smartphone without having to login to Maximo: Change the status of a record such as a work order Accept or reject a workflow assignment Update attributes such as the start date The overall benefit of using Email Interaction Setup is that progress is not held up while waiting for the action of an end user. Below is a sample email from Maximo: Simply reply with... [More]

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After upgrading to Maximo 7.5 many clients have decided to keep on using Issues and Transfer application.   One of the reasons for using Issues and Transfer application instead of the new Inventory Usage application is due to training issues.  Users do not want to learn a whole new application and business owners do not want to spend money on training. However, Inventory usage application is actually quite easy to use and it offers all the features available in Issues and Transfer application.  § Simplified flow –... [More]

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