Configuring Maximo Anywhere
You can configure Maximo Anywhere to suit the business needs of your organization. You can define work list queries and other settings for retrieving data from the server. You can enable maps, attachments, bar code scans, and data encryption. Configuration settings can apply at an application or system level.
- Application definition files
An application definition is an XML file that defines the user interface and data resources of a Maximo Anywhere mobile app. You can configure the app by editing the application definition, or, if it is enabled, the Anywhere Administration application. - Data resources in the application definition
The data that is used in a mobile app is specified in the application definition in the form of OSLC resources. Resources are categorized as primary, supporting, lookup, or system resources. These categories determine how the resources are specified in the application definition and how they are managed at run time. - Enabling the Anywhere Administration application
By default, the Anywhere Administration application is disabled. When you use the Anywhere Administration application to modify mobile apps, you do not need to rebuild and deploy the apps. - Modifying apps with the Anywhere Administration application
When you use the Anywhere Administration application to modify mobile apps, you do not need to rebuild and deploy the apps. When you define the group that can see the modifications to the apps, different users can see different types of data. - Defining work list queries
The work list queries that you define for a mobile app determine which records can be retrieved from the server by mobile users. You create custom queries in Maximo® Asset Management. You implement these queries in the mobile app by updating the application definition and deploying a new application version. You can also implement these queries by using the Anywhere Administration application if it is enabled. - Enabling push notifications for Maximo Anywhere mobile apps
By using push notifications, you can notify workers about assigned work, such as emergency work orders. Push notifications are enabled, by default, on both the Maximo Anywhere Inspection app and the Maximo Anywhere Work Execution app. You can enable push notifications for both Android and iOS devices. - Configuring blind and non-blind counts
Counts for the Physical Count app are either blind or non-blind. Blind counts are the default. To create blind counts or change non-blind counts into blind counts, you edit the app.xml file. You can also create these counts by using the Anywhere Administration application if it is enabled. - Specifying criteria for retrieving lookup data
To narrow the scope of the query for a lookup resource, you can add a WHERE clause to the resource in the application definition file. You can also add these WHERE clauses by using the Anywhere Administration application if it is enabled. The criteria in the WHERE clause are resolved dynamically when lookup data is retrieved from the provider application. - Enabling the ability to refresh any changes to the lookup or system data
You can enable refresh of any data changes rather than having to refresh the complete set of lookup or system data. - Configuring page sizes for retrieving data
To increase or reduce the number of records that are retrieved from the server at a time, you can configure the page size for primary, lookup, and system resources. - Configuring administrator control of undo actions on work order transactions
When administrator control of undo actions is enabled, mobile device users must ask for administrator permission to undo any work order transactions. By default, mobile device users can undo any work order transactions without asking for permission. - Failure reporting implementation in Maximo Anywhere
By default, the query that downloads failure data retrieves all records or instances of the resource that are available in the provider application. Depending on the requirements of your mobile app users, you might want to filter the result set to match custom criteria. - Configuring maps
Mobile workers can use the map view in the Maximo Anywhere Work Execution application and the Maximo Anywhere Inspection application to check the geographical location of work orders. To make the map view available, you must prepare the Maximo Anywhere environment and configure the application. - Recording and storing signatures
Maximo Anywhere uses Real Signature and electronic signature to record and store signatures. - Activating bar code scans
When bar code scans are activated, mobile device users can scan bar codes to review work order details. - Connecting Bluetooth bar code and RFID scanners to mobile apps
You must configure the scanner and then pair and connect the scanner to the device. - Enabling encryption of the local data store
You enable data encryption at the level of the Maximo Anywhere project. When encryption is enabled, the data store that is created on the device for each mobile app is automatically encrypted. - Changing the heartbeat interval
You can change the frequency of the heartbeat signal that is sent by active Maximo Anywhere apps to MobileFirst Server. - Attachments properties
The app-feature.properties file contains the property that enables attachments. The download and upload of attachments, the maximum size, and the location of attachments are controlled by properties in the worklight.properties file. You can also enable attachments by using the Anywhere Administration application if it is enabled. - Timeout properties
Both the amount of time allowed before a request times out and the amount of wait time before requests can be reissued after a timeout is controlled by properties in the worklight.properties file. You can also configure these timeout properties by using the Anywhere Administration application if it is enabled.