Integration Flow for Maximo Inbound Using Enterprise Service

Maximo integration framework has always intrigued me. There are different layers at which the MIF works in Maximo. So a college and me had done an experiment in Maximo inbound integration framework using enterprise service. We extended all the base Maximo integration class and added system.out messages to each of the extended methods.

Below is the flow of class that is called when data has been inbound. The experiment was done on Maximo 7.1 version.

Below is the color code for each of the applications.

Below is the flow of diagram from request XML up to Maximo business object validation.

Then response is followed from Maximo to the response XML.

Importing Item Assembly Structure through Application Import in Item Application

Step 1: Create an Object Structure

Parent : ITEM

Child : ITEMSTRUCT

Relationship : CHILDRENITEMSTRUCT

Step 2: Make sure to change the Alias of ITEMSTRUCT.ITEMID to C_ITEMID and check the support flat file Structure check box.