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Anudeep Kolluri's profile image
Anudeep Kolluri posted 03-24-2026 22:03

I see service objects (https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/masv-and-l/maximo-manage/cd?topic=concepts-service-object) are being used to abstract away alot of code. I know it works in latest versions of MAS but, from the following article, it should be working in maximo 7.6.1.2 but I get below mentioned error.

MaximoDev - Service object methods in automation scripts

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<iostream>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'service' is not defined

How to import/use service object in my version of Maximo.

Thanks in advance.

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Steven Shull posted 03-25-2026 14:18

What is your automation script on? Some script launch points (such as integration IBM Maximo Autoscripting Guide – Object structure scripting) you'll have a method where you pass in a parameter that you need to use instead. In the IBM documentation, the parameter is ctx so you'd use:

ctx.error() instead of service.error()

Also, if you're calling the script as a library script you'll need to pass in the service parameter to your library script. 

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