Aras PLM Software Solutions

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Aras Corporate
Community
Solutions

Rolf Laudenbach
Director Aras Community


Aras Communities
 Public Community
 Projects
 Forums
 Blogs
 Wikis
 Public Roadmap
 Partner Community (Portal)
 Road Map
 Knowledge Base
 Pre-Sales and Implementation Guidelines
 Subscriber Community (Portal)
 Roadmap and Knowledge Base (same as Partners)
 Special Interest Groups (*future)
 Online Learing (pilot just started .. More to come)
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Solution Categories
 Public Community (Free)
 Category:  Status:
 Ideas, Active Projects,
• Solutions • As-Is
 Anyone can participate • Add-On-Solution • Registered
• Connectors • Validated
• Sample Code • Managed
• Utiltities
• Hot Fixes
 Partner Solutions • Language Packs

 Freemium / Trials
 Commercial Solutions
• Registered at Aras (on Price-List)
• (optional) Validated by Aras
 Datasheets, Presentations, Demo Videos etc. available
• On Aras Home Page
• On Partner’s Home Page


Community Projects - The Process -


Community Solutions
Some Examples

 Hot Ranking
 Program Management MS Project Import/Export
 Aras Send To
 Item Folders: organize Files and Items in multi-level
Structures

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Program Management MS Project
Import/Export
 Description
 Actions on Project and Project Template enable Importing
from and Exporting to MS Project installed on the client.
 Dates in neutral I18N format are handled, and MSProject
Helper opens MS Project application using Innovator .Net
Security Policy.

 Benefits:
 Allows offline working with Project Schedules.
 Ermöglicht offline arbeiten mit Projekten


Demo Video available


Imported MS-Project in Aras

UseCases:
Make modifications in Aras then export to MS-Projects again.
Make modifications in MS-Projects and import to Aras again.

Aras Send To
 Description:
 Lets user check-in Files to Innovator directly from the
Windows Explorer Context menue "Send To".
 Simply select one or many files in Windows Explorer and right
click "Send to Aras Innovator".
 Open Windows Explorer, right click on a file
and click on SendTo - Aras Innovator.

 Benefits
 Simple an quick uploading of any File to
a Document item


Item Folders: Organize Files
and Items in multi-level Structures
 Description:
 Adds handling of multi-level Folder structures. On top of Aras
Solutions "Product Engineering" and "Program Management"
 Each Folder can list simple attachments (Files) or controlled
(related) Items. like Documents or Parts (Poly Item List).
 Allows creating Folder Structures from Folder Templates

 Benefits
 Team-orientieted Access to versioned Documents or simple
File organized in Folder Structures.


Folder Navigator on every Node or connected
to other ItemType (i.e. Project)


Community Solutions
More Examples

 Newest Additions
 Item Characteristic Classifications (Sachmerkmalleiste)

 Life Cycle Based Properties and Form Fields

 Document Collections and Hierarchies


Item Characteristic Classifications
(Sachmerkmalleiste)
 Description:
 Provides generic classification to Part items based on a hierarchical class
structure. (with own ItemType)
 Characteristics rows are added to the Part item according to the assigned
classification. Users can then enter values for each row. This is an extension to
standard item properties.
 A search for items by classification and characteristic values (of type text,
number, or list) is added. Wildcard “*” for text values and range conditions
(>, <, >=,<=,-) for number values are supported.
 The solutions adds this feature to the standard item type “Part”. It could be
extended to be applied to any item type, however.
 Benefits
 Classification of „Items“ with technical charactersitics (parameters).
 (Parametric) Search for „Items“ by combination of characteristic values.
 Assignment of „multiple“ Classification schemes (trees) to one „Item“ could be
configured.


Data Model
„item_class“ property added to Part
Null Relationship added to „Part“

Hierarchical Definition of
linked by property
Characteristics Part

Part Item
Item Class Method to „copy“
Characteristics from „tree“ to
Characteristic Value

linked by property
relatioship rows

Item Class
Characteristic
Item Class Item
Characteristic
hierarchy

Characteristics Library of type Item Characteristic
„Text“, „Number“, or „List“
List Value


Assign Item Class and
Characteristics to a Part.
ADDED TO TOC

Characteristics Library
Characteristics Hierarchies
Characteristics Search

ADDED TO PART


Then Search by Characteristic Values


Life Cycle Based Properties
and Form Fields
 Description:
 It is common that properties defined by ItemType should also be checked as
required properties based on a Life Cycle state.
 It is also common that visibility and disabled status of data fields (bound to
properties) on a form can be controlled by Life Cylce State and/or defined
Identities (User Groups).
 Rather than writing custom logic for the above behavior, a generic logic can
be introduced to read additional property configurations.
 For this the data model of „Property“ and „Life Cycle Transition“ was
extended.
 The generic „Validation“ logic can then be used on
pre-Transition events on Life Cycle Maps
 Benefits
 Drastically reduces custom logic for property validations.
Validations are configured vs. Coded in custom methods.


Data Model (for extended Administration)
Item Type

Life Cycle
Transition
NULL
Property additional Properties:
pre_action_validation
pre_action_post_validation
... Relationships on „Property“ Life Cycle State
relationship

... F2 to get the search dialog
NULL ... Multi language „error“
Property LC State messgage
Check

NULL
Property LC State
Field Option


Add Validation Logic to Life Cycle
„Pre-Transition Action“
LifeCycle Name: XXX

State 1 State 2 State 3

Life Cycle Pre-Transition Action Method:
Controlled LC PreTransitionHandler
Item
I. Calls „generic LC PreTrans Validations“

II. Calls custom LC PreTransition Validations
if defined
Additional context (configuration)
III. Runs custom LC PreTransition Handler,
Of all properties by ItemType
ItemType if defined
is read by the generic validation logic

Property
Defines if property must exist on transition
Property LC State to defined States of defined Life Cycle Map
Check
Also defines other properties that must exist, with
expected values (optional) at same state of its
parent property


More Configuration Options per
„Item Property“


Completenes Check
via Item Report


Same Checks when
Promoting a Life Cycle


Document Collections
and Hierarchies
 Description:
 Adds new Item Type “Document Collection” with relationship “Document Hierarchy” to
allow hierarchical grouping of “standard” documents.
 Much like Bills Of Materials, Document Hierarchies are versionable and operate on a life
cycle (Preliminary->Released->Obsolete).
 „Dummy“ TOC Item Types can be used to publish a “Document Collection” as “Hand Book”
to the TOC. (such as a „Quality Handbook“ or an „Operations Manual“ or more). The
package includes the example for a „Quality Handbook“.
 Owners and CO-Owners can be defined for „Document Collections“ and „Hierarchy Nodes“.
Manual release of the full structure is allowed for Owners. As well as manual revisioning.
 Linked Documents must still follow their own release and revisioning process.
 If accessed from TOC ItemTypes, then effectivity of latest released “Document Collection”
linking to latest released “Documents” is applied.

 Benefits:
 Extension to manage standard “Documents” in one or more groups with separate access
control.
 Publishing “Access” to latest released versions of “Document Collections” while
maintaining newer versions by “Owners”.

Data Model


Allows Access to current released
Version of a Hand Book (Document Collection)

Multiple Hand Books
Can be published to TOC

With access control by
„Identity“


Den Community-Gedanken leben
 Collaborate and Contribute
 All Skills, All Innovators
• Ideas generators
• Spec Writers
• Programmers
• Project Managers and more!

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 Community Projects redesigned for you
 140+ Participating Country’s


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Rolf Laudenbach
Director Aras Community


Aras PLM Software Solutions

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