Tailoring and Configuring for Enterprise and IT Asset Management 7.1

Course Description

Learn the core steps and considerations for tailoring and configuring IBM Tivoli Change and Configuration Management Database, IBM Tivoli Maximo Enterprise Asset Management, and IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT.

This course focuses primarily on the use of the Application Designer and Database Configuration applications. Application Designer is a what-you-see-is-what-you-get (WYSIWYG) editing environment for managing, editing, and creating applications and the user interfaces. Database Configuration is an application used for the management and administration of database objects and attributes. Through lecture, instructor demonstration, and labs, you will discuss extending the graphical user interface (GUI) and use Application Designer to modify and create applications. You will also use the Domains and Database Configuration applications to create and modify objects, attributes, domains, and relationships.

Note: This is not a java class or business component customization course. Those interested in creating and modifying the application user interface and supporting database objects may benefit from the base knowledge provided in this class, but will not be trained on how to create or customize java class files.

Who Will Benefit From This Course

This is an intermediate level course for individuals responsible for tailoring and customizing applications and the GUI, including the supporting database configuration tasks.

Prerequisites

You should complete:

• Navigation and Querying for Enterprise and IT Asset Management
• Security and Registration for Enterprise and IT Asset Management
• Immersion Training in IBM Maximo 6 for Enterprise Asset Management or
• Immersion Training in IBM Maximo 6 for IT

Skills Taught

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Navigate the Application Designer application and discuss its relationship with the Database Configuration, Security, and Conditional Expression Manager applications
• Create and modify database objects and attributes
• Create an index and a relationship for an object
• Create, clone, and modify applications
• Import and export applications

Course Outline

• Import/Export an application
• Clone an application and modify it:
  • Add and modify controls of an existing application
  • Add/remove a field
  • Change field labels
• Create and modify domains
• Create a new database object
• Create and modify the attributes of an object
• Create a relationship for an object
• Create a single tab application and add controls
  • Add/remove columns
  • Add Select Action menu items
  • Add Toolbar buttons
  • Create a Search menu
  • Modify the List tab of an application
  • Discuss the process of modifying dialog windows
  • Add Signature Security options and grant access/restrictions to an application
• Describe and discuss Conditional User Interface
• Describe the steps necessary to delete a user-created application