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Jess EsCommunity Manager

published in AIMMS WebUI

The AIMMS Design System: A Guide to Principles and Elements of WebUI

The AIMMS Design System is now available! It outlines our development of WebUI features, and serves as a guide for our developers when designing SC Navigator apps.We made it publicly available so our customers can benefit these guidelines when designing their own AIMMS apps.In it, you’ll find a reference of our UX developments and recently developed features, as well as tips and tricks to design your application to work better for your users’ needs.It can help your get started building your first WebUI app, improve an existing app, or think through a design for your next project.Visit the AIMMS Design System

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2 years ago

LB123Explorer

asked in AIMMS WebUI

WebUI and Azure Data Factory On Demand Trigger

I have a webUI and pipelines running on Azure Data Factory, how do I create an on demand trigger which will be triggered through the webUI to trigger the Azure Data Factory pipelines.

17 days ago

gdiepenAIMMS Champ

posted in AIMMS WebUI

RichardAIMMS Partner

asked in AIMMS WebUI

Select all/none in multiselect relative to selection

Hi there! I was wondering whether the behavior of the select all/select none buttons in e.g. the multiselect widget can be adjusted easily. I often use the search bar to get to a subset of my elements which are relevant for selection, which I would like to (de-) select with one click. I would expect that the select all/none button in this case only affects the subset which matches my search. On the contrary, these buttons are overruling whatever you type in the search bar, applying the (de-) selection on all elements, making it more cumbersome to apply “mass selections” on convenient subsets. Is this something you are working on?

2 months ago

MattCEnthusiast

posted in AIMMS WebUI

Best Practices for Combining Old and New CSS Styling

Hello all!I was looking back through some old custom CSS code and the new way of theming using CSS properties. We have some very custom CSS code that, for example, selects specific widgets or specific pieces of the WebUI, and we would obviously like to keep this custom CSS code while still taking advantage of the new WebUI styling that has come out in the last year.However, I know recently some updates to WebUI, esp. the new 16-color palette, caused some issues with backward compatibility. Are there best practices for maintaining custom CSS code that may not be affected (e.g. “don’t use custom styling for x kinds of widgets or y kinds of selectors”). I am referencing the post here (), which mentioned that it should be possible to combine the “old ways” and the “new ways” of doing things. I guess I am just looking for some guidance on the best practices in ways to go about this to ensure forward compatibility.

2 months ago

Chris KuipAIMMSian

published in AIMMS WebUI

Exit AIMMS WebUI applicationHow-to

At User Support we occasionally get questions about the termination of WebUI sessions; for instance as follows:We have a project where the premaintermination and maintermination both contain the statement “return 1”.Separately, we have a library in which we want to run some checks and empty some parameters in the library pre termination. However, we observe that when the app is uploaded, the PreLibraryTermination and LibraryTermination are not ran.We’ve noticed this because when re-opening the same app within a few minutes, the data session is still active, and parameters that should be empty because we empty them both in the library initialization and termination, still contain data. Understandably, if you are not aware of the termination protocol of AIMMS WebUI sessions, this can be confusing.Let me share some details about the termination protocol for an AIMMS WebUI session first:Background: An AIMMS WebUI session consists of two communicating processes: A process in the browser of

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3 months ago

Diego Perez-UrrutiAIMMS Partner

posted in AIMMS WebUI

Offering Help (User Guide) in WebUI

For one of our production apps, we want to offer help to the user by displaying user-guide information using a ‘help me’ page action. We would love to display the user guide in the app when the users clicks the ‘help me’ page action button.However, the user guide pdf is stored in box.com and its seems like box does not permit embedding using an i-frame widget.Writing user guide text in a dialog box is not desired as it would mean double work when the user guide gets updated and could lead to inconsistencies. Screenshots are also possible but it means we would have to retake them if something get updated.Another option is to use links that allow to open the user guide in a separate tab. This is somehow sub-optimal as you have to leave the app momentarily.Wondering if there are some best practices, tips & tricks for displaying user guide info in the WebUI. Specifically:Recommended ways for offering help in WebUI Apps? Is there any way to embed a pdf or make it accessible via WebUI? I

3 months ago

Madhu KrishnappaAIMMSian

published in AIMMS WebUI

Feedback wanted: Would you prefer the Table "Download CSV" feature over the Table "Download Excel" feature, and why?

