Calling Automation Script from List Tab

There are times where we have a list of filtered value and we would like to perform some action on that filtered data. The best place to filter data is the List tab of the application. But when I have the filtered list, how can we call the logic to be performed on the data.

Step 1: Create an Action Automation Script.
Step 2: Make sure the action has been created
Step 3: Create a Signature Option with the same name as Action Name
Step 4: Make sure the "This is an action that must be invoked by user in the UI" option is checked in the Signature option
Step 5: Attach the signature option in the List tab.
Step 6: Make sure the mxevent and signature option are correctly mapped to button field.

Now the question comes where to attach the button group in the List tab

<table datasrc="results_showlist"
id="results_showlist" inputmode="readonly" label="Work
Orders" mboname="WORKORDER" selectmode="multiple">

<buttongroup id="1580274294655">

<pushbutton
id="1580274294659" label="button 3"
mxevent="C_WO" sigoption="C_WO" value="C_WO"/>

</buttongroup>

<tablebody displayrowsperpage="20"
filterable="true" filterexpanded="true"
id="results_showlist_tablebody">

Sample Action Automation Script.

print("$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$")
print(mbo.getThisMboSet().count())
print("$%%%%%%%%%%%%%%#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@&%^&$%^&$%^&$^&$&")

The total number of work order that was filtered in the List tab was 30.

Log for the automation script is given in the below screen shot.

Now we have the mboset for work order. Using while or for we can loop through the mbo in action automation script.

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.