PRO Platform

This is the documentation for the AIMMS PRO Platform

• Introduction to the AIMMS PRO Platform
  • Why do you need AIMMS PRO?
  • What is AIMMS PRO?
  • How to use AIMMS PRO?
  • Some important characteristics of AIMMS PRO
  • The AIMMS PRO portal
  • Running apps from the AIMMS PRO Portal
• Installation
  • System Requirements
    • Minimum Server Requirements
    • Client Requirements
    • Network Requirements
    • Concurrent Connections
    • License Session Count
  • Installation and Configuration of the License Server
    • Installation Location and Default Ports
    • Setting up Licenses
    • Setting up License Profiles
    • License Server Maintenance
  • General Architecture
    • Overview from left to right
    • The users view
    • The provisions given
    • The resources
    • High availability and failover
  • Installation of AIMMS PRO on Windows
    • Database Support
    • Installation and Data Location
    • Default Ports
• The AIMMS PRO Configurator
  • Configuring the configurator
  • Various sections of the configurator
    • Connection configuration
    • PRO configuration
    • Migration from AIMMS PRO 1.0.x
    • Start/stop services
    • Backup management
  • Setting up an AIMMS PRO Cluster
    • Step 1. Connecting all Nodes to the Same Database
    • Step 2: Shared storage directory
    • Step 3: ActiveMQ Setup
    • Check that the cluster was set up properly
    • PRO internal database connections
    • Other prerequisites
    • Guidelines for using the cluster
    • Moving from a single node configuration
  • Server-side Logging
    • Logs Location
    • Log files
    • Log Configuration
    • Changing the logging Level
• Server Administration
  • AIMMS Application Management
    • Publishing Applications
    • Direct App Launch
    • Tag as latest
    • Manage Categories
    • Configuring User Access
    • Different Rights
    • Hierarchy of Rights
    • Changing Permissions
    • Update and Delete Applications
    • Edit Applications
    • Windows 8 support
  • AIMMS Version Management
    • Deletion
  • User Management
    • Environments
    • Groups
    • Users
    • The ROOT Environment
    • Creating a New Environment
    • Default Environment for login
    • Hierarchy
    • Adding New Entities
    • Adding a New User
    • Group Membership
    • Editing and Deleting Users and Groups
  • Monitoring
  • Configuration
    • AD Settings
    • Retention Settings
    • Portal Customization
    • Tunnels
    • Queue Priorities
    • Log Management
      • Download logs and crash dump files
      • Logs settings
    • Active Data Sessions
    • Seats Management
  • Linking Environments to Active Directory Domains
    • Link to Active Directory for AD Member Servers
      • Browser configuration
      • Single Sign-on
      • Single Environment for Each Domain
      • Role-based Authentication
      • On-demand User Information Retrieval
      • Time before user changes are propagated to the PRO server
      • Project Publishing Rights for Active Directory Users
    • Link to Active Directory for Non-AD Member Servers
      • Setting up a service account
      • Set Active directory settings under Configuration menu of PRO Portal
      • Associate the Service Principal Name
      • Browser configuration
      • Single Sign-on
      • Single Environment for Each Domain
      • Role-based Authentication
      • Group SIDs
      • On-demand User Information Retrieval
      • Project Publishing Rights for Active Directory Users
  • SAML Support
    • AIMMS PRO Configuration
    • SAML Identity Provider (IDP) Configuration
    • Single Sign-on
    • Role-based Authentication
    • On-demand User Information Retrieval
    • Project Publishing Rights for SAML Users
  • Tunneling support
    • General Design
    • Tunnel configuration
    • Security
    • Changes to AIMMS model
    • Known issues
  • Commonly Encountered Errors
    • Job finished with errors
    • Did not get a valid ticket from the server during Active Directory logons
    • Empty AllIdentifiers
    • The icon for the application does not appear on the portal
    • The jobs page on the portal is very slow
    • Jobs deletion is slow
    • Using ScheduledAt argument with wrong value leads to ‘created’ job
    • Error in model after launching an AIMMS client application
  • Miscellaneous
    • Case Sensitivity
    • AIMMS PRO Installation Healthcheck
• AIMMS PRO End-User Portal
  • The AppLauncher
  • PRO Jobs
  • Application Statistics
• Project Setup
  • Adding PRO Libraries to your Project
    • Install AIMMS PRO System libraries
    • Downloading the AIMMS PRO Client library
  • Basic AIMMS PRO Workflow
    • Basic Usage
    • Other Workflows
    • Modify Procedures
    • Displaying the Request Manager
    • Create a .aimmspack File and Publish
  • Conversion Guidelines
    • Constructs to Avoid
    • Symptoms When You Violate These Limitations
    • Application Experience
  • AIMMS PRO and Data Management
    • Where to Locate Data
    • PRO Central Data Management
    • PRO User Cases
    • PRO Shared Cases
    • PRO Central Storage
    • Central Case URL’s
    • User and Shared Case Shortcuts
    • Checking folders or files exists in the PRO Storage
    • Transferring Files
    • Manipulating PRO Files and Folders
    • Access Rights
    • Specifying Access Rights
    • Using a Database
  • Advanced AIMMS PRO Workflows
    • Determining the Application State to Transfer
      • Specifying Case Content
      • Optional action to be taken after case load
      • Saving Log Files
    • Advanced Usage of pro::DelegateToServer
      • pro::DelegateToServer arguments
      • Timing out Requests
      • Timed-out Sessions
      • Asynchronous…
      • …Versus Blocking
      • Using a Shared Input Case
      • Distributing Work
      • Overriding the License Profile
      • Adjusting the Job Priority
      • Scheduling a Session in the Future
    • Communication Between client-side and Server-side Sessions
      • Bidirectional Communication Between Sessions
      • Current Session Info
      • Message Flags
      • Waiting for Messages
    • Using Messages in Your PRO Applications
      • Implementing a Message Bus
      • Creating a Queue
      • Connecting to a Queue
      • Communicating the Queue to Other Users
      • Sending Messages
    • The PRO Progress Window
      • Preparing the Use of the PRO Progress Window
      • Opening the PRO Progress Window
      • Implemented Using Messages
    • Using Solver leases instead of DelegateToServer
      • Solver lease concepts
      • Limits and best practice
      • Specifying the solve using solver leases
  • Debugging PRO-enabled Projects
    • Connecting With the PRO Server
    • Opening the Project
    • Logging on
    • Debugging the Client Session
    • Server-side Session Debugging is Hard
    • Server-side Debugging in Developer Mode
    • Debugging a Server-side Session
    • Debugging Your Model
• AIMMS PRO API