IoT & Connectivity

Introduction to Digital Performance Management (DPM)Written by: Tori Firewind, IoT EDC “Digital Performance Management (DPM) is a closed-loop, problem solving solution that helps manufacturers identify, prioritize, and solve their biggest loss challenges, resulting in reduced cost, increased revenue, and improved service levels.”– DPM Help CenterWhat is DPM?Digital Performance Manager (DPM) is an application which improves factory efficiency across a variety of different areas, namely “the four P’s” of Digital Transformation: products, processes, places, and people. Each performance issue in a factory can be mapped to at least one of these improvement categories in a new strategy for Continuous Improvement (CI) founded by PTC. Figure 1 – Each performance issue in a factory can be mapped to at least one of 4 fundamental improvement categories: products, processes, places, and people. PTC’s new, industry-leading strategy for continuous improvement (CI) in factories is a “best p

Hello folks,i have a question to the list shuttle widget of thingworx 9.1.0. (Help Center) Is it possible to add an item of the "source list" multiple times to the "target list"?Currently the item from "source list" disappears as soon as I add it to the "target list". I attached a screenshot with an example what i want.  Best regardsMarc

Hi Marek,    I am doing something similar to retrieve documents. Everything runs without errors but I don't know how actually get the document. I just get some weird paths in the output window but don't know where to find the document. Any suggestions?

Anyone have success setting up row based state definitions using a grid configuration?  Below is a code snippet of my configuration. I have checked that the column "fieldName" matches the field name below, values in my table the states "value", and that I am able to apply general styling to the grid. (see the commented out style).  Any ideas on what else could be going on?   "rows": { "selection": "single", "defaultSelectedRows": "", "minHeight": "30", "autoScroll": true, "rowFormatter": { "stateDefinition": { "name": "Entry Difference Indicator", "fieldName": "entryDifferenceIndicator", "type": "not-fixed", "states": [ { "name": "Different Entries", "value": "noEquivalentEntry", "comparator": "==", "styleName": "rowFormatterStyle" } ] } } }, "styles": { "rowFormatterStyle": { "backgroundColor": "blue", "fontWeight": "bold" }, /*"rowBackgroundStyle": { "backgroundColor": "blue", },*/ } 

Hello, I have been trying to upgrading my Thingworx foundation installation to V9.3.1 Windows / MSSQL and each time I attempt to run the upgrade, the apache thingworx foundation service gets removed as a windows service and gives me a warning of "ThingWorx Foundation is not running. Please start ThingWorx Foundation and try again". My instance is now stuck and I cannot get the platform up with previous version.   Following the upgrade, I have both Java 8 and java 11 installed following the prerequisites shown via the link below. https://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx/platform/r9/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx/Help/Installation/UsingTheInstallerToUpgradeThingWorxFoundation.html#wwID0EE25T   However; when I run java -version in cmd prompt, it states Java 11 which I believe should not be the case until the updated version of thingworx is installed.   Any help would be appreciated.

Is there a way to avoid creating all tags when setting up a new device?     Right now my current workflow is to create all tags then go back into the system and delete tag groups / tags that the client is not using.  I was curious if there is a better way to do this?

Hi All,I need  a provision that the data present in Charts to be Download or Export in an image format. on Export click >>image format of charts Concern need quick response.  Regards,Hareef

What is the API to create PDF for report generation ?

How to update local property as a VTQ property of a remote thing ?? The timestamp of local property should not be the updated time. The timestamp should be same as the value of datetime property. How to do this?

Hi,Exported the whole project from one server of TWX and when trying to import in to the another server, getting following error: @slangley @PaiChung @c_lowy @CarlesColl  Thanks,Shashi  

Hello Developers,   I'm having a requirement where i need to show bar chart for current year data and previous year data as shown below.   In the first chart I need to show stacked bar for the current year and for the previous year side by side to show the comparison. I'm not able to figure out how to achieve this.   I'm able to get the current year stacked bar with a data shape like below Location (x axis) Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4 Now what would be the ideal data shape or approach to show the stacked bar for both the years.   Regards, Saran    

Hello. i am trying to ugprade TW from 9.1 to 9.3 and getting the following error. Attached is my upgrade log. please assist. thank you! 

