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Disabling Item Analysis Globally

February 3, 2026 08:55 AM
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In certain scenarios, for example working with legacy systems undergoing upgrades or containing older solutions, an Administrator may find the need to disable the Item Analysis functionality in order to return the system to production-readiness quickly. In the event that this behavior is a requirement, and individual Suppression events do not meet this requirement adequately, it is currently possible to disable the Item Analysis functionality.

To disable the Item Analysis functionality, you must add the <operating_parameter …/> parse_item to the InnovatorServerConfig.xml file, located in the root folder of the Aras Innovator installation, and set the value to false. See the following example: 

<Innovator> 
  ... 
  <operating_parameter key="parse_item" value="false"/> 
  ... 
</Innovator>

This will disable all Item Analysis functionality. Queries using functions like the examples listed in Attribute Examples and Specificity of Suppressions and Multiple Suppressions sections will function as expected.

Note
The <operating_parameter key="parse_item” …/> is for legacy purposes only. This parameter will not exist in any future major version of Aras Innovator. As such, Aras Support recommends either updating any Client-side Methods or Actions that require this option so they no longer rely on this code or adding in a Suppression rule to ensure that the functionality will continue to work beyond Aras Innovator 11.0.