Creating customization archives

You can create a customization archive, which is a set of files that contain changes and customizations for the application.

Procedure

  1. Follow the existing SMP or Maximo® folder structure to create a customization folder.
  2. Copy class files (Java™ customization) in the appropriate directory and extracted with the existing Maximo binary files in the correct package or module hierarchy.
    The file might include the following information.
    • Maximo Business Object (MBO) customization
    • Field validation
    • Maximo integration framework
    • Others like customer-specific code

What to do next

  • Version your customization archive.
  • Customization archive location is specified during Maximo Manage application configuration from IBM® Maximo Application Suite admin dashboard.
  • Customization archive location must be accessible from Maximo Application Suite. It is a zip file that you can access through HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, or FTPS.
  • Any database scripts can be added to customer directory and an a_customer.xml file must be used. For more information, see Customization archive guidelines. All those files need to be part of the customization archive. Update db will run after deployment to apply all customer scripts.