Using a Document Management System with AASHTOWare Project

The AASHTOWare Project Generic Document Management Application Programming Interface (API) enables you to create an interface from a document management system to the web-based AASHTOWare Project software. With this interface, you can create URL attachments that link documents in the document management system to any web-based AASHTOWare Project entity.

To use the API, your agency must license the SYNC™ Service for AASHTOWare Project and a document management system, such as Doc Express® or Bentley ProjectWise.

In the AASHTOWare Project software, an agency user runs the Bridge to Document Management System process on the Execute Process component to activate the API. See Running the Bridge to a Document Management System.

The Doc Express® document management system natively supports the web-based AASHTOWare Project Document Management API. To use the API with other document management systems, your agency must develop an interface adapter. For information about enabling the interface in Doc Express or developing an interface for another document management system, download the AASHTOWare Project Document Management Application Programming Interface Guide from aashtowareproject.org.

For more information about setting up your system to use the API, see Setting Up Access for Mobile Applications.

Maintaining a Document Management System

Each row represents a Document Management System record. You can view or change values in these fields:

• Document Management System Name

• Doc Man Sys Id

• Desc

Click in a field and add, change, or delete information as needed.

To add a new Document Management System record, click the New button. The system adds a new row at the bottom of the list. Enter information in all fields as required.

To delete a record, select Delete from the row Actions menu. To reverse the delete action, click the Undo button.

To copy a record, select Duplicate Row from the row Actions menu. The system adds a new row directly beneath the source row.

To exclude a record from the list of search results, select Exclude from Search Results from the row Actions menu.

To insert a row, select Insert Row from the row Actions menu. The new row will be inserted above whichever row you selected.