For Administrators

Axiell DesignerClosed A tool for designing, creating, customizing and managing Axiell Collections applications and databases, broadly speaking, the Axiell Collections Model Application. As well as managing databases, including user access and permissions, Designer is used for such tasks as translating field labels, tooltips, values in drop lists, etc. is available to Application Administrators for designing, creating, customizing and managing Axiell Collections applications and databases (screens and fields), broadly speaking, for administration of the Model Application. Beyond management of databases, including user access and permissions, Axiell Designer is used for a range of purposes, including tasks such as translation of field labels, tooltips, and values in drop lists. Amongst other administrative tasks it is used for:

  • Database maintenance: set up of tables, fields, relationships, indexing strategy.
  • Security maintenance: creation of roles, groups and access control lists to objects.
  • Application maintenance: menu options, screen layout, output formats.
  • Import and export of data.
  • Adapl script editing and compilation.
  • Localization (including translations).

The Axiell Designer documentation is available here.

While a dedicated tool may always be required for management of certain advanced features of Axiell Collections applications and databases, recent iterations of the Collections Model Application aim to decrease reliance on Axiell Designer. For instance, Model Application 5.2 allows users to upload their own templates as output formatsClosed An Output format is an XSLT style sheet or Microsoft Word or Excel template that specifies what fields are included in a report or printed output, and how the data is laid out and styled. for printing and reporting purposes, something that previously required Axiell Designer. The Standard Model significantly increases the number of fields available out-of-the-box, reducing the need to customize the standard model in the first place, and provides tools in Axiell Collections itself that enable Application Administrators to manage some system configurations and customizations.

In this section of the Axiell Collections Help you will find details about installing Axiell Collections, and Technical specifications.