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Version: 2026.1

Application

This page provides generated reference documentation for the Application data model.

This data model contains the tree structure of the entire xRM application

Overview​

PropertySummary
aliasThe database alias that is associated with this application.
commentProperty to store a developer comment in form of
companyThe information of the company, by which the application is used.
descriptionDescription
documentationContains the documentation of the data model in the popular AsciiDoc format (.adoc). The documentation should be set by the developer to explain different…
entityNodeThe the root node of the tree structure defining the application
iconImage.
iconProcessSpecifies the icon dynamically. If the icon has no effect, neither will the result of the process.
signatureThe signature of the application
titleTitle (speaking name. may contain spaces and special characters.) This has different effects depending on the entity:

alias​

Type: String

The database alias that is associated with this application.

comment​

Type: String

Property to store a developer comment in form of

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In the past this was used in customizing for frame controls additional settings, such as the activation of rights, histories, or attributes. This should not be done anymore in the comment property, because therefor a metadata property exists.

company​

Type: CompanyDataModel

The information of the company, by which the application is used.

description​

Type: String

Description

documentation​

Type: String

Contains the documentation of the data model in the popular AsciiDoc format (.adoc). The documentation should be set by the developer to explain different aspects (like purpose, concept, etc.) of the data model that they designed.

You may want to add the extension "AsciiDoc" to your ADITO Designer in order to modify AsciiDoc files.

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entityNode​

Type: EntityNodeDataModel
Constraints: Verification: EVerifier.ENTITY_NODE

The the root node of the tree structure defining the application

icon​

Type: String

Image.

Depending on the datamodel, this has different effects:

  • Entity: used as symbol in the designer. Do not confuse this property with the iconId property
  • Context: used as symbol in the designer. If the contexts entity has an icon set, the entities icon is used
  • System, Language, Role, Application: icon that appears only in the designer.
  • Template: Same effect as on the respective component
  • Alias, User: no effect
  • Frame, Process, Report, NeonFrame: icon that appears in the designer and in the client for the frame.

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You can add a custom icon by placing an icon.png file in the folder of your data model.

iconProcess​

Type: String

Specifies the icon dynamically. If the icon has no effect, neither will the result of the process.

Depending on the datamodel, the result of the process has to be different:

  • When you can specify an icon-avatar-text (e.g. VAADIN:USERS): You've to return the icon-avatar.text with result.string(...)

  • When you can specify an image in the icon: This is returned as a string with the ID of the image in the ASYS_BINARIES via result.string().

Error messages from this process do not arrive at the client, they are only visible in the server log.

signature​

Type: String

The signature of the application

title​

Type: String
Constraints: Verification: TITLE_LENGTH

Title (speaking name. may contain spaces and special characters.) This has different effects depending on the entity:

  • System, Application, Template, Language and Alias: no effect
  • Frame, NeonFrame: Caption of the frame in the client
  • Process: Name of the process in system administration
  • Report: Labeling of the report in the client
  • Role: Name of the role as it appears in the client