Adding a pushbutton

Adding a pushbutton gives Maximo users access to the signature option that you have created. You can also gives users access with a menu option as described in Adding a menu option.

To add a pushbutton:

1. In Maximo , click Go To, point to System Configuration, point to Platform Configuration, and click Application Designer. The Applications filter page appears.
2. Find and open the application record to which you want to associate the Launch in Context entry. The application's Workspace page appears.
3. Click the tab of the application workspace where you want to add the pushbutton, for example, Work Order or Asset. The selected workspace appears.
4. On the toolbar, click Control Palette . The Controls palette appears.
5. Drag the ButtonGroup control to the location in the application workspace where you want the pushbutton to appear, for example, in the Linked documents header at the bottom of the workspace. A new pushbutton appears.
6. Right-click the pushbutton (not the button label) and click Properties in the shortcut menu that appears. The Pushbutton Properties dialog box appears.
7. Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

8. Click Save Application Definition .
9. Close the Pushbutton Properties window.
10. Right-click buttongroup and click Properties in the shortcut menu that appears. Change the Label property to an appropriate name, for example, Linked Documents.
11. Repeat steps 2 to 9 for each signature option that you created as described in Creating a signature option.
12. Log off of Maximo and restart the Maximo server.