As some of you may know, the only way you can add new modules in Maximo is to duplicate an application such as Work Order Tracking from within Application Designer in order for it to show up in the 'Go To' drop down menu. But it doesn't really show … 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
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
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
Our friend Chris Q has come up with a brilliant solution for customizing the default Maximo login page with his own messages. I have shown you how to modify the login page before, but Chris made note of the 'welcomemaximomessage' key is used in the … Read More
The 'additionalevent' and 'additionaleventvalue' are attributes that you can use to tell Maximo what event to call and what are the parameter to pass to that event. For example, you can automatically load the workorder tracking application just by … Read More
I recently ran into an issue where a client wanted to change the field size in Maximo 6.2 when they are in the list view of a module. I found this nice article from IBM that shows how to do just that. This tell you that you can modify the file … Read More
Here are a couple flash videos with audio from IBM support that show how to setup some conditional security. This first video shows how to configure required fields using attribute restrictions. In this example, a required field is needed when … Read More
Have you ever used a module such as the Work Order Tracking and made changes in one tab then switch to another tab and forget to save your changes? Well, here is a neat little trick to automatically save a record in Maximo. It works by kicking of a … Read More
Here is a tutorial from Alejandro that I found on LinkedIn that shows how to change the color of the field in Maximo 7 by using the conditional properties in the application designer. It's a very interesting way of changing the field color. You … Read More
