IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.

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Kim Woodbury, Senior Product Manager
Pam Denny, BI Architect

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IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6

Improve visibility, increase resource utilization and reduce costs
Focus on User Experience new look and feel,
expanded start center configuration options
Analytical insights through Reporting, KPIs and
Dashboards improved performance, increased user
access and better tools to monitor the health of your
business
Functional Enhancements improved crew
management and service addresses to support maps
Technology Improvements expanded install and
platform support
Built-in Mobility Capabilities through Everyplace

Expanded capabilities to support business intelligence

Intuitive navigation for users
Increased Serviceability
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Maximo 7.6
USER EXPERIENCE
A new look introducing updated fonts, colors and styling
of applications
Application navigation (nested view) and Breadcrumbs
across top.
Hover dialog provides additional field information
Startcenter multiple objects per result set
Exclusive Record Editing, Improved Date/Time
calculations across timezones in Labor Transactions

FOCUS ON REPORTING AND KPIs

Executive dashboards with Metric Reports and Metric

Workspace Displays
Performance improvements in reporting solutions
Focus on metrics, including New KPI Template and KPI
Viewer Applications
Incorporation of calculations on ad-hoc reports
Updated report architecture for enhanced configurability
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FUNCTIONAL ENHANCEMENTS
Capabilities to support Crews including Crew types and a

Crew application
Service Addresses for Assets & Locations
Public Map API and Application Designer for the Map
Control (Google, Bing, ESRI)
Introduce Log tab in Quick Reporting, PR and PO
applications

INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY
IBM Install Manager for a consistent user experience across

installation of IBM offerings

Automation of common configuration scenarios, such as middleware re-

configuration, ID and password changes, and language deployment

Better installation and configuration help and progressive disclosure
Enablement for future capabilities such as fix pack and hot fix deployment

Support for multiple tenants in a single environment

A broad choice of supported technologies to best meet your

requirements. (Middleware/OS/Browsers)
Scripting Enhancements that expands to other customizations points
4of the objects and attributes and integration framework, including
endpoints, object structures and exits.

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Improving the User Experience

Introduction of a new look and feel, more intuitive navigation, providing more
information to the user, and offering more configuration of the start center will
allow for reduction of training costs and increased user satisfaction.

New look

Multiple Icons

Side bar Navigation

Hover Dialogs

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User Interface styling changes

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User Interface styling - apps

Lightweight headings

Sections no longer expand to full page width

Reduced spacing between fields

Provide the ability to have multiple detail icons on a single field to allow single quick
access to frequently used actions.
Up to 3 additional icons

Menu icon still shows

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Hover Dialogs provide detailed information more quickly

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Enabling Exclusive Edit Mode to prevent record conflicts

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Invest in asset management capabilities

Improved flexibility of work assignment through crews and visibility on
maps.

Extend the use of

Communication logs to
Quick reporting and
purchasing applications

Crew Management,
Service Address and
Open Map API support for
improved work dispatching
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IBM Maximo Everyplace Embedded

Allows users to access any existing
IBM Maximo application on an
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Android or
other supported device without
installing anything on those devices
Maximo Everyplace enables users to:
Shorten the lag time between an events
occurrence and the recording of that event
in the system. theres no need to wait until
they get back to their desk to enter or
retrieve data.
Increase accuracy of data in the system by
allowing them to enter information while
its fresh in their minds.
Offer convenient, targeted access to
Maximo for workers who dont regularly sit
at a desk or use a desktop computer.
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Maximo 7.6: Additional Business Intelligence Features

Cognos

Entitlement

Upgrade

Meta data
Restrictions

BI Packs

Content

Historical Data

Trending

BIRT

BROS
Updates

Upgrade

Performance

Record Limits

Calculations

Summaries

Templates

Viewer

Scheduling

Ad Hoc

Maximo KPI
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Maximo 7.6: Cognos Value

Streamlined Access
- Direct Cognos entitlement provides new tools to analyze data at deeper level
- Additional access points to quickly launch to Cognos
User Experience
- Direct access to Cognos environment for Business Analyst/Power user
Secured Access
- Metadata published thru integration contains Site/Set/Org data restrictions

Performance
- Simplified installation to reduce deployment time
- Consolidated namespaces reduce deployment time and provide additional
platform support (ex. Non Windows environments)
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Cognos Product Entitlement By Release

MORE in Maximo 7.6!
Maximo 7.5
TCR 2.1, Cognos 8.4

Maximo 7.6
Cognos 10.2.1

Cognos Connection
Cognos Administration
Report Studio

BI Server

Query Studio
Framework Manager
SDK
Cognos Workspace Advanced
Cognos Workspace

BI Server

Cognos Insight
Cognos Life Cycle Manager

Cognos Dynamic Query Analyzer

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NEW! Maximo 7.6 Cognos Features

1. Direct log in to Cognos Portal (Business/Power User)

2. Application of site restrictions on meta data to insure user consistently sees

what they only have access to

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Maximo 7.6: Additional Business Intelligence Features

