Maximo Application Framework Configuration application overview
Maximo® Application Suite customers who deployed and activated Maximo Manage can download the Maximo Application Framework Configuration application from an unentitled registry.
The Maximo Application Framework Configuration application supports IBM® Maximo Mobile, IBM Maximo Health, and IBM Maximo Manage. Additionally, you can also configure non-mobile, role-based applications.
Check out the video for a tour of the Maximo Application Framework Configuration application:
The Maximo Application Framework Configuration application works through Docker container technology and Maximo Application Framework tools. Maximo Application Framework tools are used to create a configuration environment within a Docker image on your local system. You can download, modify, preview, and publish your configured IBM Maximo Manage applications with minimal setup.
- Application list
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The Application list page displays the applications that you are authorized to run. Each application listed includes description information, the last time it was modified, and the current revision. Each application listed has an edit menu that you can use to duplicate the application, re-download it from the server, delete it, or view the history of each past revision of the application. Click the name of an application to open it in the Editor page.
- XML editor
- The application XML code is available for editing in the XML editor. When you select a component
in the XML editor, it renders in the Canvas.
If your changes require custom JavaScript to implement, add code to the AppCustomizations.js file, and then reference it in the application XML code.
- Canvas
- You can use the Canvas area to check the appearance of the component in the application. You can also modify XML code by altering the rendered components in the Canvas.
- Navigator
- Use the Navigator tree to locate specific components in the XML code. Select an entry to locate the component in the application XML file. For example, select the pages component to show all the pages that are defined in the application.
- Component search
- You can use the component search field to filter entries in the Navigator. For example, if you search for dialog, the Navigator displays only dialog components that are found in application pages. Alternatively, you can also search for a component ID. By default, searches return results that are like the term you entered. To search for an exact term, add an equals sign before the search entry. For example, =id771.
- Properties editor
- As an alternative to the XML editor, you can use the Properties editor to update component
values in the XML file. Select a component from the Navigator or in the XML editor to view the
properties for that component. Required properties are marked with an asterisk.
Property names must be declared using lowercase letters, for example, item.somename. Properties must always be declared and used in lowercase because the Maximo application server provides the data field in JSON as lowercase.
The Maximo Application Framework Configuration application provides a lightweight tool that you can use to edit applications built using the Maximo Application Framework. This includes many of the Maximo Application Suite applications. Any configuration changes made to applications based on the previous Maximo Asset Management framework cannot be migrated to Maximo Application Framework applications. Any configuration changes made using a product such as Maximo Anywhere must be re-implemented in a Maximo Application Framework application
For additional configuration, customization, and upgrade discussion and information, including examples, refer to the IBM Asset & Facilities Management Community.