Launch in Context

Launch in Context is an option available in System Configuration --> Platform Configuration in Maximo 7.5.
It is used to create and manage launch entries that opens an application or website [in the same or a different browser session], that is external to the system.

This document briefs the use of Launch in Context option to open an external link by passing TICKETID as parameter from SR application.  

The below IBM article shows a way to show the ship address, billing address and address of a Person on Google Maps.

 https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=a9ba1efe-b731-4317-9724-a181d6155e3a#fullpageWidgetId=W5f281fe58c09_49c7_9fa4_e094f86b7e98&file=a6af8bfb-8b72-4b57-945c-786ab4d71b14

Open an external webpage from SR application, passing the TICKETID as parameter.

1.  Open the “Launch in Context” application from System Configuration --> Platform Configuration.

2. Create a new Launch Entry  

      3. The major parameters to note here are as follows:

i) “Console URL” à http://www.ibm.com/ticketid={ticketid} [I used a sample link].

   Any variable to be passed should be included within {}.

ii) “Target Brower Window”  --> It should be “_blank”, to open in a new window.

The Launch Contexts section is optional. Here, this Launch Entry is restricted to SR application.

If there are no values in the Launch Context section, it can be used from any object.

  

4.   Save the Launch entry.

Add a link in SR application

1.     Go to application designer, open SR application. Go to Select Action --> Add Modify Signature Options.
2.     Create a new option like below

  

Maximize the Advanced Signature Options section, and associate the launch entry created earlier.

3.  Make sure to grant this option to the security groups that you decide on.

4.      Now, you can do “Select Action / Add Modify Toolbar Menu”, and have a button created which will call this signature option

 

 

Here, the Image value uses the same icon that launches query reports.

5.    The new button now appears on the SR screen

6. Clicking that tries to open the Console URL link.