Change canvas size in workflow designer
If you have used the workflow designer, you know as much as anyone that the canvas size is too small to be really useful. Here is a tip to make that workflow canvas size bigger. … Read More
Tag: Tips & Tricks
Maximo search methodologies
Using Maximo to search for workorders, for example, can sometimes be a task in and of itself. So the question here is how does Maximo search for records in the database and what is the best configuration for performing searches? The article from … Read More
Maximo links of interest 3-3-2010
Maximo links of interest: Emailing the latest worklog for a ticket. Functionality of Job Plan duration. Auto-numbering Items … Read More
Setup an Integration Object for Inbound Failure codes
If you have gone through the process of importing data with MIF, you may have noticed that there is not integration object for failure codes. When I was importing data, I didn't have to worry too much about it because I didn't have that many failure … Read More
Delete an item from Item Master in Maximo 7
OK, the title of this post might be a bit misleading, but in Maximo 7, you can't actually delete items from the Item Master. This is not a bug and it's actually meant to be this way. In order to "delete" an item, you basically just have to change … Read More
Change text box screen sizes without making database field size changes
Most of you know that you can change the field size of any value by going into the database configuration and changing the size to either are larger or smaller number. But in doing this, sometimes the field on the screen doesn't change in width if … Read More
BIRT: Add user name of person executing report
Here is a guide document on how to add the user name of the person executing a BIRT report. … Read More
Maintain System Properties When Moving or Copying a Database
Here is a good article for you system administrators. If you do a lot of development like we do around here, copying and moving Maximo databases can be a pain. This article on maintaining system properties when moving or copying databases should help … Read More
An improved Maximo Assignment Manager
If you have used the built in Maximo Assignment Manager module, you probably wanted to pick up your computer and throw it out the window. In my opinion, the assignment manager module and far from being user friendly and all it's meant to do is … Read More
Extending Maximo 7 Business Objects
At times it is necessary to override or extend the functionality in core MAXIMO. This can be achieved by 'extending' methods in the Maximo business objects. The following section outlines the process involved in extending the add() method in the … Read More
