In our previous blog posts, we've walked through the basics of CUI and demonstrated how to use many different kinds of CUI elements like menus and shortcuts . In this blog post, we'll cover how to utilize one of the slightly more complicated CUI elements…

Content Modeling Framework or CMF is a great tool allowing users to leverage similar functionality to Excel documents within Aras Innovator. The beauty of this is we can easily manipulate and compute properties dynamically through the use of JavaScript…

In this blog post, we'll be going over the Content Modeling Framework (CMF) that was fully introduced in Aras Innovator 11.0 SP7. CMF was introduced in order to allow administrators to build a hierarchical data model that can be represented as a single…

Attaining individual context is the key to a profitable future A time machine is an interesting metaphor for the Digital Twin. When built correctly, coupled with constant upkeep – it has the potential to change the way companies approach product design…

Improving productivity relies on collaboration with context across the product lifecycle, enabling better coordination between quality, engineering, and manufacturing teams. The costs of not doing so can be severe: delayed time-to-market, increased product…

This article will cover handling item view sidebars in Configurable User Interface (CUI for short) as well as a few general CUI tips. Sidebars are often convenient places to access visual information about an item, and increasingly the Aras Innovator…

Aras Innovator prides itself on being a flexible platform that can be easily customized to fit any of your business needs. Today we'll be covering some general best practices to keep in mind as you begin your journey of customizing Aras Innovator. Make…

In our previous blog posts on best practices (found here and here ), we covered multiple ways to improve the performance of your code by reducing the number of calls to and from the database. We are going to take a bit of deviation away from improving…

Digital Twins represent physical parts in a digital world. They record and make accessible information about a part’s current real-world configuration, including repairs and modifications; along with all the data that went into creating it through connections…

When it comes to Aras best practices for server-side code there are two goals: Reduce the number of queries sent to the server. Reduce the volume of data retrieved from the server. Applying the following best practices to your server-side code…

In our previous blog post on server-side best practices, we shared some tips on how to improve the performance of your custom functionality by focusing on two key goals. Reducing the number of queries sent to the database Reducing the amount of…

The Hide Tabs community project is one of the more popular projects Aras Labs has published. It demonstrates how to hide a relationship tab on a specific item form by using a custom JavaScript method. This is useful when you want to limit the use of a…

Relationship grids are a critical component of the Aras Innovator web client. By creating custom relationship grid events, you can handle business logic that extends beyond the context item. The sample code and use cases below can help you make the most…

This guide walks through the steps for publishing a new Aras Community Project to GitHub, from installing Git to pushing your code to GitHub. If you are looking for other information on Aras Community Projects, like best practices or how to contribute…

Long time users of Aras Innovator may be familiar with configuring an empty relationship to display data using the ReverseItemsGrid.html file included with the PE application. This custom grid lets users easily see the parent items in a database that…