I'm keen to understand how other companies manage the photos of their assets. We are keen to avoid storing within our Maximo servers, but keen to integrate or launch a search from within Maximo to another system where the photos are stored along with their metadata. To date we have photos stored in fileshares and SharePoint, but are looking to consolidate and get consistency of metadata, as well as managing retention. Any ideas?

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Not understanding your point about metadata. The metadata is stored in the photo.. you want to extract this metadata and be able to process it or display it in another system? Is this just for images, or do you want to searching on other file types such as Word docs, PDF, etc.

Have you considered just mountain a file share (Samba) or Windows file sharing to another server that only stores digital assets?

We put our files on a web server (IBM HTTP Server) for now, but as the content grows, we are considering moving it to a Linux server that is used exclusively as a repository for files. We would just repoint doclinks folder from being on the Web Server and symlink (junction) to the new server.

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Hi Grant,

On the other hand, now that I look around this forum some more, my comments are out of context so pfft on what I wrote. :)

Jeff

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Our photos are of electricity transmission assets, including as-builts, along with photos referencing condition, defects, during construction etc. These photos are used for a variety of activities, but include making asset management decisions. 

While many of the photos are taken while performing work orders that originate in Maximo, we are looking to keep these off the Maximo servers, and stored in a place which is easy to search (from a variety of different applications), manage in bulk (e.g. apply metadata etc).

We will store standard photograph metadata, along with details of site, network location, asset ID, and for certain photos, make, model etc of asset, retention and disposal policy etc.

Looks like we will manage in a Sharepoint Asset library in the interim, but plan on a long term solution within the next 18 months .... maybe SharePoint based.

So would be keen to hear what other asset intensive businesses are using to manage photos of their assets ..... and what integration they have to Maximo.

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Looking into this myself in 2022 and after doing a bit of google searching who should I find with a similar question?!

I may also consider going the other way - creating a new folder for attachments in Assets or Locations etc to store images on the record itself within Maximo.

I'll also be considering in app viewers to preview the attachment images, given some will be 360 photos of plant rooms etc that don't display well when viewing the raw stretched out image.

@Grant Newton given you've done this already by now, care to share your thoughts and feelings on image linking to external storage etc within Maximo?

 

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Richard Jackson
Asset Information and Systems Manager
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand
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Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 07, 2016 03:18 AM
From: Grant Newton
Subject: Managing photos of assets

Our photos are of electricity transmission assets, including as-builts, along with photos referencing condition, defects, during construction etc. These photos are used for a variety of activities, but include making asset management decisions. 

While many of the photos are taken while performing work orders that originate in Maximo, we are looking to keep these off the Maximo servers, and stored in a place which is easy to search (from a variety of different applications), manage in bulk (e.g. apply metadata etc).

We will store standard photograph metadata, along with details of site, network location, asset ID, and for certain photos, make, model etc of asset, retention and disposal policy etc.

Looks like we will manage in a Sharepoint Asset library in the interim, but plan on a long term solution within the next 18 months .... maybe SharePoint based.

So would be keen to hear what other asset intensive businesses are using to manage photos of their assets ..... and what integration they have to Maximo.

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To make things simpler in Maximo, I'm thinking about creating special folders for pictures attached to things like Assets or Locations. This way, we can keep the images right on the record in Maximo for easy access and organization. Additionally, I'm looking into using in-app tools to help us see these attached images more easily, especially if they're 360-degree photos of areas like plant rooms that can look weird when you view them in their original stretched-out form. If anyone, like @Grant Newton, has already done this, it would be great to hear their thoughts and experiences with linking images to external storage in Maximo. https://welpix.com/

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john smith
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 23, 2022 08:24 PM
From: Richard Jackson
Subject: Managing photos of assets

Looking into this myself in 2022 and after doing a bit of google searching who should I find with a similar question?!

I may also consider going the other way - creating a new folder for attachments in Assets or Locations etc to store images on the record itself within Maximo.

I'll also be considering in app viewers to preview the attachment images, given some will be 360 photos of plant rooms etc that don't display well when viewing the raw stretched out image.

@Grant Newton given you've done this already by now, care to share your thoughts and feelings on image linking to external storage etc within Maximo?

 

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Richard Jackson
Asset Information and Systems Manager
Massey University
Palmerston North
New Zealand

Original Message:
Sent: Mon March 07, 2016 03:18 AM
From: Grant Newton
Subject: Managing photos of assets

Our photos are of electricity transmission assets, including as-builts, along with photos referencing condition, defects, during construction etc. These photos are used for a variety of activities, but include making asset management decisions. 

While many of the photos are taken while performing work orders that originate in Maximo, we are looking to keep these off the Maximo servers, and stored in a place which is easy to search (from a variety of different applications), manage in bulk (e.g. apply metadata etc).

We will store standard photograph metadata, along with details of site, network location, asset ID, and for certain photos, make, model etc of asset, retention and disposal policy etc.

Looks like we will manage in a Sharepoint Asset library in the interim, but plan on a long term solution within the next 18 months .... maybe SharePoint based.

So would be keen to hear what other asset intensive businesses are using to manage photos of their assets ..... and what integration they have to Maximo.

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To solve this, you can store your asset photos and their info in a different system that's good at storing and finding them easily. Then, connect this system with Maximo. This means the pictures stay outside Maximo, but you can still see them when you want in Maximo. To bring all your old photos from file shares and SharePoint together, use special tools to move them smoothly. Make a standard way to handle info about the photos and decide how long to keep them. Also, talking to other companies that have similar issues can help you figure out the best way to do this.

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john smith
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu February 11, 2016 06:46 PM
From: Grant Newton
Subject: Managing photos of assets

I'm keen to understand how other companies manage the photos of their assets. We are keen to avoid storing within our Maximo servers, but keen to integrate or launch a search from within Maximo to another system where the photos are stored along with their metadata. To date we have photos stored in fileshares and SharePoint, but are looking to consolidate and get consistency of metadata, as well as managing retention. Any ideas?

#AssetandFacilitiesManagement
#Maximo