Refreshing xClass Field on Form in Field Event OnChange
So I wrote a client side method so when you change the Classification of a part, it selects a matching xClassification. This part is working, except the UI isn't updating with the selection of the xClass, so its prompting me to enter the required properties for my xClass, but I can't see them. How do I get the xClass field on my form to update so that it displays my new selection? Several examples used aras.uiReShowItemEx() but that pulls from the database, but the xClass selection has not be saved to the Part yet... so its blank. It looks like form.populate() is the right idea because its not pulling from memory but everything I try returns form as null...
xclassification dialog from custom method
hello i'm begining a project, the idea is to have a an action launch a dialog to select a xclass. I would like to launch the same dialog as the one that pops up when adding a part xclass and x property(see below): after the user selected a class i want to retrieve the name of the class he chose. The following step is to have a second dialog (depending on the classification chosen) this second dialogs might be hard coded or dynamically buit i'm still unsure and they are going to look like the form used to fill the xproperty after you choose your part class but slightly different: i want to add a column of check boxes for future business logic. i've tried to search for the xclass tree selection dialog but couldn't find it i've tried to display some that i could find in the code tree but without sucess, i used the dialog api, here is my code: var param = { aras: top.aras, type: "HTMLEditorDialog", sHtml:"here i've tried to put just the name and the full path but it didn't seem to work as even when i changed form i was always getting same form opening ", dialogWidth: 1000, dialogHeight: 500, }; // This will be called after the dialog is closed function callback(res) { if (res) { alert(res + " loves learning about new opening HTML pages as dialogs!"); } }; // Open the dialog var topWnd = top.aras.getMostTopWindowWithAras(); var wnd = topWnd ? topWnd : window; wnd.ArasModules.Dialog.show('iframe', param).promise.then(callback); any help is welcome thanks lucasDisplaying In-Line Units for xClass xProperties
Migrating from another system, they have a lot of properties that also include units. Like this: How can I modify the Extended Classification display to show units in line like this? My plan so far is to build out ItemTypes for each type of measurement (Length, Temperature, etc) similar to the default 'Measurement Units', including a conversion value to whatever base unit is decided. (Anyone know why there is a 'viewer' on this itemtype?) So then I could build xProperties linked to the ItemType for that type of unit, and add it to the xClass which would put the UoM as another line in the xProperties So the question is how would I modify the xClass Display so that I could pair up the two properties and get an in-line display of the units? (and do it for some properties, not others, and for many properties within an xClass)
Load xClass and xProperties, and link xProperties to multiple xClasses from AML
We want to load 1k+ xclasses to Aras, we are talking about 4k+ xproperties here. When we are running AML for creating relations xClass_xProperty_Flatten and xClass_xPropertyDefinition to link them to class tree, it fails with error : <faultstring><![CDATA["xClass_xProperty_Flatten" can be added or deleted or updated only in XTree context]]></faultstring> <detail> <af:legacy_detail><![CDATA["xClass_xProperty_Flatten" can be added or deleted or updated only in XTree context]]></af:legacy_detail> <af:exception message=""xClass_xProperty_Flatten" can be added or deleted or updated only in XTree context" type="System.ArgumentException" /> </detail> I can load property definitions, but not classes, but can’t map the properties to classes. How can we mass create and reuse these xProperty definitions in more than one class from AML, by creating relations correctly?xClass Implementation Considerations for Performance
Community, My current client wants to use xClass Properties on Itemtypes: Document, CAD, and Part. Current Configuration The Document and CAD Itemtypes will use xClass in a straight forward way therefore predictable data generation. The question is Part. The Part Itemtype is being used for Engineering Parts (Classification: Assy, Comp, Material, Software, etc.) and Manufacturing Part (Classification: Manufacturing). So for every Eng. Part there can be 1 to 3 duplicate Mfg. Parts created with the same xClass data. Currently the client has 240 xClass Properties defined and this is just the start. I can predict that the property count will be close to 500 + when Part, CAD, Document are fully defined. Current: Each xclass Property requires 4 columns and each Itemtype assigned to an xClassTree (Part, CAD, Document) their item_id, and their Itemtype_id are added to each of the xp.XPROPERTYVALUE tables. This results in five xp.XCLASSPROPERTYVALUES tables generated: xp.XCLASSPROPERTYVALUES; xp.XCLASSPROPERTYVALUES1; xp.XCLASSPROPERTYVALUES2; xp.XCLASSPROPERTYVALUES3; xp.XCLASSPROPERTYVALUES4; xp.XCLASSPROPERTYVALUES5... Each of these tables has 100 property values stored in the 100 Columns and managed by 300 columns. Currently only 1, of many Division, is using the Parts Classified as Manufacturing. Goals The client wants to use the xClass Data to do: 1) eBOM validations so performance in gathering xClassPropertyValues is key. 2) Product development regulatory definition and tracking. Questions 1) Are there any configuration issues that should be considered? 2) Are there xClassProperty implementation considerations that you suggest? 3) Are there performance issues that should be considered? Thanks for your time and insight. Scott
