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Customizing Maximo’s Menus and Toolbars
Sept. 22, 2011
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MENUS.XML – What it is and how to use it.
How to customize tool bars
Integrating HTML with XML
Demonstration
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• Reduce clutter
• Add functions
• Create shortcuts
• Takes away the need for many clicks
• Pleasing interface
• Makes life easier on the user.
Advantages of Customizing Menus and Toolbars
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• There are always some risks involved.
• Make sure that the necessary precautions are taken
• Make all changes in your Dev environment first.
• Test, test, test
Disadvantages of Customizing Menus and Toolbars
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• Create button to launch workflow
– Multiple workflows to choose from
– Many clicks to launch a workflow
– Chance of error
– Adding a button eliminates these problems
Example 1
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• Launch Communication Template
– Created a shortcut for the user
– Reduced the number of clicks
Example 2
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• Menu selections of Maximo fields
• Accessible via Application Designer
– Must be edited in a text editor
• Each menu is made up of menu items
• Menu items have the following attributes
– id
– label
– image
– event
MENUS.XML
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MENUS.XML
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MENUS.XML
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• You can modify toolbars of Applications in Application Designer
• Can add buttons using Select Action -> Add/Modify Toolbar Menu
• To add a new button you need:
– Element Type
– Key Value
– Position/Subposition
– Tabs
Customizing Toolbars
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Customizing Toolbars
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Customizing Toolbars
Before
After
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• Excellent way to customize the interface
• Add some functionality to the interface where you otherwise couldn’t
• Special Delimiters
– < = <
– > = >
– " = “
Integrating HTML into XML
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• To add an email link in HTML would normally look like:
• <a href=“mailto:[email protected]”>Dean Kees</a>
• Using the special delimiters, it turns into this:
• <a href="mailto:[email protected]">
[email protected]</a>
Integrating HTML into XML
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Integrating HTML into XML
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• Editing the Menus and Toolbars are Configurations
• All modified using out-of-the-box tools
• Changes should be upgradeable from Maximo 6 to Maximo 7.1 to Maximo 7.5
Upgradeability of Configurations
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Thank you for attending our webcast.
www.ontracksconsulting.com
If you have any questions regarding the content of this webcast, or for additional information contact the presenter, Dean Kees at:
Email: [email protected] Phone: 780-722-5375