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olatz1-Visitor
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Jun 8, 2020 12:40 PM UTC
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How to assign "Units" in "Additional Properties". Manufacturing Apps 8.5.2

Hi,

Does anybody know how can be "Units" assigned to a property in Manufacturing Apps 8.5.2?

I thought that we could do this from the "Configuration and Setup" option, in the "Additional Properties" menu, but there is no option to do it in the screen. Although it is explained in the help center how to do it, it is imposible to do it from this screen.

https://support.ptc.com/help/thingworx_apps/r8.5/en/#page/thingworx_apps%2FThingWorxAppsSetupConfig%2Fadditional_properties.html

 

Thanks

 

Olatz.

 

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ganeja5-Regular Member
5-Regular Member
Jun 8, 2020 7:42 PM UTC

Hi @olatz !

 

Platform does not have official API to update units.
Some hack (updateEntity) was used in code to mitigate that but that hack is causing deadlock issues  

So while we are waiting for official API to update units ()
We need to disable units on Additional Properties page
This will avoid the bug " Units are not persisting in Composer after being created in MFG Additional Properties"

you cannot edit the units however, they are displayed as an information for the user.

So i believe for now it working as expected .

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    olatz1-VisitorAuthor
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    Jun 9, 2020 6:40 AM UTC

    Hi @ganeja

     

    In you reply, you said that "you cannot edit the units however, they are displayed as an information for the user.

    So i believe for now it working as expected.", but, how did you asign a value to the unit for the first time? I don't want to change them, I just want to give an initial value to the units for every property in the list.

     

    Thanks

    Olatz.

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    ganeja5-Regular Member
    5-Regular Member
    Jun 25, 2020 12:38 PM UTC

    Hi @olatz !

     

    I believe while performing import of equipment using a sheet you assign value to Unit . 

    Could you please try this way .

     

    Thanks

    Gunjan Aneja 

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    Jul 2, 2020 3:05 PM UTC

    Hi @olatz.

     

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