Cognos

Upgrade

Localization

Meta data
Restrictions

BI Packs

Content

Historical Data

Trending

BIRT

BROS
Updates

Upgrade

Performance

Record Limits

Calculations

Summaries

Templates

Viewer

Scheduling

Ad Hoc

Maximo KPI
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Maximo 76 Cognos Content: BI Packs Value

User Experience
- Visual representation of Maximo data thru eye catching visual displays
- Dynamic display of data thru workspace filters
- Modify content by adding/removing content to drilldown to issues
Configurability
- Configurable workspace graph types and content for users individual needs
Secured Access
- Utilization of Site/Set/Org restrictions in metadata packages

Collaborate
- Share results thru comments, emailed content and saved workspaces
- Link to detailed report results to drilldown
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Maximo BI Packs: Content

Four Areas of Focus

Work Order Asset Failure
Management Management
Backlog WO
Overdue WO
Unplanned WO
WO Costs

# of Failures
MTTR
MTBF
Asset Availability

Inventory
Asset
Management Management
PM Plans
Spare Parts
Avg Maint Costs
Actual to Budget Costs

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Inventory Turns
Inventory Currency
Material Stock outs
Inactive Inventory

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Two types of Workspaces in Maximo 7.6

Application
Workspaces

Trending
Workspaces

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Maximo 7.6: Additional Business Intelligence Features

Cognos

Upgrade

Localization

Meta data
Restrictions

BI Packs

Content

Historical Data

Trending

BIRT

BROS
Updates

Upgrade

Performance

Record Limits

Calculations

Summaries

Templates

Viewer

Scheduling

Ad Hoc

Maximo KPI
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Maximo 7.6 BIRT Value

Configure
- Configure file export options in report viewer to meet user/business needs
- Provide more email export file options to meet unique requirements/reduce file sizes
User Experience
- Improve display/data entry on request page thru configurable columns
Performance
- Prevent catastrophic server failures with massive reports thru Stop Limits
- Automatic notification of long running reports thru Report Escalations
- Enhanced report cancellation process to fully cancel report
Streamlined Access
- Additional logging information to debug report failures
- Export individual reports via UI to streamline modifications thru designer
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NEW! BIRT Features

1.

Enhanced architecture for report only server (BROS)

2.

Automated notification of Long Running reports thru Escalations

3.

Additional Email Export File Options -> file size, graphs

4.

Configurable file format export options from Report Viewer

5.

Addition of report server limits to prevent massive report execution

6.

Updates to Direct Print with Attachments process to reduce wait time

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Maximo 7.6: Additional Business Intelligence Features

Cognos

Upgrade

Localization

Meta data
Restrictions

BI Packs

Content

Historical Data

Trending

BIRT

BROS
Updates

Upgrade

Performance

Record Limits

Calculations

Summaries

Templates

Viewer

Scheduling

Ad Hoc

Maximo KPI
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Maximo 76: Ad Hoc Reporting Value

Streamlined Access
- Advanced calculation/summary features significantly reduce number of custom reports
-> reduce costs, development timelines, upgrade impacts
- > provides information when you need it

- Validate user expressions to minimize development time and reduce report failures
User Experience
- Clarify features and improve consistency thru re-designed dialog
- Expose data type values to validate results and reduce development time
Performance
- Define Preview limits to minimize record sets during report development
Secured Access
- Restrict advanced features to qualified users to insure data integrity
- Provide Expression library to control sql features used within report calculations
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New Maximo 7.6 Ad Hoc Dialog

Streamlined and Enhanced!

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NEW! User Defined Calculations and Summaries for Ad-Hoc reports

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Maximo 7.6: Additional Business Intelligence Features

Cognos

Upgrade

Localization

Meta data
Restrictions

BI Packs

Content

Historical Data

Trending

BIRT

BROS
Updates

Upgrade

Performance

Record Limits

Calculations

Summaries

Templates

Viewer

Scheduling

Ad Hoc

Maximo KPI
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Maximo 76 KPI Template, KPI Manager, KPI Viewer : Value

Collaborate
- Provide details on how KPI calculated and why it is critical to business
- Receive information when you need it via new KPI Scheduling features
- Communicate on actions taken and progress seen thru Comm Templates
Performance
- KPI Viewer improves Start Center load time by providing End user access
- Manage KPI Historical records thru Cron Tasks
Secured Access
- Restrict KPI access so users see KPIs applicable to them and their business needs
Streamlined Access
- Reduced KPI creation/maintenance time thru KPI Templates
- Access results quickly thru new Analytics Module
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NEW! Maximo 7.6 KPI Template Application

Streamlines creation/maintenance of KPIs for Administrators

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NEW! KPI Viewer Application

Display of metrics outside of the Start Center for Improved Performance

Trend Displays of metrics

Long Description for User Understanding of Metric

Communication and
Collaboration on KPI
values

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Technology
Delivering Client Value

Responding to Changing User needs

Install technology consistent with other IBM products

lead to reduced administrative training time.

