What's new in IBM Maximo Health 8.4.0, IBM Maximo Predict 8.4.0, and IBM Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities 8.2.0

You can now manage locations. From the navigation menu, you can select the Locations page and use many of the same features that are available for managing assets, including views and the map. Open a location to view more details, including a list of assets that are at the location, remaining useful life, and health, criticality, and risk scores. 

Before you can begin managing locations, the application administrator must specify an installation date for each location. The installation date is used to calculate various values, such as age and remaining useful life (RUL). To specify an installation date for a location, you must add the Installation Date field to location records.

1. Log in to the Maximo system as a system administrator.
2. Add the Installation Date field to location records.
   1. In the Application Designer application, open the Locations application.
   2. On the Location tab, in the Common Actions menu, click Control Palette.
   3. In the Controls dialog box, drag and drop the Textbox option on to the Location tab. You can place the textbox anywhere on the tab.
   4. Right-click on the new textbox and then select Properties.
   5. On the Textbox Properties dialog box, on the General tab, for the Attribute field, click the lookup.
   6. On the Select Value dialog box, select the INSTALLDATE value for the LOCATIONS object.
   7. On the Textbox Properties dialog box, in the Lookup field, specify DATELOOKUP.
   8. Click anywhere on the page to enable an automatic refresh.
   9. Save the application changes.
3. In the Locations application, verify that the Installation Date field is available in the location records.
4. For each location, specify an installation date. If the event listener for locations is enabled, the installation update is automatically shared.

Use the new Filters dialog box

The Filters dialog box for the Assets and Locations pages uses a new design that improves scrolling and performance.

Configure and customize the Maximo Health application XML

You can use the Application Configuration application to configure and customize the Maximo Health application. For example, you can add or remove cards and reorganize cards or sections. For more information, see the article on IBM Support.

REST API documentation

You can now access REST API documentation for the applications and industry solution. 

Updates to the Integrating with another EAM system documentation 

The following changes apply to the Integration with another EAM system documentation for Maximo Health and Maximo Predict 8.4.0 and Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities 8.2.0. This information supplements the Maximo Health and Maximo Predict 8.3.0 and Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities 8.1.0 documentation. 

• The psdi.iface.app.asset.MaxAssetProcess processing class is used for the MHASSETLOAD object structure, not the com.ibm.tivoli.maximo.assethealth.procclass.AHAssetProcessLoad processing class.
• You can now export historical location meter readings. For more information, see Exporting historical location meter readings. 

Use new deployment process for Maximo Predict and Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities

Maximo Predict and Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities use a new deployment process. For more information, see the deployment documentation for the application or industry solution. 

• Deploying Maximo Predict
• Deploying Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities 

Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities: View notebook-based scoring contributors for health and criticality

For health and criticality scores that are calculated in an IBM Watson® Studio notebook and use contributors, you can view the contributors on the Health details and Criticality details cards. You can expand the contributors to view more details, such as the related function. 

Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities: More asset class notebooks

Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities: Complete dissolved gas analysis (DGA) for transformer assets

In transformer-type assets, a new Dissolved gas analysis section is available. The section contains the Duval triangle card and the History of combustible gas analysis card. You can use the Duval triangle card to review DGA samples and the percentages of methane, ethylene, and acetylene in each sample. You can use the History of combustible gas analysis chart to review a history of samples and the condition rating of each sample. 

Before you can use the cards, your data scientist must configure the notebook to support the settings and then the notebook must be connected to a group on the Scoring and DGA settings page.

Configuring the notebook 

In the DGA model configuration file, in the defaultsetup.components section, the following scores are added: 

"SCORE", "Duval triangle score", "Duval Triangle Score","Duval triangle for dissolved gas analysis",
"SCORE", "History of combustible gas concentration", "DGA Trend Score","History of combustible gas concentration",

Each score section lists the required meter readings for that score. The implementation function is common_calculate_none, which is a placeholder. All reading data is processed in the application or industry solution. 

For the Duval triangle score, the following three meter readings are defined in the algorithm. You must specify a reading value for each. Ensure that the meter reading name contains the abbreviation for the gas type. For example, the meter reading name for CH4 must contain CH4. 

• CH4
• C2H2
• C2H4

• H2
• CH4
• C2H6
• C2H2
• CO
• CO2
• C3H5
• C3H6
• C4
• N2
• O2

Connecting the notebook to a group 

To configure the settings, complete the following steps: 

1. On the Scoring and DGA settings page, click Create a scoring and DGA group and create a new group. DGA settings are applied to all assets in that group. Ensure that the group is connected to a notebook and that you select a notebook that contains the DGA scoring. 
2. In the Scores table, activate the scores. In some cases, DGA settings might rely on the calculation of other score types. 
3. In the Scored assets table, select a transformer asset. DGA is only available for transformer-type assets. 
4. Open the Dissolved gas analysis (DGA) section and verify that data is available in the Duval triangle and History of combustible gas analysis charts. 

Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities: Configure containers without using the data loader

You can use the REST API documentation to configure containers without using the data loader. 

Maximo Health and Predict - Utilities: Updates to the data loader documentation 

The data loader article on IBM Support is updated to include information for loading location and related data and includes updated information for loading meter reading data.