I personally hate the new Maximo 7.5 skin or the "tivoli09" skin as IBM will call it. Its design is more geared for use on the iPad or another tablet type device because the elements are designed for more of a touch input than a mouse input. I … Read More
This tip is from David: From https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21322703 These special characters are supported: ampersand & dollar sign $ period . angle brackets < > equal sign = pipe | asterisk * exclamation … Read More
The ultimate goal of using start centers is to utilize the power of KPI's and result sets for quick access to some important information. This information can be useful to your users for quick access to things but it can also affect performance … Read More
Here is a document from IBM on setting up an escalation to cancel SR. It's a pretty straight forward example and I normally probably wouldn't post it as I have already written about setting up escalation points before, but in my example, I used the … Read More
This great tip was provided by one of our members, David. I had a requirement to remove new user registration, and in addition to add an official government computer system login banner to a maximo 7 build. Here's the method that worked best … Read More
On August 26, 2011, IBM Software released the Base Services 7.1.1.9 fix pack for Maximo Asset Management, Maximo Asset Management Essentials, and Tivoli Asset Management for IT Download Description This product update corresponds to fixes for … Read More
Maximo products using WebShere and IBM HTTP Server are exposed to potential security exploit (PM46234) (CVE-2011-3192). This exploit allows HTTP requests using byte ranges to contain ranges larger than the size of the file being served. … Read More
You can create KPI's for your Start Center, but first we will create pie/bar charts as they are much simpler to create. You can create pie charts and bar charts from your results set queries that you should have already created. These charts … Read More
We can already add custom modules to main Go To dropdown menu, but here are two tutorials from IBM on how to re-position the menu items with detailed instructions on updating the backend database to achieve what you want. Changing Application … Read More
Maximo has a powerful feature that can take the load off of both user and administrator. A common example of a request a Maximo administrator may get is, 'Is there anyway I can avoid typing in this list of 286 new inventory items into Maximo?'. In … Read More
