At the heart of every start center in Maximo is the result set. This is a user defined query that you can create and save on any object you want from within Maximo. You can create a query to return a list of workorders, assets, locations, etc. … Read More
Here is an interesting post on using the signature option to hide tabs for certain security groups. 1. Sign in to Maximo as maxadmin; 2. Go to System Configuration -> Platform Configuration -> Application Designer; 3. Select the … Read More
What is an eSignature in Maximo? It is an electronic signature that consists of a user ID and a password known only to the user. It confirms that the person changing a record is the person who logged in to the system. Go to Database Configuration … Read More
By default, any mail communications thru Maximo use port 25 which is the default SMTP port. In some case, you may want to change this for whatever the reason. This example given works in WebSphere and Maximo 7. … Read More
A Maximo start center is the first screen you see right after you log in. You have a default start center which is a grouping of modules that relate to your work and can include all of the Maximo modules or a selection of modules. In these start … Read More
I have already shown how to enable the performance monitoring tool in Maximo 7 but working with it is a different story. Here is how to view the statistics of the performance monitoring tool. Open up the Maximo application in a web browser and … Read More
Have you wanted to add an attachment option to the Location application or any application for that matter? The following instructions were written to add the attachment function to a new application from IBM. [IBM Support] … Read More
Enabling Maximo 7 to use LDAP with WebSphere is a fairly simple task once you have your Active Directory setup and long as you understand the concepts behind it to set it up. I love how Maximo 7's system administration guide is absolutely useless in … Read More
Early versions of Maximo 6 don't support IE 8 and with Microsoft pushing it on us, it's hard to ignore it. To fix the navigation issue in IE 8, follow these steps: Go to this directory: Maximo/applications/maximo/maximouiweb/webmodule/ … Read More
Most of the tutorials that we have done so far have been for integrating with Maximo by importing or updating data, but sometimes you may need to work the other way around and integrate with third party applications from Maximo by exporting data. I … Read More
