In some use cases, some organizations want to remove certain statuses from the 'change status' dialog in the Work Order Tracking application. So the question is, how can this be done? In this scenario, we are going to remove the APPR status from … Read More
Checking for NULL values in BIRT can sometimes be tricky but here is an easy way to quickly replace NULL values from your dataset's with any value you want without any if/else statements. Since javascript is the core of BIRT, you can use logical or … Read More
With the Automation Script there is an implicit variable called "params" that is supposed to be used with the MXException error. If the error being thrown is parameterized, then this "params" variable should be used to set the parameters. For … Read More
At the heart of Maximo Java development is the MBO and at the heart of the MBO are the relationships between one object and another. Bruno has a great write up on MBO relationships to get a better understanding of how relationships work. For the … Read More
Goal: Before / After Time: 2 hours but depends on your back-up procedures, image manipulation time, and time required to rebuild and redeploy the Maximo EAR file Prerequisites You will need image manipulation software like Adobe … Read More
Maximo can have performance issues at times so any tip to improve it in any way is always helpful. Bruno has shared his quick tip on how to improve doclinks by modifying a little bit of SQL. This tip can be applied anywhere so be sure to check it … Read More
As a system administrator or developer for Maximo, there comes a time when you want to be in multiple applications as once. For instance, you might want to be in the application designer modifying screens while also being in the work order tracking … Read More
Recently have was tasked to troubleshoot a custom BIRT report performance issue for a client for Maximo 7.1 The problem was that the report, which normally ran fine, was now taking over 30 minutes to run and eventually never ran at all, which then … Read More
When it comes to BIRT reports, Jason Verly (@mygeekdaddy) is probably one to get guidance from on the web. His latest post on how to run Maximo BIRT report tools locally is another great in depth tutorial. … Read More
With Maximo URL's, you can link directly to a work order from an external application, but Maximo URL's are much more powerful than that. Here is a complete round up of posts from IBM and Bruno to help you understand all the attributes available to … Read More
