If you generate workorders from PM's that have a lot of job tasks, you may have noticed that the parent workorder numbers are not in order or sequential. It may seem like the workorder numbers are skipping when they shouldn't be, but in fact, what's … Read More
Are you sick and tired of year old Maximo UI design? Well, Maximo 7.1.1.5 comes with a new skin. … Read More
I recently received a question regarding the ability to edit the Service Request detail screen in the application designer in Maximo 7. Actually, it was more along the line of where can I find the detail screen in the application designer? Of … Read More
As a developer, I am a big fan of keyboard shortcuts. Anything to save time is a good thing. So here is a list of Maximo keyboard shortcuts that could help save you some time. There are many more keyboard shortcuts that aren't mentioned here so if … Read More
In Maximo 4.1.1, you used to be able to select a laborcode or craft on a workorder. Now in Maximo 6 and 7, you can't even select either one. You now have to select a person ID for the lead field on the workorder. I am not completely sure why IBM got … Read More
If you go into the system properties within Maximo, you will notice that all the passwords are displayed in plain text. Anyone that has access to this module can see everything. You may or may not want to keep this functionality, but you can … Read More
The workorder assignment manager already has a built in color code scheme where it changes the font color of the rows depending on what the priority of the workorder is. We can expand this functionality to other modules as well such as the Workorder … Read More
Question Prevent Decommissioned and Not Ready locations from getting displayed in the locations lookup Answer Workaround: 1. Go to the domains application. Create a new Table domain click New Row button. Enter the following: DOMAIN: … Read More
If you are using Maximo 7 and having trouble getting the cron tasks to run, make sure you don't have the Admin Mode turned on. To turn off admin mode, go to System Configuration -> Platform Configuration -> Database Configuration then click on … Read More
This article by IBM support explains how to change the status of a record with an inbound transaction with MEA or the MIF. Question How do I get the Integration Framework or MEA to change the status of a record in Maximo? Answer Status … Read More
