3DEXPERIENCE Web Apps – A Complete Guide to Classic Web Applications

The 3DEXPERIENCE Web Apps – Classic User’s Guide explains the common tools, user interface, and functionalities provided by Collaboration and Approvals, which are used across all classic web apps on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. These classic web apps support both baseline system behavior and customer-specific environments, making them flexible for enterprise needs.

Unlike dashboard-embedded apps, a web app opens in a separate browser tab, offering a focused and dedicated workspace for managing business data.

What Are 3DEXPERIENCE Web Apps?

A 3DEXPERIENCE Web App is a browser-based application that opens in its own tab instead of inside a dashboard widget. These apps are designed to help users manage documents, projects, issues, tasks, changes, and approvals efficiently within the ENOVIA environment.

Default Home Page – The Dashboard

When you log in or click Home, the system opens the Dashboard, which acts as the default landing page for classic web apps.

Key Highlights of the Dashboard

• Quick access to documents, collections, projects, issues, and tasks
• Visual charts to analyze workload and pending actions
• Shortcuts and collections for faster navigation
• Alerts for casual license users when monthly usage limits are near
• Real-time overview of recent document changes and responsibilities

Users can refine displayed information using filters and interactive charts to focus on what needs immediate attention.

Accessing the Dashboard

You can access the dashboard using any of the following methods:

• Click Home
• Click > Home from the top bar
• Navigate via Collaboration and Approvals → Dashboard

To change the default home page, users can configure settings through Web App Preferences.

Common Tools Available in All Classic Web Apps

Advanced Table Management

Users can:

• Customize column order, width, and sorting
• Group rows and filter information
• View data as tables or graphs
• Edit information in a spreadsheet-like interface
• Generate comparison reports between two business objects

Lifecycle Management

Web apps allow users to:

• Create, review, release, and obsolete objects
• Manage approvals, tasks, and signatures
• Promote or demote individual or multiple objects
• Run validation and lifecycle reports

Background Job Monitoring

Track the progress of long-running background jobs without interrupting work.

Output and Export Options

Users can:

• Print pages
• Generate PDFs
• Export data in CSV, HTML, or Text formats

Sharing and Collaboration

• Share business objects with other users
• Transfer ownership of content securely
• Subscribe to object events and notifications

Dashboard Tabs Overview

New Docs

• Latest 100 documents created by you in the last 10 days
• Displays only Document objects

Changed Docs

• Latest 100 documents modified by you in the last 10 days

My Recent Docs

• Documents created or modified and owned by you

My Trainings

• Visible only if Quality-based Document Control is installed
• Lists documents assigned for training

Collections

• Group related objects such as parts, documents, or project data

Projects

• Available if Project Management is installed
• Displays projects you have access to

Change Management Menu

The Change menu supports structured engineering change processes:

• Add objects to an existing or new Change Request
• Add objects to an existing or new Change Order
• Add objects to an existing or new Change Action

This ensures traceability and controlled product evolution.

Columns and Actions in Document Pages

Each list page displays columns depending on the object type, such as:

• Name, Title, Description
• Revision and Version
• State and Lifecycle status
• Originator and creation date
• Locked files and deliverables

Common Actions Include:

• Download
• Check-in / Check-out
• Lock / Unlock
• Upload new files
• Subscribe to document events
• Open properties in a new window

Charts and Visual Analytics

Charts appear on the right side of the dashboard and provide insights into in-process work.

Common Dashboard Charts

• Assigned Items
• Locked Documents
• Project Tasks
• Issues and Changes
• Due Tasks Timeline
• Updates of Documents Over Time

Interactive charts allow users to click data points to filter the list automatically.

Collections – Organizing Your Work

Collections allow users to save frequently accessed objects in one place.

Key capabilities include:

• Clipboard collection for temporary storage
• User-defined collections
• Adding items directly from list pages
• Searching within collections (on-premises configuration)

Sharing and Ownership Transfer

ENOVIA web apps support:

• Sharing objects with specific users
• Controlling access permissions
• Transferring ownership of content securely

Lifecycles and Approvals

Lifecycles define who can do what and when during an object’s existence.

Supported features:

• Approval workflows
• Task assignments
• Digital signatures
• Promote and demote operations
• Validation reports

Generating Output

Users can:

• Render pages as PDF
• Export tables and structured data
• Maintain formatting during exports

Web App Preferences

Preferences allow users to personalize the web app experience.

Key Preference Categories

• Currency and unit conversion
• Export file formats
• Pagination controls
• Time zone settings
• Email notification frequency
• Display of images in tables
• Discussion view and sorting options
• Browser toolbar visibility

Preferences can be accessed via Top Bar → Preferences and applied globally or per app.

Conclusion

The 3DEXPERIENCE Classic Web Apps provide a powerful, flexible, and intuitive environment for managing product data, documents, tasks, and engineering changes. With rich dashboards, advanced filtering, lifecycle control, and collaboration tools, these apps help organizations improve visibility, productivity, and control across the product lifecycle.

Whether you are managing documents, tracking engineering changes, or collaborating across teams, 3DEXPERIENCE Web Apps deliver a robust digital backbone for modern engineering enterprises.