In an effort to improve the Tabular Data Manipulation experience on WebUI, we added and released "Excel Upload/Download Support" Table feature with 4.86 version. Using its Download Excel and Upload Excel capabilities, this functionality provides a means of manipulating Table data.The user can choose to download the entire table's contents into an excel file, edit the data, and then upload the updated data back to the WebUI. We firmly feel that the user benefits when the Table has a sizable amount of data and the user is able to edit the data utilising Excel's features. With the option to Download Table data as an Excel file, is the "Download CSV" capability still necessary?We plan to deprecate the "Download CSV" feature with the release of version 4.89 in October 2022, and prepare for its "End of Life" support by April 2023. I'm curious as to what situations "Download CSV" feature is preferable over the “Download Excel” feature.Please tell us in the comments section below. Thanks,Team

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3 months ago

gabiservidoneAIMMSian

published in AIMMS WebUI

New Demand Forecasting Example!

Hey all, This example uses the forecasting library! You can add this library by selecting the library Forecasting from the AIMMS Library Repository. This app illustrates a small cookie factory that wanted to use its historic data to predict future demand. Here is a screenshot of the comparison page! 😊 Use this topic to anything related to this project, as doubts, feature requests and so on!You can find more information here: https://how-to.aimms.com/Articles/550/550-demand-forecasting.html

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4 months ago

gabiservidoneAIMMSian

published in AIMMS WebUI

Updated Knapsack Problem Example!

Hello Everyone!One more renewed example is live! Come check!This example introduces a knapsack problem. The example considers a data set of 16 items which can be included in the knapsack. The objective is to maximize the accumulated value of the items. The number of items is restricted by the maximum weight that can be carried in the knapsack.We used a lot WebUI new features, you can find the full example app here. Feel free to use this thread to anything you need about this example.

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4 months ago

BrnAIMMS Partner

asked in AIMMS WebUI

How do I empty a selectionbox in version 4.77 or higher?

I see in the release notes that the default value of a parameter is now only available if it is specified.However, I always use this option to empty selection boxes. I tried addding '’ as a default value, but that still does not allow me to select the “Default:: “ option in the dropdown.So my question is “What should I now do to empty my selectionbox (and show the data for all possible values of the parameter - instead of only for the selected value (location in my case)?

4 months ago

gabiservidoneAIMMSian

published in AIMMS WebUI

Updated Employee Scheduling Example!

Hello Everyone!Second renewed example is live! Come check!In this example an optimal employee assignment is determined for a chain of restaurants. Each restaurant has different demands concerning the number of employees available and their skills. The objective of the optimization is to find the best placement of staff at the lowest cost, while taking into account shortage of skilled workforce.The employees work in shifts and each position is primarily fulfilled by skilled employees. Assigning a less experienced staff member to a task will have impact on the overall cost.We used a lot WebUI new features, you can download the app by clicking here. Feel free to use this thread to anything you need about this example.

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6 months ago

zoltanlelkesjrAIMMS Partner

asked in AIMMS WebUI

How to edit multiple cells of a WebUI table?

Dear Community, we want to be able to edit multiple cells of a WebUI table, like using shift or ctrl to celect the cells and later edit them at once. We would like to be able to use copy paste as well. We coundn't find any resources describing a way of enabling these functions. If you know how to do it, or have some helpful resources please share it with us.

6 months ago

IDontUderstandWEBUIExplorer

asked in AIMMS WebUI

WEB UI does not save

Hello, For a university project we use AIMMS to solve a model, we also would like to use the WEB UI, however after building the WEB UI it does not save. Why does it not save, is it because we have an academic license? In the AIMMS model the module 'AIMMSWEBUI [read only]' has the property no save, however since it is read only, we are not able to change it. Is there a solution for this problem?Kind regards!

7 months ago

gabiservidoneAIMMSian

published in AIMMS WebUI

Updated Contract Allocation Example!

