IBM Support Terminology

 APRR (defect)

a request / defect reported to IBM (authorized program analysis report)

TPAE (application architecture)

Tivoli's Process Automation Engine / Base Services

Core Java Classes that can be used to build Java applications. 

Benefit: The benefit of using TPAE architecture is that the core functionality of many Java applications DOES NOT need to be coded by the application. Each application relies on base classes for core functionality rather than to code in each.

base system core functionally, security tools for user, role, group management

Interim Fix (patch):

a patch to fix a confirmed product defect reported by clients from IBM technical developers reported. 

It contains 1 or more product defects/APARs. the most common patch that IBM delivers.

Fix Pack (Cumulative patches):

A cumulative collection of all patches/fixes since that last released FP. (usually every after 4 months)

Service Pack: (like windows sp1,2,3,4 and then new windows like from 98 to xp, 7, 8,10)

A new feature release

Delete a Person from a list of Person Groups (Dialog, Automation Script) | Maximo

A revised version of the existing post Delete a Person from Person Groups (LIST VIEW QUERY) using Automation Script | Maximo.

We are going to add a dialog box on the list view of Person Group Application to choose the Person to be deleted. 

1. New Non-Persistent Object with one attribute Personid

Object Name: NP_DELETE_PERSONID

Attribute:        NP_personid

Reassign Workflow Assignments in Bulk using Escalation | IBM Maximo

Sometimes you have the requirement of reassignment of 200-300 workflow assignments for users.

You can reassign the workflow assignments using an Escalation based on the WFAssignment object. In this example, we will reassign all of Umar's (personid=116524) WF Assignments for application to Qadeer. To do all of Umar's assignments, not just the specific application assignments, leave off the "app =" parameter used below. 

Condition:

WFID != 0 and assignstatus = 'ACTIVE' and assigncode = '116524' and app = 'SR'

Create escalation point bute Leave all the escalation point fields empty. Repeat is off

Create and Attach Action:

Create an action on the same object with set Value of replacement user's assigncode.

Invoke/Call any dialog from Automation Script | Maximo

Question:

Can we invoke/call my custom dialog or any dialog from the automation script, like we usually can trigger it from the Push button or from Select Action of the application 

Answer:

Yes, you can in the latest version 7.6.1. 

1. Get the dialog name from the application designer 

2. using below mentioned automation script to call it. 

In my example, I created one object launch point automation on the work order application to trigger automation. 

Below is the body of the automation in which I called one of the standard change status dialogs. 

from psdi.server import MXServer

from psdi.mbo import MboConstants

from psdi.common.context import UIContext

from psdi.webclient.system.controller import SessionContext, Utility, WebClientEvent

mxServer = MXServer.getMXServer()

userInfo = mxServer.getUserInfo("maxadmin")

vmbo = mbo.getString("wonum")

if vmbo == '30352551':

    context = UIContext.getCurrentContext()

    if context:

        wcs = context.getWebClientSession()

        Utility().sendEvent(WebClientEvent("status", wcs.getCurrentPageId(), None, SessionContext(wcs)))

        #service.error("",str(abc))

To Close a dialog, either use "okdialog" or in the newer version in can be done with 1 line of code:

service.closeDialog() 

Make Memo field mandatory on specific inputs in workflow | Maximo

 It's very simple by using just once Global data restriction based on conditions.

1. create an expression using Conditional expression Manager (copy this)

(

    :ACTIONID in (

        select

            distinct ACTIONID

          from

            WFACTION

         where

            1 = 1

            and PROCESSNAME = 'SR'

            and PROCESSREV='1'

    )

)

2. Create Global Data Restriction -> Attribute Restriction -> New Row

Object	:	INPUTWF
Attribute	:	MEMO
Application	:	SR
Type	:	QUALIFIED
Reevaluate	?	y
Condition	:	myCondition (the one we created in step 1)

Workflow Handling from Automation Script | IBM Maximo

Initiate a workflow from Automation Script. 

from psdi.server import MXServer

mxs = MXServer.getMXServer()

wfstart = mxs.lookup('WORKFLOW')

wfstart.initiateWorkflow('CSPREIMB',mbo)

 

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or define a function in your script and call it whenever needed as below:

Function Defination:

def startwf(a):
   actionSet = MXServer.getMXServer().getMboSet("action", a.getUserInfo());
   sqf = SqlFormat("action = :1")
   sqf.setObject(1, "action", "action", "STWFEUNRI")
   actionSet.setWhere(sqf.format())
   actionSet.reset()
   actionSet.getMbo(0).executeAction(a)

 

Function Call:

startwf(MboVariable)

 2. Stop an active workflow from Automation Script. 

from psdi.server import MXServer

mxs = MXServer.getMXServer().lookup('WORKFLOW') 

wfstop = mxs.getActiveInstances(mbo)

         wfstart.getMbo(0).stopWorkflow('Stopped')

 

Invoke Action from Automation Script | IBM Maximo

from psdi.common.action import Action, ActionRemote

from psdi.security import UserInfo

from psdi.server import MXServer

mxServer = MXServer.getMXServer()

userInfo = mbo.getUserInfo()

actionSet = mxServer.getMboSet("ACTION", userInfo)

actionSet.reset()

actionSet.setWhere("action = 'INV_RUN_REP'")

if(not actionSet.isEmpty()):

action = actionSet.getMbo(0)

action.executeAction(mbo)

actionSet.close()

Modify Maximo URL's Context Root | Maximo

 Some times we need to change the default context root (/maximo) to something else, for example "/maximoprod"

http://localhost/maximo     ------->>>>        http://localhost/maximoprod

1. login to Websphere (https://maximo76.el.com:9043/ibm/console/) with wasadmin user

2. Applications > Enterprise Applications > MAXIMO > Context Root For Web Modules.

and modify the context root to "maximoprod" instead of "maximo" , as in my example. 

Restart Application server or Ripple start your cluster to login with new URL : 

http://maximo76.el.com/maximoprod

you are done :)