Installation of Maximo Content Pack from Local Directory

Installation of Maximo Content Pack from Local Directory

Even if you cannot access the internet, you can still install Smartcloud Control Desk content packs using using Content Installer.  However, you must first download the content pack remotely and then copy it to your SCCD server.

To install content packs from behind a firewall, complete the following steps.

1. Create an XML file called ContentSource.xml in the C:\temp directory on your Smartcloud Control Desk server system that contains the following text:
   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <catalog infourl="" lastModified="" owner=""
     xmlns:tns="http://www.ibm.com/tivoli/tpae/ContentCatalog"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="ContentCatalog.xsd">
     <catalogItem>
       <version>Enter the version number of the Content Installer pack, for example 7.5.1</version>
       <type>mriu</type>
       <name>Enter the name of package</name>
       <description>Enter a description of the package here</description>
       <homepage/>
       <licenseurl/>
       <category>Describe the category of the content</category>
       <url>file:////C:\temp\TestPackage.zip</url>
     </catalogItem> 
   </catalog>
2. Edit the name and description and the category according to the content that you are installing. Change the file name in the URL to the name of the content pack zip file.
3. Save the file.
4. Copy the content pack zip file to the C:\temp directory on the server.
5. Go to the ISM Content Installer application: System Configuration>IBM Content Installer.
6. Click the New icon.
7. Enter the location of the ContentSource.xml that you created in step 1 and a description. The file name in our example is:  file:////c:\temp\ContentSource.xml
8. Click Save.
9. Click the newly created content source.
10. Click the download link to install the content.

Differentiating ReportedBy and AffectedBy when using Classifications in SR

Question

I change the ReportedBy user in the Service Request but I'm not getting an updated list of classifications based on my new User. I can see the classifications that belonged to the original user. Why?

Cause

I'm creating an SR and I select ReportedBy User1, the list of classifications is populated but once I change that user to User2, the classifications aren't being updated based on the updated ReportedBy user.

Answer

The classification is filtered according to the Customer field. When you

add the User1 as Affected By, User1 is also added into Affected Person
that adds the Customer (customer) on the customer field. The customer field
is linked with Affected By person and not Reported By.
So when you change Reported By to User2, the Affected Person and
Customer fields are not changed. That is why an updated list in classifications is not being
displayed when you change the Reported By.


The customer comes from the Affected By, not the Reported By.

1. Go to SR app.
2. New SR
3. Entered Sinclair in Reported By. Sinclair also appeared in the
Affected By and Gillette appeared in the Customer field
4. Tabbed to the Affected By and replaced Sinclair by Reid. Received a
warning message about changing Customer value. I clicked on Accept My
Value.
5. Reid displayed in the Affected By field, and the Customer was
changed from Gillette to DCH.

Setting Site on SRs created from chats

Question

How do I change the default site that gets applied to a Service Request created from a chat so that it matches the SITE of the person who reports it?

Answer

1) Create a crossover domain with the following settings:

Name: SR_SITE
Object: PERSON
Validation Where clause: personid=:reportedby
Source field: LOCATIONSITE
Destination field: SITEID

2) Associate the created domain to the SR.REPORTEDBY attribute with Database Configuration

3) In the Attributes tab, select the REPORTEDBY attribute and click on the Edit Lookup Map button that is beside the trash button

4) Create a lookup map with the following settings:

Target Attribute: SITEID
Source Object: Person
Source Key: Locationsite
Sequence: 1
Allow Null: checked

With that setting the livechat will be creating SRs, where the SITEID will be the same of the REPORTEDBY Site id.

Note that it is required that the Person record, in the Peoples applications have the Person's Site set.

Relating incident records to global issue not working

Problem(Abstract)

From an Incident select "Show Similiar Tickets' from action menu, check the relate incident records , click the 'relate records to global issue' , receive 'bmxaa4187e relationship called does not exist for the TICKET business object'

Cause

System does not allow you to relate incidents to global incidents.

Resolving the problem

Add the following relationship to the INCIDENT object.
Field Value
Relationship GLOBALINCIDENT
Where Clause ticketid=:globalticketid and class='INCIDENT'
Child Object INCIDENT
Remarks Relationship to the global incident for this
incident

Advance Search and Save Query buttons

Technote (troubleshooting)

Problem(Abstract)

The Advanced Search and Save Query buttons aren't showing up in View Service Requests application.

Symptom

These buttons are missing from the application.

Diagnosing the problem

Go to Self Service -> Service Requests -> View Service Requests. The bottom table is View Service Requests. The table looks like this:

Resolving the problem

Go to System Configuration -> Platform Configuration -> System Properties.
Search for mxe.webclient.searchMenubar.
Set the Global Value to = 1.

Save.
Click the checkmark next to property name and hit Live Refresh

Now if you go back to View Service Requests this is how it looks:

Service bulletin warning dialog in incidents and service requests

This document applies only to the following language version(s):

English

Question

How to enable or disable the service bulletin warning dialog in incidents and service requests application

Answer

Procedure:
1. Open the System Properties application (Go To > System Configuration > Platform Configuration > System Properties).
2. Click Filter.
3. In the Property Name field, type the first few letters of the property that you want to modify, and press Enter.
This is the property Name:
pmcom.ticket.enable.serviceBulletinWarningDialog

4 Open the property, and in the Global Value field, enter 1 to enable the dialog or 0 to disable it.
5 Click save 
6 Check the box beside the name of the property that you have modified, and click live refresh  to refresh the system properties to include your modification.

Adding button to row of buttons on top of app

Question

How to add a button to the top of the app?
 For example, how to add the "Take Ownership" button to the top of the Service Request (SR) app?

Answer

To add the Take Ownership button to the toolbar of the SR app, follow these steps.
Note that step #8 is not necessary for the Take Ownership button but may be necessary for other actions that do not appear in the left pane.

1) Go to -> System Configuration -> Platform Configuration -> System Properties

2) In Global Properties - filter by mxe.webclient.showOnToolbar

3) In Global Value - Add OWNERSHIP. OWNERSHIP is the action for "Take Ownership". Use the action for the button you wish to add.
For example, the value will be something like this:

INSERT,SAVE,CLEAR,PREVIOUS,NEXT,NAVHISTORY

Instead change it to this:

INSERT,SAVE,CLEAR,PREVIOUS,NEXT,NAVHISTORY,OWNERSHIP

That is, add OWNERSHIP. Where you add it does not make a difference in how it is displayed, so just add it to the end.

4) Save

5) Check the mxe.webclient.showOnToolbar and click on Live Refresh

6) Click OK

7) Go to -> Service Desk -> Service Request

8) The icon should appear in the toolbar. If it does not, then go to App Designer and select "Add Modify Toolbar Menu".
Add a new row with these values:

Element Type: OPTION
Key Value: OWNERSHIP
Position: (give it a number to determine where it shows relative to the over button's values)
Subposition: 0
Image: nav_icon_takeOwnership.gif
Visible: mark the checkbox
Access Key: CTRL+ALT+T
Tabs: All

Now #8 should already be set up for you. There should already be an
OWNERSHIP value but I am putting it here so you know all the steps
involved in making this button appear. Remove either the property or
the row, and the button will disappear.