Hi,I have  a mashup in which i am using text field widget. Unfortunately when I click on it a border appears around it. I think this is due to "ptcs-focus-overlay--border-width: 2px;". "ptcs-focus-overlay {visibility: hidden;}"Above custom CSS is not working on Thingworx 9.3 version. I using Thingworx 9.3 version. How can i avoid this issue. Regards,Hareef 

Hi,As per the connection server documentation, it's asking to set few environment variables from command prompt and run the connection server. This is working but when I close the cmd window, server also getting stopped. How to keep these variables in normal environment variables and keep the server up and running all the time? Also, what are the options available to start/stop the connection server? I am using version 9.2 of connection server.

I'm using ThingWorx 9.3 and the Mashup Composer wants to migrate my now-legacy Grid Advanced widgets to the new Grid (ptcsgrid).  Overall, the new Grid widget is really great, lots of nice features.  But, with multi-selection enabled it adds checkboxes on the left and a "Rows Selected" label at the top.  I have to click the checkbox on each row to select that row, can't just click anywhere on the row (but the ability to select text in cells and copy is really nice).  And, I can't use the shift key to select a range of rows with the checkboxes. Does anyone know if there is a way to turn off the checkboxes and "Rows Selected" label at the top of the ptcsgrid and allow selecting a range of rows? I have an open PTC case about this and so far have only gotten a recommendation to try this CSS to turn off the "Rows Selected" label, but it doesn't do anything for me. .widget-ptcsgrid::part(selected-rows-label) {    display:none} 

Hi everyone,   I tried to follow the tutorial about how to create an extension in Thingworx. But in the step 2, I wasn't able to download the plugin and the SDK. Do you know how to get those 2 files?   Thanks in advance.   Link to the tutorial:https://developer.thingworx.com/en/resources/guides/eclipse-plugin-thingworx-extension-development-tutorial/chapter-2-download-plugin-and-extension-sdk    

Hi Folks, I'm exploring options for Analytics with Thingworx which should be ready to use(plug n play) or have minimum integration efforts.Since it is going to be Analytics on top of cloud data sources, I am not sure if we have any OOTB PTC services or tools like Azure and AWS analytics services.If I have to choose among Azure and AWS IoT analysis then which one would be better in terms of reporting, less customization, minimum configuration and support from the vendor?I would appreciate if you could share some references of the use cases/solutions delivered on the same already.

In mashups > Functions > Expressions > How to use loggers to see the values. 

Hi,I need an image to be downloaded when i click button. on rutime mashup when i click button image to download.PTC can have provision that any widget available to download an image

Hii, I made a collection widget with some datas and it has a button to delete data.When that button is clicked data is deleting but the mashup is not refreshing. The collection mashup is in a contained mashup when using to main mashup. How can we refresh the collection widget when the button is clicked??

I recently wanted to add a menu bar as a left panel to a project I've been working on and tried to follow the very well written instructions on the PTC support website: (https://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx /platform/r9/en/index.html#page/ThingWorx/Help/Mashup_Builder/Widgets/MenuBarWidget.html). I was surprised when I checked and I can't find it in the Layout part of my mashup. Is it obsolete? Is there an alternative to use instead? The regular menu does not cover all needs in style and functionality... Any help?

I have to install an experience service and folled along the docs like 3 times and always getting the same error, when checking tomcat8.5.service status I really need help, i have no idea of what shoud i do next, and any idea how to setup experience service in general. 

How to trigger one subscription for 2 different events ?

Hi, I have done a Thingworx-PostgresSQL setup. Now I want to make MSSQL as the default persistent provider for the Thing Worx.instance.- I have installed MSSQL and have the necessary schema and database required for the THingworx.- Now I am trying to create a new persistence provider for MSSQL and set it as the default Persistence provider. But while creating the Persistence provider its asking for Persistence Provider Package. On selecting the add sign i can only see the package for postgress sql and Influx but not for MSSQL. Now how do i get MSSQL package so that I can create a Persistence provider for MSSQL. Thanks   

How to use Service developed using Java extension in Thingworx Service?I want to use Service present in Extension in Thingworx service.