Printing and Exporting CMF Items

The Content Modeling Framework includes options to Print content and/or export the content to an Excel spreadsheet. This part of the solution is available to Aras subscribers.

The following needs to be installed to publish Technical Documents:

• Aras Conversion Server; see Aras Innovator 30 - Conversion Server Setup Guide.
• Aras Agent Service; see Section 5.12 of the Aras Innovator 30 – Installation Guide.

The Aras.CMF license comes as part of most license bundles for subscribers, such as Aras.PremierSubscription. It does not require a separate activation. To check whether a valid Feature License exists in Aras Innovator:

1. Log into Aras Innovator as an administrator.
2. Go to Administration --> Feature Licenses.
3. If a subscription license is found, check the expiration date to confirm that the license is still active.

In order to request a feature license activation key, customer with an active Aras subscription can send an email to licenses@aras.com or to your account representative in the following format:

• Subject: Aras CMF Activation Key Required
• Body: Version of Aras Innovator

You will receive a reply containing the Feature License activation key.

Once you have the activation key, install the feature license as follows:

1. Log into Aras Innovator as an administrator.

Click the user Menu icon



. A dropdown menu appears:



2. Click Activate Feature:



3. Paste the acquired activation key and click Activate Feature.

A success message should pop up.

The Aras Publishing Service feature requires that the Conversion Server be configured to enable it. To enable the service:

1. Open the ConversionServerConfig.xml file for editing.
1. Typically, this file is located at the root of Aras Innovator code tree (Sample: C:\Program Files (x86)\Aras\Innovator\ConversionServerConfig.xml)
2. Add the following into the section <Converters/>:

<Converter name="cmf_ExcelPublishingConverter” type="Aras.Cmf.Publishing.Excel.ExcelExportConverter, Aras.Cmf.Publishing” /> The following is a sample of a ConversionServerConfig.xml file with the required setup:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration>

 <configSections>

 <!-- Common converter service configuration -->

 <section name="ConversionServer” type="Aras.ConversionFramework.ConversionServer.Configuration.ConversionServerConfigurationSection, Conversion.Base"/>

 <sectionGroup name="ConverterSettings">

 <!-- Place here class configuration section definitions for converters -->

 </sectionGroup>

 </configSections>

 <ConversionServer>

 <InnovatorServer url="http://vabraham02/support/Solutions120SP3/Server/InnovatorServer.aspx"/>

 <Converters>

 <Converter name="tp_XmlPublishingConverter” type="Aras.Publishing.XmlPublishingConverter, Aras.TDF.PublishingConverter"/>

 <Converter name="tp_HtmlPublishingConverter” type="Aras.Publishing.HtmlPublishingConverter, Aras.TDF.PublishingConverter"/>

 <Converter name="cmf_ExcelPublishingConverter” type="Aras.Cmf.Publishing.Excel.ExcelExportConverter, Aras.Cmf.Publishing” />

 </Converters>

 </ConversionServer>

 <ConverterSettings>

 <!-- Place here configuration sections for converters -->

 </ConverterSettings>

</configuration>

3. Save and close the ConversionServerConfig.xml file.

By default, the conversion rules required for CMF are added to the Default Conversion Server. If your Aras Innovator setup requires the use of a different Conversion Server, the following Conversion Rules should be added to the Converters tab on the appropriate Conversion Server item in the database:

• cmf_ExcelPublishingConverter