Hi Community!We are in the process to update our How-to Examples, and the first one was the Contract Allocation.I’d love your inputs on this. What are you eager to see next? Just a small taste for you all!

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7 months ago

saurabh_1006AIMMS Partner

asked in AIMMS WebUI

Help on customization in Map widget - remove default stroke color black when clicked on any node/location

Hello everyone!Is it possible to remove the default stroke color (black) when user clicks or selects any node/location which has already defined stroke color? This is so that the customized stoke colors (defined in model) for the nodes remain functional even when any node is selected. I see customized stroke colors appear back when clicked twice on any node.In my case, by clicking on any location, the stroke colors are turned off and default stroke color black turns on. By clicking on same location again, we can see all stroke colors for potential locations(orange) and optimal location(red). Please find attached screenshots for reference. Thanks in advance for help on this case!

7 months ago

ImkeAIMMS Partner

posted in AIMMS WebUI

Coloring index field in table

Hi AIMMS Community,Does anyone know if (and how) you can give a complete row in a webUI table a color, instead of just the data fields?For example, I want to go from:Data field colored with annotationTo:Desired coloringThank you!

9 months ago

PaulusAIMMS Partner

asked in AIMMS WebUI

How to format excel files created in the webui?

Hi,Many of our projects include export functionality to Excel; which is a good way to allow the end-user to continue to work on the data and/or use it as a report out. Proper formatting of the excel file is in these cases high on the priority list of the users. One can think of: setting fonts, right number of decimals, putting data in a pivot (correctly organized). Basically, saving the user the manual work to redo these formatting actions after each export to excel.In the win-ui we applied the following trick to get the excel file formatted as desired:Create an excel macro to perform all the required actions Include an excel file with the macro in the aimms project When exporting, use a copy of that excel file, put the data in and run the macro via the aimms function Spreadsheet::RunMacroSince we are developing web-ui apps, which are cloud deployed, this trick is not available any more. The model runs in the cloud without the ability to running an excel macro. Because the AIMMS Excel

9 months ago

Boglarka BaloghAIMMS Partner

asked in AIMMS WebUI

Gantt chart levels

Hello! I want to present production lines in my gantt chart. Production is separated to different levels: [img]https://uploads-eu-west-1.insided.com/aimms-en/attachment/14b10801-0e7a-4db8-903c-87ac6bb26b06.png[/img] Is it possible the show theese levels in the same line bellow each other? Or I need to create another line for each? Thanks for the help!

10 months ago

Pratap KumbleFormer AIMMSian

posted in AIMMS WebUI

Feedback wanted: Structure of applications with a large sets of data to display

Optimization models have a lot of information that needs the user's attention to either review, compare or change. Showing such information on pages usually compels the user to scroll endlessly or scroll up and down when comparing data or switch to and fro between pages. One of the reasons for introducing the Grid Layout was to bring consistency and familiarity within the application. For example, majority of the screen could be used for data widgets, and the left- or right-hand sides can be used for user actions. We also introduced UI components like the Side Panel, Dialog pages, and Status Bar such that common elements could be placed in these components to save real estate on the pages and it becomes easier for the users as well.Even though these components help in many ways, some applications still have a lot more information to show that usually end up in the page having a scroll or where the workflow panel is being used show sub-steps, as illustrated below. How do you or would y

11 months ago

Pratap KumbleFormer AIMMSian

published in AIMMS WebUI

New WebUI Widget Framework - Part 2

Dear Community,As explained in the previous article New WebUI Widget Framework!, we are working on POCs and we think its time to show a sneak peek into the progress.Here is a simplified representation of how the new framework would work.First, as we progressed with the specification we realized that JSON’s can be quite lengthy and scary to look at. So we decided to support the specification in XML as well, which is more concise and readable. Second, we are working on integrating our existing features so that you do not have to change anything in your model. Features like:Custom HTML Tooltips Item Actions Annotations defined in the AnnotationsIdentifier layer or the identifier. Element Texts for Set elementsThird, we are looking at new features that will add value, for eg.In widget Legends that can be toggled On/Off Clearer tooltips X-axis and Y-axis Titles Data labels in/on the chart plots, eg: in the barsHere are some screenshots to get a first hand preview.Chart without LegendChart

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