Adding an xClass-specific image to a form
With standard classification, it is pretty straightforward to add an image to a form that is only seen when viewing an item of that specific class. But how to achieve this with xClassifications? I noticed that there is not even an image property type for xProperties. Use case: We have a xClassification "Countersunk screws". For these, we need to define certain measurements according to DIN standards. To make it clearer what the measurements mean, it would be very useful to also provide a diagram, e.g. as below. Any idea how to achieve this with xClassifications? Thank you!Script for importing items with xProperties from Excel using Batch Loader
I just went through this process as part of learning Aras. Importing items from Excel using the Batch Loader is pretty straightforward if you only have simple properties that all belong directly to the Item Type. See documentation for the Batch Loader. Note that you should save the Excel file as a tab-delimited .txt file. It gets more difficult, however, when you need to import properties over relationships. In this case Costs over the Part Goal relationship and xProperties over Part_xClass. I found no documentation to help me with this, so the script below is the result of a lot of trial and error. Comments and improvements welcome" It is my first import script! Copy the text below into Notepad++ for better readability. A big difficulty was working out how to explicitly identify the xClass. I used the xClass Property "name". This used just the simple name of the "Leaf" xClass in the xClass tree. Hope it saves someone a bit of time :) (Extract to show the highlights...) <Item type='Part' action='add'> <!--Use Action='edit' when updating items--> <!--@10, etc. denotes the column in the data file and is independent of the header row contents--> <item_number>@2</item_number> <name>@4</name> <classification>@5</classification> <Relationships> <!--Part Goal is the relationship item that links to item type Goal--> <Item type="Part Goal" action="add"> <goal>@7</goal> <!--e.g. Cost--> <actual_value>@8</actual_value> <!--Further fields available, see Loader docs--> </Item> <!--Part_xClass is the relationship item from part to xClass--> <!--Note that "name" (lower case) is the easiest of several field options for identifying xClass--> <!--Format is, e.g. "Fuel Tanks" (name of leaf, spaces OK)--> <Item type="Part_xClass" action="add"> <related_id> <Item type="xClass" action="get" select="id"> <name>@10</name> </Item> </related_id> </Item> </Relationships> <!--The properties below can only be loaded once the xClass relationship has been established as above--> <xp-mass_full set="value">@14</xp-mass_full> </Item>Lessons Learned from importing data for Parts with xClassification data and a thumbnail image
With the attached document, I just want to share my experiences and struggles with the hope that it helps someone else trying to do similar things. It follows on from my posts https://community.aras.com/f/getting-started/35943/script-for-importing-items-with-xproperties-from-excel-using-batch-loader https://community.aras.com/f/getting-started/35979/how-to-import-thumbnail-images-for-parts-using-batch-loader I eventually worked out for myself how to import thumbnails, but - unless I've missed a trick somewhere - it isn't as straightforward as one would hope. Should you be able to provide feedback / improvements / information about useful reference documents or if you have any questions I'd be happy to hear from you! Tim --------- This is just a record of my experience (as a non-programmer) trying to work out how to import the data for a demo system just using AML and Batch Loader. A lot of it was picking clues out from various sources plus a lot of educated guesses. The documentation is insufficient. What I did find was as below: A nice introduction, but just an introduction by Christopher Gillis on the Aras Forum The Programmer’s Guide in the Innovator Documentation. This includes a three-page reference, which feels a bit short. The documentation for Batch Loader includes some examples at the end I would love to see further documentation and references, in particular: The full extent of what AML can and can’t do. Specifically: Can it include logic such as IF statements that depend on the content of the file being imported (i.e. an SQL where condition doesn’t help here) Can one concatenate input data. See below where this would have been useful for loading the thumbnail images. Can one import files (e.g. image files) along with the data by using pointers to the file locations with the import sheet? A full description of the error messages returned within Batch Loader. These are mostly very obscure and singularly unhelpful. Software used Excel for Data Lookup for GUIDs to enable importing of Thumbnails Generating AML for Batch Loader Batch Loader. I assume that the reader has a basic understanding of using this program. If not MS SQL Studio. Other options also available. Used to get a list of files in the vault along with their GUID ... Please see attached file for the rest of the document: [View:/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-discussions-components-files/6/Lessons-Learned_2C00_-xClass-import-with-thumbnail-images_2C00_-forum.pdf:40:40]
