Item Kits
One of our favorite features in Maximo is Item Kits. Over the years A3J Group has worked with hundreds of companies across several industries but have only come across a handful using Kits. Item Kits are exactly what they sound…
Securing attachments in Maximo
So you have secured your Maximo installation using SSL, perhaps by following one of the secure articles in our A3J Blog, and are feeling pretty comfortable that your users are protected. Just as you are about ready to lean back…
Creating an Automation Script End Point
The Maximo Integration Framework offers a wide variety of capabilities for publishing or consuming information to or from external systems. Some of the available methods for communication are: Flat File Exchange XML File Exchange with XSLT Mapping Database Table Exchange…
Automatically Email Vendor on approval of Purchase Order
This article will walk a Maximo administrator through the steps necessary to send a purchase order by email to a vendor as an attachment. It is a common requirement by customers to be able to automatically send the PO to…
Turn up the Logs!
Whenever there is a problem in Maximo and you describe it to one of your co-workers the first thing they say to you is "what do the logs say?" Logs are the first place to look when you have a…
MBOs in Automation Scripts: Exception Handling
In our previous posts in this series, we talked about how an MboSet is a collection of Mbo objects. In this article, we'll analyze the different types of exceptions that can be thrown and how each can be utilized. Most…
Top 6 Things To Check When Your Integration Is Not Working
In the spirit of all those top however many number lists we see populate the internet these days I have complied a top 6 list of things to check if your integration is not working in Maximo. So, no, this…
Maximo JSON API: An IoT Example
I've had a lot of conversations recently with folks attempting to implement more Condition Monitoring within their organization. The benefits of shifting from time-based maintenance to condition- or use-based maintenance are well documented and very real. However, making that shift…
MBOs in Automation Scripts: Adding New Objects to the Collection
In our previous posts in this series, we talked about how an MboSet is a collection of Mbo objects. This is analogous to a spreadsheet of data representing an MboSet, and a single row within that spreadsheet representing an Mbo.…
MBOs in Automation Scripts: Update Attributes of an Mbo
In our previous posts in this series, we talked about how an MboSet is a collection of Mbo objects. This is analogous to a spreadsheet of data representing an MboSet, and a single row within that spreadsheet representing an Mbo.…