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Once Aras ProAppDesigner package is installed, you will get to see a category called “Aras ProAppDesigner” under TOC. This category shows underneath AppTemplate type, upon clicking that node you will get to see all the templates existing in the system.

You can also create new template from the search grid:

For creating new template, you need provide name and select ItemType for which you want to create UI:

For creating template, you also need to provide TemplateType. You can select one of the following options from the dropdown based on the type of the template you want to create:

Template Type Portal View & Dashboard allows to create portal view for the ItemType, that can show limited information of the items to the external users. This view is used by Aras ProAppDesigner Portal application.

By selecting the options ‘Show OpenItem Command’ and ‘Show Promote Command’, you can control whether to show these actions in the Wizard at runtime. By selecting the option ‘Enforce Validations’, you can enforce, you can’t navigate away from the page until all validations are fixed in the current page.

After successfully creating the template, you will be able to create views for the template using “Template Views” section. By adding a row to the table and providing “View Name”, a new view will be created. For each view, you will be able to select “View Type” from the available options from the dropdown. Options will vary based on the selected “Template Type”. Please refer to the above Template Type table for the allowed View Types for each Template Type. You can provide optionally “Rule” that will define the condition when this view is used when you open or edit item from the Search Grid. Rule can be defined with a Boolean Expression which contains context ItemType properties, User properties and User roles. At runtime when you use the item, these rules across multiple views will be evaluated and first matched view will be returned to show item data. In order to allow you to create, there must be at least one view with no Rule or the Rule that doesn’t contain any ItemType properties in the expression. By selecting “Reuse in Portal” option for a view will allow reuse of the view in the Portal. By selecting “Enable Config” option, admin can allow end user to config his view, based on the default view shown to him at runtime. By selecting “Enable Sharing” option, admin can allow end user to share his view with other users in the system at runtime.

Double-clicking row or selecting it and clicking the “Open Relationship Item” command will open the view in the studio. By selecting Promote action, you will publish the template making it available for other users to use when an item is created or opened.

There are additional actions that can be performed on the template item. For example, if the template is already published, in order to update the template a new revision has to be created. You can select ‘Create New Revision’ action to create a new revision for the current template item.