What s new in Maximo 7.6 Presenter: Jeff Yasinski
About the Presenter: Jeff Yasinski Jeff is a Senior Consulting Engineer at Ontracks Canadian practice in the Edmonton office. He is a Computer Engineer and an IBM Certified Deployment Professional with over 6 years of development and database experience. His focus primarily lies in Maximo integrations, customizations, implementations and upgrades. He has worked on numerous Maximo Projects involving clients in North America. Questions on Maximo? Contact Jeff directly at: email: jyasinski@ontracksconsulting.com Phone: (780) 637-4130 x227
Agenda Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations New Features and Functionality Upgrading to Maximo 7.6 Live Demonstration of Maximo 7.6 Questions
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Release date: December 12 th / 2015 o Initial version is 7.6.0.0 o will be backwards compatible with Industry solutions. Review the Maximo coexistence matrix for exact version requirements
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Maximo 7.6 installer has been overhauled o Launchpad o Planning and deployment. Similar to the 7.1/7.5 launchpad o Installation Manager o Copies/Installs files and Versioning control o Single interface uses a repository for install media o Configuration and Deployment o Wizard tool which allows you to select options for configuration such as: Application Server settings, Clustering, Authentication, Database and Deployment
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Launchpad Installation planning, Product information
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Installation Manager Installation path and features
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Configuration and Deployment
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Administrative Workstation o Windows 2012 R2 o Added Linux (SLES 11, RHEL 6/7) and AIX 7.1 support Application Server Support o Websphere 8.5.5.3, 8.5 o Weblogic 12c JRE (Server) o 1.7
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Databases o DB2 10.1, DB2 10.5 (bundled with Maximo 7.6) o Oracle 11gR2, 12c o SQL Server 2012, 2014 (supported in future fix pack) Browser Support o IE 8, 9, 10, 11 Compatibility mode no longer required in IE 10 and 11 o Firefox 31 o Chrome 36 o Safari 7 (on Mac) JRE (Browser) o 1.7.0_55, 1.7.0_65, 1.7.0_67
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Licensing o Maximo Everyplace is now included as part of the Maximo 7.6 release and no additional licensing is required (for authorized user) o Allows for mobile access through a browser on connected devices.
Maximo 7.6 Release Details and Considerations Licensing o Limited Use Licenses 3 Modules per user, not company anymore
New Features and Functionality User Interface Changes o New collapsible navigation menu o Ability to minimize o Select action included o Saved Queries
New Features and Functionality
New Features and Functionality
New Features and Functionality
New Features and Functionality User Interface Changes o New collapsible navigation menu o Setting to be able to show or hide can be set per system, user or group
New Features and Functionality User Interface Changes o Label Positioning o System setting
New Features and Functionality User Interface Changes o New UI Skin tivoli13
New Features and Functionality
New Features and Functionality User Interface Changes o Hover dialogs
New Features and Functionality User Interface Changes o Hover dialogs
New Features and Functionality Record Edit Mode o user has ability to exclusively lock and edit the record o reduce the number of refetch and try again errors o enabled through application designer
New Features and Functionality Record Edit Mode o when locked, other users cannot modify or save o unlocked through the Record Release application by administrator o records are unlocked or released when user logs out or times out o errors may occur if system events try updating records while locked
New Features and Functionality Integration o automation scripts can be used for processing integration data o Previous versions required either a java user exit class or processing rules o smaller enhancements to help in troubleshooting (message reprocessing and message tracking)
New Features and Functionality Integration o automation scripts can be used for processing integration data o Previous versions required either a java user exit class or processing rules o smaller enhancements to help in troubleshooting (message reprocessing and message tracking)
New Features and Functionality Reporting o capabilities are enhanced with new applications and improved usability o KPI templates simplifies creation of new KPI s by reusing common queries o KPI viewer single application to view all KPI s o KPI manager changes to KPI permissions by security group, colors and scheduling o New Analytics Module in the go to menu
New Features and Functionality Reporting o BIRT reporting enhancements o BIRT Version 4.3.1 is now used in Maximo 7.6 o better system performance and greater flexibility o Improved logging and troubleshooting information o 12 report formats (Including XLS) o ability to schedule a XLS spreadsheet report o Cognos reporting enhancements o Business Intelligence (BI) packs o Greater flexibility on configurations
New Features and Functionality Reporting o Ad Hoc reports have been greatly improved o General user experience improvements o Calculations adds additional columns to report with calculated information o eg. Days until work order target start date o Summaries full report summaries such as sum, count, min, max, median, mode and average.
New Features and Functionality Reporting o Ad Hoc reports have been greatly improved o General user experience improvements o Calculations adds additional columns to report with calculated information o eg. Days until work order target start date o Summaries full report summaries such as sum, count, min, max, median, mode and average.
New Features and Functionality Multi-tenant o Allows for multiple customers to access and coexist in the same Maximo environment / install o Shares the same database yet data is isolated and secure o One deployment and one database can host multiple tenants o Must install the Multi-tenant version of Maximo 7.6. Unable to switch from Multi-tenant to regular (and vise-versa)
Upgrading to Maximo 7.6 Maximo 7.1 End of Support o Effective April 30, 2015, fixes, patches, and telephone support are no longer provided for Maximo 7.1x and it's corresponding components and add-ons of the same version o Extended support is available from IBM but at a premium price Recommend starting your planning or upgrade as soon as possible if you are currently on Maximo 7.1
Upgrading to Maximo 7.6 Upgrade Path o recommend running integrity checker at each step o fix all errors and review all warnings at each step o upgrading to Maximo 7.6 uses the same updatedb command similar to the 7.1->7.5 upgrade o Requires a new administrative workstation for the final Maximo 7.6.0.0 environment Maximo 7.1.1.x Maximo 7.1.1.13 Maximo 7.5.0.x Maximo 7.5.0.6 or 7.5.0.7 Maximo 7.6.0.0
Upgrading to Maximo 7.6 Upgrade o All data (*integrity checker) o Any configurations that you performed with the Maximo configuration tools (actions, roles, comm templates,etc) o Database configuration (added fields) o User interface and presentation layer (applications) o Workflow processes o Data validations and defaults (domains, application designer) o Integration definitions o Escalations
Upgrading to Maximo 7.6 Upgrade o Recommend a new installation (always reference the compatibility Matrix for supported platforms) o Migrate database (supported database changes from 7.5) o Perform a trial upgrade o Check database integrity,number of errors, fixes Please contact us if you require any assistance with a trial upgrade or any help with getting to Maximo 7.6
New Features and Functionality 1) we can help with any trial upgrades to see how to get to 7.6 and what it would take 2) 7.1. expires in April and 3) we'd do any other demo's privately for them if they want to discuss specific functionality further do you mind covering those, if you hadn't planned to already
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Helpful Maximo Resources View our Past Webcasts Learn more: Maximo Webcast Archive IBM resources: Maximo 7.6 Information
For questions, please contact Jeff Yasinski at: (780) 637-4130 x227 or jyasinski@ontracksconsulting.com www.ontracksconsulting.com Thank you!