Customizing styles

IBM® Maximo® Real Estate and Facilities provides a set of standard styles and colors in the default stylesheet.xml file. You can use your own styles and colors by replacing the default file with a customized version of the file.

Before you begin

Back up any custom colors that you use.

About this task

Note: You can import the custom IBM Carbon style sheet that is named TRIRIGA_Carbon_Styles_n.n.xml. For a tutorial on customizing the IBM Maximo Real Estate and Facilities skin and user experience with IBM Carbon, see Customize the user experience with Carbon Design Components.

The stylesheet.xml file is typically in the /home/default/userfiles/skin directory.

Procedure

  1. Select Tools > Administration > Style Manager.
  2. Download the current production stylesheet.xml file by clicking Export and saving the file.
  3. Edit the file to add your custom styles and colors.
  4. Save the file as the stylesheet.xml file in your /home/default/userfiles/skin directory.
  5. Upload the stylesheet.xml file in the Style Manager by clicking Import.
  6. Browse to select your edited file and click Import.
  7. Clear the browser cache.
  8. Clear the portal logo cache by restarting the application server or by using the Maximo Real Estate and Facilities Administrator Console. In the Administrator Console, select Caches to open the Cache Manager. In the Flush a Cache section, select Portal Logo.