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Presentation Configurations

March 6, 2026 01:20 AM
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Presentation Configurations serve as containers for CUI configurations, defining the scope of the related CUI items as either global or ItemType-specific.

A global Presentation Configuration is associated with a specific client via the “presentation” item property on a Client Presentation item. In a standard Aras Innovator database, there is a single Client Presentation item to identify the global Presentation Configuration that defines the layout and UI elements that are inherited throughout the Aras Innovator web client.

Note
The CUI data model was architected with the intent that the user interface of any client application could be defined in the Aras Innovator database. That’s why there’s only one Client Presentation item in an out of the box Aras Innovator database – only the Aras Innovator web client is defined by default. However, an admin could create another Client Presentation to define the UI of a custom client application or connector.

The scope of an ItemType-specific Presentation Configuration is determined by relating it to an ItemType via the Client Style relationship tab. These Presentation Configurations allow administrators to override or augment the global configuration for a specific ItemType without affecting the UI of every ItemType.

As of Aras Innovator version 12.0, ItemType-specific Presentation Configurations are also used in conjunction with an ItemType’s TOC Access relationship(s) to determine where – and whether – the ItemType is displayed in the table of contents (TOC). Admins don’t need to manually create the CUI items that display ItemTypes in the TOC; however, they will need to package the CUI configuration for any custom ItemTypes.

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