Aras Innovator Repositories

Owned by Debesh Roy Chowdhury
May 20, 2022
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In this section, the Syndeia Web Dashboard capabilities for Aras Innovator repositories are presented.

 

Pre-Requisites

The Aras Innovator administrator in your organization will need to register Syndeia Cloud as a valid app to allow API requests. The administrator should follow the instructions provided in the Register Your App section on this page - Token Authentication using the REST API. The client ID defined for Syndeia Cloud (e.g. SCApp) should be provided by the Aras Innovator administrator to Syndeia users in your organization.

Check supported versions of Aras Innovator here: Syndeia 3.5 - Integration Compatibility

Tutorials

See the Aras Innovator integration tutorial for Syndeia Web Dashboard - Part 22 - Aras on Web Dashboard.

Add an Aras Innovator Repository

(1) Click the Repositories icon in the LHS menu pane.

(2) Select Aras in the list of Repository types on the LHS and click on the + icon to add a new Aras Innovator repository, as shown below.

(3) Fill out the details for your Aras Innovator server (repository), as shown below, and click the Create button.

  • URL - Base URL of your Aras Innovator server

  • Name - Name of the Aras Innovator server. Provide a unique name to distinguish this Aras Innovator server from others you may add.

  • Description - Description of the Aras Innovator server

  • Authentication type - OAuth (default)

  • Username - Username to sign in to your Aras Innovator server. Enter the same username that you use on the Aras Innovator web client.

  • Password - Password to sign in to your Aras Innovator server. Enter the same password that you use on the Aras Innovator web client.

  • Grant type - password (default)

  • Scope - Innovator (default)

  • Client Id - ID of the Syndeia Cloud app registered by your admin on the Aras Innovator server. See the Pre-Requisites section above - Aras Innovator Repositories | Pre Requisites.

  • Database - Aras Innovator database. Enter the same database that you select on the Aras Innovator web client during sign-in.

Browse an Aras Innovator Repository

(1) Expand the Aras Innovator repository after it has been added.

(2) If your repository details are correct, Syndeia Cloud will try to sign in to the Aras Innovator server using OAuth and display all Product items that are accessible to you. For example, Syndeia Test Product 1 and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 1x are some of the Product items shown in the view below.

(3) Expand a Product item to view the Part items associated with the Product item via Product Model relations. As shown in the view above, Syndeia Test Product 1 (version A.1) has Product Model relations to the following Part items - Inspection Kit 101 (version A.1) and Part A (version A.9).

(4) Expand a Part item to view other Part items associated with it via the Part BOM relations. As shown in the view above, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (version A.8) Part item has Part BOM relations to the following Part items - Aircraft Platform (version A.1), Communication and Navigation (version A.3), Payload (version A.2), and Software Modules (version A.1).

Search an Aras Innovator Repository

Users can search for Aras Innovator items in two ways. Click on the Search icon on the RHS to view the Search tab.

(1) Search by Item Number

  • Use the Select Item Type dropdown to select the type of item you are searching for.

  • Select the Item Number option

  • Specify the item number and click the Search button. Search results will be shown on the RHS.

 

(2) Search by Filter

  • Use the Select Item Type dropdown to select the type of item you are searching for.

  • Select the Filter option

  • Specify the Filter, e.g. classification eq ‘Assembly’ and state eq ‘Released’ to search for all Assembly parts that are in the Released state.

Digital Thread Explorer

(1) See an overview of the Digital Thread Explorer - Digital Thread Explorer (DTE)

(2) See the tutorial for Aras Innovator integration on Syndeia Web Dashboard - Part 22 - Aras on Web Dashboard.

In this release of Syndeia Cloud, the following two types of intra-model relationships (between Aras Innovator items) are supported in the Digital Thread Explorer:

  • Model relationship (Product → Part)

  • Part BOM relationship (Part → Part)

Creating Relations

(1) See an overview of the Creating Relations - Creating Relations on the Web Dashboard

(2) See the tutorial for Aras Innovator integration on Syndeia Web Dashboard - Part 22 - Aras on Web Dashboard.