Eli J. Donahue EliJDonahue

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Working on exciting new projects for the Aras Community!

Sr. Manager, Developer Relations at @ArasLabs, @arasplm 🥑

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_call_date_dialog.js

Created December 31, 2016 20:10

Demonstrates how to call a datepicker dialog via method code and perform some logic with the selected date.

	// Prompt the user for the baseline date
	var dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
	var baseDate = new Date().format(dateFormat);
	params = {
	aras: top.aras,
	format: dateFormat,
	type: "Date",
	date: baseDate
	};

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_style_non_current.js

Created January 1, 2017 23:04

Sets the background color of a non-current item's form

	var itm = document.thisItem;
	var inn = itm.getInnovator();

	// if is_current property exists in the cache, use it
	var isCurr = itm.getProperty("is_current","");

	// else, retrieve is_current from the database
	if(isCurr === ""){
	itm = inn.getItemById(itm.getID());
	isCurr = itm.getProperty("is_current", "");

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_non_current_overlay.js

Created January 1, 2017 23:36

Displays a watermark image when the context item is not the current generation

	var itm = document.thisItem;
	var inn = itm.getInnovator();

	// if is_current property exists in the cache, use it
	var isCurr = itm.getProperty("is_current","");

	// else, retrieve is_current from the database
	if(isCurr === ""){
	itm = inn.getItemById(itm.getID());
	isCurr = itm.getProperty("is_current", "");

EliJDonahue / forum_before_filter.xsl

Created January 8, 2017 19:20

Example of template before applying filter

	<xsl:template match="Selector for EHT_Part Characteristics">
	<p>
	<xsl:value-of select="./eht_char_name"/>
	<xsl:value-of select="./eht_char_val"/>
	</p>
	</xsl:template>

EliJDonahue / forum_after_filter.xsl

Created January 8, 2017 19:21

Example of template after adding filter and new template

	<xsl:template match="Selector for EHT_Part Charactheristics">
	<p>
	<xsl:value-of select="./eht_char_name"/>
	<xsl:apply-templates select="./eht_char_val[text()='Mounting']"/>
	</p>
	</xsl:template>

	<xsl:template match="eht_char_val">
	<xsl:value-of select="."/>
	</xsl:template>

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_disabling_list_field.js

Last active February 15, 2017 19:48

Sample code demonstrating how to disable a list field on an Aras form

	// get the form field "container"
	var wrapper = getFieldByName("field_name");

	// get the form field element
	var l = wrapper.getElementsByTagName("select")[0];

	// disabling/enabling field
	if ( some_logic ) {
	// disable list
	l.disabled = true;

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_power_bi_request.cs

Created April 25, 2017 16:02

Sample code for power BI blog

	Innovator innovator = this.getInnovator();

	string item = this.getProperty("item", "");
	string name = this.getProperty("itemName", "");

	Item result = innovator.applyMethod("PowerBI_GetToken", "");
	string accessToken = result.getResult();

	Item results = innovator.newItem();

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_power_bi_field.html

Last active April 25, 2017 16:06

Sample code for an embedded Power BI report

	<div id="pbiContainer"></div>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	// be sure to set the path for your Aras instance
	require(["http://localhost/innovatorserver/Client/customer/powerbi/scripts/powerbi.js"],
	function (pbi) {

	var innovator = aras.newIOMInnovator();
	var item = "report"; // The type of Power BI element you are querying
	var itemName = "Product"; // The name of the element in Power BI you are querying
	// Call the PowerBI_GetItem server method that will get an access token

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_doc_data_contentgenerator.cs

Created June 15, 2017 17:36

Sample code for a content generator that displays a tech doc's metadata in an element on the tech doc

	//MethodTemplateName=CSharp:Aras.TDF.ContentGenerator(Strict);

	// get parent document
	string doc_id = executionContext.DocumentId;
	Innovator inn = this.Factory.InnovatorInstance;
	Item thisDoc = inn.getItemById("tp_Block", doc_id);

	if (!thisDoc.isError()) {
	// get metadata we want to display from parent document
	string num = thisDoc.getProperty("item_number","");

EliJDonahue / aras_labs_doc_data_schema_element.xml

Created June 15, 2017 17:42

Sample code showing how to add the Doc-Data element for displaying tech doc metadata

	<xs:element name="Standard-Doc">
	<xs:complexType>
	<xs:sequence>
	<xs:element ref="Title"/>
	<xs:element ref="Subtitle" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<xs:element ref="Doc-Data" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
	<xs:element ref="Section" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
	</xs:sequence>
	</xs:complexType>
	</xs:element>