HOW-TO
Getting Started
AIMMS Basics
Overview: Create a reliable and successful AIMMS application
Keyboard shortcuts for AIMMS
Share an AIMMS Project
Add AIMMS Libraries
Encrypt Projects to Protect Intellectual Property
Overview: Model Sources, Version Control and aimmspack Files
Program Settings
Export Code to Another Project
Display Line Numbers in the Editor
Change Syntax Highlighting and Display Options
Set Encoding Format
Adjust Engine and Solver Settings
Licensing
Transfer a Developer License to Another Machine
Resolve License Error: Nodelock file is read-only
Resolve License Issues
Register Named Users in Network License Manager
Install and Configure a Network License
AIMMS Developer
Data Connection
Databases
Link an SQLite Database to a Project
Install Side-by-Side Drivers
Connect to Access database file
Write Selected Database Tables
Adapt model when linked database table is modified
Exchange data with the AIMMS Cloud Platform
Excel and CSV
Overview: AIMMS Excel Library
Read Columns of Data from Excel
Read and Write CSV Files
Other Functions
Create Email Templates
Overview: Email Client Library
Create an External Function with Visual Studio
Exchange Data with External Source
Run Executable Files
Run Batch Commands with AIMMS Command Line Tool
Link AIMMS with Tableau
Convert JSON to XML
HTTP Library
Extract Data from an XML File
Extract XML File from a Server with the HTTP Library
Retrieve Geographic Data with Google Maps API
Extract Photos Using the Flickr API
Convert Audio File with IBM API
Use the IBM image recognition API
Mathematical Modeling
Switching to GMP when Mathematical Program has callbacks
Color a Map with Constraint Programming
Use Constraint Programming to Solve ROGO Puzzle
Optimize Shift Schedules
Reduce the Time Window for Scheduling Jobs
Optimize Scheduling for Project Planning
Use a Multi-Objective Approach
Minimize Objective Containing a
min
Operator
Model Variables with Limited Values
Various (integer) linear modeling tricks
AIMMS Language
AIMMS Language Basics
Standardize Random Data in Distribution Functions
Repeat Data with Model Query and Model Edit
Using LoopCount instead of explicit counting parameter in loops
Solve in a Loop
Overview: Set, Subset, Index and Element Parameter
Local Binding vs. Default Binding
Model category mapping of items
Create Infinite Set Values
Overview: New Handling of Integer Sets and Operators
Retrieve Value of Dynamic Identifier
Use Formulas as Data
Select Constraints and Variables for a Math Program Declaration
Monitor Identifiers for Changes
Multiple indices for a set
Convert string to numerical value
Overview:
NBest
Operator
Remove elements from a set
Interrupt Execution During a Single Statement
Generate random numbers
Overview: Calendars in AIMMS
Get Name of an AIMMS Case
Check Computations with Units of Measurement
Localize Units of Measurement per User
Save a Case from an AIMMS Procedure
Identify differences
Execution Efficiency
Measure Execution Time
Optimize Execution Time
Investigate Memory in Use
Monitor Memory Usage and Leaks
Libraries
Test Driven Development using the AIMMSUnitTest Library
Solvers
Change the Frequency of Progress Updates
Retrieve Solver Log Files in AIMMS Developer
Retrieve Solver Log Files in AIMMS PRO
Overview: Generated Mathematical Programs
Set Stop Criteria for Math Programs
Generate Multiple Solutions with CP Optimizer
Use Alternative MIP Solutions with CPLEX Solution Pool
Automatic Benders’ decomposition
Solve with Benders Decomposition in CPLEX
Solve with Lazy Constraints
Debug Infeasible or Unbounded Results
Analyze Infeasible Nonlinear Problems
Change the Default Solvers Used
Create Local Solver Configuration
Solve MINLP problems with AOA
Check if variable values satisfy constraints
Use a Multi-Objective Approach
Tune CPLEX Options from AIMMS
Solve in parallel with Asynchronous Solver Sessions
Error Handling
Handle errors and warnings
Customize Settings for Errors and Warnings
Identify error
Application UI
UI Features
Create Forms in WebUI
Zoom and Scroll in a Gantt Chart
Enable the Page Manager
Change Chart View on a Page
Add Compressed Files for User Download
Using Sidepanels with the Old WebUI Theme
Styling
Display an On/Off Switch in Widgets
Change Widget Styles with CSS
Add a Custom Startup Image in WinUI
Align Objects in WinUI
Deployment
PRO Basics
Size AIMMS PRO Server Hardware
Create PRO User Groups
Overview: Best Practices for Operating AIMMS PRO
Deploy an Application on AIMMS PRO
Develop Multi-Platform Applications
Keep WebUI Active During Solve
Change AIMMS PRO account
Cloud Platform Basics
Exchange data with the AIMMS Cloud Platform
Client-Server Communication
Troubleshoot Unresponsive Applications
Send and Receive Messages
Reduce Exchange Between Client Session and Server Session
Upload and Download Files
Secure File Access
Load Server Session Results Manually
Use the Progress Window in WebUI
Show Intermediate Solutions
Interrupt the Server Session
Communicate Data Changes in WebUI
Delegate To Server
Start a Job via PRO API using Java
Start a Job via PRO API using C#
Schedule Regular Jobs
Collaborative Data Management (CDM)
Install CDM Service
Log CDM
Software Evolution
Overview: Deprecation of Compound Sets
Prepare for the Deprecation of Compound Sets
Upgrade WebUI Page Actions
Upgrade Old WebUI Maps
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Last Updated: August, 2019
