Conditionally Hide the Table Columns in the List tab of an application in Maximo

The objective is to hide a table column (in our example: "Loop Location" field in Assets Application) from the list tab.

Steps:

1. Navigate to the application designer, open up the record for Asset Application.

2. Click on the "Add/Modify Signature Options" from the Select Action Menu.

3. Click on "New Row" in the dialog box that appears and create a new entry. In our example, I have created C_HIDE.

4. Click on "OK" button and close the dialog box.

5. Click on the field that you intend to conditionally display / hide and open up the properties. In our example, we are opening the properties of "Loop Location" field.

6. Click on the "Advanced" tab on the properties window. 

7. Click on the lookup icon against the "Signature Option" and select the SigOption that was created in Step 3 (C_HIDE). Note: Please ensure you give the "SigOption Data Source ID" value as "MAINRECORD", else the conditional display will not work.

8. Click on the Save button to save the presentation XML.

9. Navigate to Administration -> Conditional Expression Manager, create a new condition. In our example, we have created a condition (C_HIDE). Save the record.

10. Navigate back to the Application Designer and open up the ASSET presentation XML.

11. Open up the properties window for "Loop Location" field and click on the Advanced Tab in the properties dialog box.

12. Click on the "Configure Conditional Properties" button.

13. Click on New Row under the "Security Groups" table and select EVERYONE

14. Click on New Row under the "Conditions for Security Group.." and select the condition that we created in Step 9 (C_HIDE).

15. Enter the property details as below:

16. Grant access to the newly created Signature Option under EVERYONE security group. If the group selected is different in Step 13, grant access to that specific group.

17. Log off and Login again.

18. Open the Asset application and check.

Display Length in Internal help Field

Maximo has the ability to display internal help about the field by pressing ATL + F1 or ALT + i. But sometime, I would like to know the length of the field with the Object, Attribute and remarks field. This can be achieved by making some changes in the jsp.

Navigate to the below location.

<SMP>\maximo\applications\maximo\maximouiweb\webmodule\webclient\components\fieldhelp.jsp

Below is the change you need to make in the fieldhelp.jsp. Make sure to take back up of the fieldhelp.jsp

String helpRemarks = fhComponent.getProperty("remarks")+".{"+fhComponent.getProperty("length")+"}";

After making the change, you need to build and deploy.

Multiple Data Export for Single Page Application

When we have a single page application and we try to export the data, we are only able to export a single mboset value.

For Example:

Signature Option Name to be displayed in Security Groups

In Maximo there is lot if Use for Sig options for hiding, making field required and many other purpose. But giving grant access in Security Groups is one of the toughest job. We create the sig option but we have to grant access to the sig option based on the description that was given in the application designer.

So to make things easy, we can also display the sig option name and the description together in Security Groups.

To make the sig option name to be displayed, navigate to the application designer application. Open the Security Groups (SECURGROUP) application.

Export the applicationid into a xml file. Find for the id appls_sigmain_table_tablebody_1a and appls_sigo_table_tablebody_1a. Include the the below tags

 <tablecol dataattribute="optionname" id="1565072808615"/> and 
 <tablecol dataattribute="optionname" id="1565072598311"/>

The final XML should look something like this,

Launch in Context in Maximo

In Maximo we came across a requirement, where we need to navigate from one maximo application to maximo  another application(without using the detail menu). For example, we need to navigate from asset to work order through click on button and navigation should occur based on the Asset current value. So when the control navigates from asset to Work order, all the work order should be displayed based on the asset. Below is the approach we have followed using Launch in Context. The example we have taken is navigation from Location to Work Order application based on the Current location.


1) Go to --> System Configuration --> Platform Configuration --> Launch in Context application and Create new launch entry.