IBM has provided us with a document to guide us through the Cognos installation with Maximo 7.5. You will need an IBM ID to view it though. [IBM Support] Within the Maximo® Base Services 7.5 Releases, an IBM Cognos ® Reporting Integration is … Read More
With the release of Maximo 7.5, a lot of companies are beginning to wonder what their first steps should be to prepare for their eventual upgrade: Do I order a new development server, so I can test the new software? Do I send my administrator … Read More
There is a built in object structure called MXCLASSIFICATION that we will use to import classification hierarchies and also the classification attributes using the Maximo Integration Framework (MIF). I will be using my default method of importing … Read More
Sometimes you just want to create a conditional lookup for certain fields. To do this, you would use the conditional expression manager [IBM Support]. … Read More
This is an interesting property that applies to Maximo 7.1 This is when users manipulate data entry fields to execute malicious SQL statements. Maximo dynamically prepares SQL statements so in almost every attribute this is not an issue. There are a … Read More
Here is a trick to create a keyboard shortcut to work order tracking or any application you wish from any screen in Maximo. Here is a quick rundown of some available keyboard shortcuts for Maximo, but these aren't really helpful in terms of … Read More
This newest release of Maximo 7.5 supposedly makes it easier to install multiple instances on one machine. I will have to see for myself... … Read More
One of the big differences in Maximo 6 and 7 is that they added the ability to set the status on an ITEM in Maximo 7. A lot of people are wondering how they can achieve this same functionality in Maximo 6, so here is a tip that can you do just that. … Read More
This is a nice little trick to run an .exe file from an escalation. The possibilities are endless with this. This document shows how to run an executable that is hosted on the administrative workstation from an escalation. This document is too … Read More
Maximo Everyplace is only available for Maximo 7 and it's a mobile solution that works with iPad and iPhone. The way it works is this. You have to buy the mobile solution from IBM and then you have to basically duplicate all of your application, … Read More
