Initializing help system before first use

Starting a Companion File

In this section, a minimal companion file is added to the example project.

Create a file called foliodata.xml at the same, root level as the foliodata.bim file.

In Workbench, click File > New > Companion File.

A new file containing default content is created. Replace that with the following contents:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<model-companion
xmlns="http://www.fico.com/xpress/optimization-modeler/model-companion"
version="3.0">
<client>
<view-group title="Portfolio Optimization"></view-group>
</client>
</model-companion>

A <model-companion> element is the root element for companion files—full XML documentation is available at http://www.fico.com/fico-xpress-optimization/docs/latest/insight/xml_reference/index.html.

<client> elements are containers for client-side configuration.

A <view-group> is a container for a group of views that will appear in the user interface.

With a cfile as above, no actual views have been defined—if you republish the app to Xpress Insight, there is no discernable difference.

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