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Maximo OSLC Integration with External System- Get data in JSON format

Greetings! If you have noticed recent version of Maximo, couple new application in Integration module has been added which are OSLC Resources and OSLC Provider.These modules gives us ability to integrate with external system in JSON.
OSLC is an open community that creates specifications for the integration of products and/or tools.  IBM is a leading contributor to this community and many software products within the IBM Software Group are implementing OSLC in order to enable cross-product integrations.

An OSLC integration requires 2 players- 
1. OSLC Consumer application
2. OSLC Provider application.  
An OSLC provider application makes containers of associated resources(data) available for integration through service providers. Consumer applications then use these service providers to query resources and to create, update, and delete resource data.  The consumer application sends a query to the service provider for resource data. The service provider provides a link to the resource data in response. The consumer application uses the link to create, update, or delete resource data.


Outbound integration from Maximo to External System-
If there is an external system which accepts JSON , can query Maximo OSLC resource to fetch data. Say for example- external system need Asset data from Maximo, we'll go to Integration > Object Structure and create new object structure consumed by OSLC-
After that go to Integration > OSLC Resources as-

We can use OSLC resources to get data from Maximo. Go to Browser like Firefox and Chrome and hit url-
http://HostName/maximo/oslc/OSASSET/
This will give output as details of OSLC Provider and related information.
If external system need get asset details, it will access URL as- 
http://HostName:Port/maximo/oslc/os/OSASSET
In case you get User Name and Password invalid error, pass user name and password as - 
http://HostName:Port/maximo/oslc/os/OSASSET?_lid=maxadmin&_lpwd=maxadmin
This will provide information of all asset (all MBOs and all columns) from your database. 
Get only selected columns use oslc.select-
http://HostName:Port/maximo/oslc/os/OSASSET?oslc.select=assetnum,location,description,parent,status

To Sort data use oslc.orderBy-
For sorting in ascending order pass parameter with +<ColumnName>
FOr sorting in desecding order pass parameter with -<ColumnName>

http://HostName:Port/maximo/oslc/os/OSASSET?oslc.select=assetnum,location,description,parent,status&oslc.orderBy=-assetnum

http://HostName:Port/maximo/oslc/os/OSASSET?oslc.select=assetnum,location,description,parent,status&oslc.orderBy=+assetnum

To find out specific asset user oslc.where-
http://HostName:Port/maximo/oslc/os/OSASSET??_lid=maxadmin&_lpwd=maxadmin&oslc.select=assetnum,location,description,parent,status&oslc.where=assetnum="1001"

In case of more than one criteria is needed in where clause it will be used as-
http://HostName:Port/maximo/oslc/os/OSASSET??_lid=maxadmin&_lpwd=maxadmin&oslc.select=assetnum,location,description,parent,status&oslc.where=assetnum="1001" and location="MOFLOOR1"



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