Automation of common configuration scenarios,

such as middleware re-configuration, ID and
password changes, and language deployment

Reduced costs for hosting environment management

with the ability to manage multiple tenants in a single
environment.
Improvements to system interaction and cron task
performance increases productivity and overall
customer satisfaction.

Better installation and configuration help and

progressive disclosure
Support multiple tenants in a single environment
supporting lower cost of ownership for hosting
partners.
Administrative and serviceability items log
separator, Maximo Monitoring

New integration options

OSLC/JSON Integration Support

Expanded Scripting Options

Deliver Scheduler performance improvements

Scripting support for Object Structures, Publish
Channels and Enterprise Services

Examples:
Administrators use the same technology when installing many of IBMs solutions including Maximo,
middleware and databases reducing training time.
Support latest version of middleware and expand browser options to include Chrome.
Serviceability improvement wherein custom log messages are injected into log files for easier isolation of
a test block within the log file
Connection leak prevention improves server resiliency to long running connections.
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Better utilization of resources through cron task load balancing options.

Improvements to Serviceability

Message improvements
Descriptive pointing to object/attribute
LDAP mapping test to avoid null pointer exceptions

Crontask improvements
run on vs. do not run on
Load balancing

Troubleshooting
Custom log message
In-Session/User scoped logging
Static UI IDs
Additional logging captured in code

Utilities
Maximo Management Interface (MMI)
Utility to add to object structure exclude list for new attributes added during
upgrade/configure

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Custom log message

New dialog enabled on an application basis

Enter text to show up in log before and after problem reproduction

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Maximo Management Interface

MMI current agent list

Integrated into Maximo

framework
Real time access to environment
Extendable by IBM, partners,
clients
Uses Maximo standard security
Provides input to monitoring tools
Standardized JSON output

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Evolution of Maximo from single instance to multitenant

Corporation

Enterprise

Multitenant
Tenant A

Single Site

Tenant B

Tenant C

Sets
Sets

Sets

Sets

Orgs
Orgs

Orgs

Orgs

Sites
Sites

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Sites

Sites

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Multitenancy Capabilities
Separate Install Package within Passport

One time choice cannot move between MT and Non-MT

Cannot upgrade into an MT enabled environment
Support for DB2 only

Reduced administrative overhead for Hosting scenarios

Template data supports the ability to quickly onboard new tenants and
encourages best practices
Provides true separation of data and configurations between tenants
within the same instance of Maximo
Allows individual tenant business processes and screen designs
Robust data security (no cross visibility)

Overall improvements to performance due to potentially expediential

increase in users

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Upgrade

Upgrade will be available at the time of release

Maximo 7.5 Industry Solutions and add-ons will be certified to run-on
Maximo 7.6 (May require an incremental patch level)

Supported Migration Paths

Upgrade to 7.6 supported paths

7.1.1.12 -> 7.5.0.6 -> 7.6

7.1.1.13 -> 7.5.0.7 -> 7.6
7.5.0.6 -> 7.6
7.5.0.7 -> 7.6

Here are some possible routes that clients could update from 7.5.0.0

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7.5.0.0 -> 7.5.0.1 -> 7.5.0.6 -> 7.6

7.5.0.0 -> 7.5.0.1 -> 7.5.0.2 -> 7.5.0.3 -> 7.5.0.4 -> 7.5.0.5 -> 7.5.0.6 -> 7.5.0.7 -> 7.6
7.5.0.1 -> 7.5.0.6 -> 7.6
7.5.0.1 -> 7.5.0.7 -> 7.6

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Platform Support Maximo 7.6

Supported

OPERATING
SYSTEMS

Deprecated

AIX 7.1
Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6,7 (x86-64 & zLinux)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86-64 & zLinux)

AIX 6.1
HP-UX 11i v3
Solaris 9,10, 11
Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 ,11

NOTE: SOLARIS or HP-UX and 32-bit Linux versions

are no longer supported

DATABASES

IBM DB2 10.1, 10.5 (Workgroup and ESE)

Oracle 11g Rel2, 12c
Microsoft SQL Server 2012

IBM DB2 ESE 9.5, 9.7, 9.8

Oracle 10g Rel2, 11g Rel1, RAC 10g
Microsoft SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2
Internet Explorer 7.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.6, 4.0, 10.0, 17.0, 24.0

BROWSERS

Internet Explorer 8, 9
Internet Explorer 10, 11 (standards mode)
Mozilla Firefox 31
Google Chrome 36
Safari 7 (MAC only)
JRE 1.7.0 fix pack 55, 65
IBM WebSphere 8.5, 8.5.5
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c

IBM WebSphere 7.0, 8.0

Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.3

Application
Servers

REPORTING

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JDK 1.7.0

BIRT 4.3.1
COGNOS 10.2.1
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Kim Woodbury kwoodbur@us.ibm.com

Pam Denny pdenny@us.ibm.com
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