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I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.1 and Datecode with CPS M020 During installation of O2S migration utility we encountered an error message Creating create_ddl_wt failed: "create Database DDL failed" . Source database is Oracle 12c the target database is SQL Server 2017 this is part of attempt to bring WcT 11.0 on Oracle to WcT 13.1 on SQL Server. Here are the errors that I faced Creating create_ddl_wt failed: "create Database DDL failed" DEBUG 2026-06-03 15:38:25 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEBUG 2026-06-03 15:38:25 - ==== Switching Windchill data store to Oracle finished sucessfully ==== DEBUG 2026-06-03 15:38:25 - ***************************************************************************************** DEBUG 2026-06-03 15:38:25 - Creating create_ddl_wt failed: "create Database DDL failed"

Hi.  I have a couple of Attributes in Windchill, around 3000+ documents. Where the attribute values need updating. Manually, it will take Days and weeks to update.  Thanks. 

Hello,I am receiving an "Execution Timeout Expired" error in Windchill Risk and Reliability while performing a large-scale analysis/calculation on a complex system architecture.Steps to Reproduce: Open the relevant system tree / project. Run the calculation/report (e.g., Reliability Prediction / FMEA / RBD analysis). After a certain period, the application throws the "Execution Timeout Expired" dialog box (Please see the attached "Error.PNG"). Error Message: "Execution Timeout Expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding."   Thank you for your support.

HelloI’m trying to create a library context via NmLoader based on an Org library template:<?xml version="1.0" ?><!DOCTYPE NmLoader SYSTEM "standardX20.dtd"><NmLoader> <csvContainer handler="wt.inf.container.LoadContainer.createContainer"> <csvcontainerClass>com.liebherr.aer.flow.windchill.WTLibraryStandardLibrary</csvcontainerClass> <csvcontainerName>Foo111</csvcontainerName> <csvparentContainerPath>/wt.inf.container.OrgContainer=AER</csvparentContainerPath> <csvcontainerTemplateRef>Standard Parts Library Template</csvcontainerTemplateRef> <csvbusinessNamespace/> <csvsharingEnabled/> <csvcreator>orgadministrator</csvcreator> <csvowner>orgadministrator</csvowner> <csvsubscriber/> <csvconferencingURL/> <csvdescription>TO_REPLACE_CONTEXT_DESCRIPTION</csvdescription> <csvorganization>AER</c

We are currently planning for WTParts and we are trying to figure out how to manage attributes that are to be governed in SAP.  Our Current WorkflowFinished Goods (End Items) meetings are held to discuss necessary attributes to be entered into SAP   An Administrator fills out a spreadsheet with the required new finished goods. Sometimes there can be dozens of finished goods at once (even hundreds). The spreadsheet is sent to the SAP team for SAP import and part creation.Windchill Implementation AssumptionsWindchill/SAP Integration will be custom, 1 way (still to be developed) Some of the attributes for a Finished Good should not be managed in the WTPart, as they should be governed by SAP and any changes in SAP will cause a disconnect with the data in Windchill (due to the custom 1 way SAP Integration). We will be converting the current process from Excel and Email to Windchill. All attributes that were sent through Excel will be sent through Windchill. Windchill users will never want o

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.0 and Datecode with CPS M030-CPS16 WGM integrated matrix WGM integrated matrix

Hello Team, I have done the Full extraction on wt.epm.structure.EPMMemberLink once and the data got extracted into Stage Table. But, looks very less data I got and have done very long back. Instead of generating report, I have truncated the table in Stage DB. and started the full extraction once again  for same object. This time nothing is getting extracted. Can you please help me, what I can take further action on the same ? Have checked client and server logs. There is no exception on the same.

Hi,While setting up a FMEA worksheet for an aerospace application, I am unable to locate the ‘SAE ARP5580 Standard’ in the list within the Windchill Risk and Reliability 11.1 Team Edition CPS11 tool.I’m wondering why this aerospace standard is not included in the tool. Could someone please help me if I’m missing something?Thanks in advance.

Our requirement is to fetch service effectivity information of service objects (publication group, textual content holder.. etc.) using windchill REST services.PTC support team has confirmed there are no OOTB API. Currently in Windchill - created this topic for product idea.

Hi AllI’m have exported my custom table view one windchill server and trying to import it into another server using LoadFromFile. The output shows it has successfully imported but the view is actually not imported.Can someone help by mentioning what are important points to be considered while doing this or suggest where I may have gone wrong. Please note I have to use LoadFromFile utility only

We have a requirement for mass change quantity update, where we have 2 input text boxes in step 1 and in step 2 we have a table builder. The data on the table builder in step 2 would be based on the text box input from step1, but i am not able to get the value of the text box from step1 in the Nmcommand bean of the table builder. Could you please assist me here?

Hello,In the legacy licensing model Base, Advanced, Premium, the Windchill Save As action was included in Windchill Base. Which license does this action correspond to in the new ePLM licensing model? Standard Author? Design Engineering Lite? Design Engineering?Thanks a lot Christian 

I have a great process for mass-printing or creating PDF’s from Creo View.  One of the key steps is collecting all the objects in Windchill and adding them to the clipboard. Does anyone know a way I can select an assembly, collect all the drawings of the assembly components and add them to the clipboard?  Anywhere I can get to that has the collection rules doesn’t seem to have Copy and anywhere that has Copy doesn’t seem to have a collector. Thanks in advance!

Hello, has anyone seen how this is done?Is this a new feature for Windchill 13?I normally expect to see the effective date on the details page and not the object header. https://support.ptc.com/help/windchill_esi/r2026.0.0.0/es/index.html#page/windchill_esi/esi_impl/ESIORACLEXMLSchemasPart.html 

Hello,I’m trying to create an attribute that could verify if a document posses a secondary content (a boolean would be enough) Once created, I will use that attribute in the advanced search’s view,  to be able to sort and show if the document has a secondary content or not I’m on Windchill 10.2, with my new standart attribute “HasSecondaryContent” in the type “Document”, but I don’t know how get the information about the secondary content into my attribute, or to add it in the list of attributes in the view modification’s window (I see it on the document detail page)Do you have some hints to help me create that attribute ?

I need to create a conditional statement that checks if the PBO is drawing; if so, it advances; if not, it terminates. However, as a new Windchill administrator, I'm having trouble and can't find an article that can help me.

Hoping someone might have already solved this one and be willing to share their approach. By default any floating point number passed to an EPMDocument from a CAD file has the precision set to the max (14 I think), which means the value has to show using scientific notation, which is not easy to read. There is a configuration option to ignore precision, but then you lose all precision on all attribute values on all objects, which does not meet our requirements. Ideally I would like to control the display of those particular attributes to limit the number of significant figures, which is going to take some level of customisation. Perhaps modifying the data processor to change rendering for a configured list of attributes, or catching the store of the attribute value and reducing the precision.Has anyone tackled this issue, able to share any details or lessons learned?

Hello,We have monolithic Windchill Setup.Details:1. One Main Server2. Replica Server 1​​​​​​​3. Replica Server 24. Database Server As failsafe  in runtime, if the main server goes offline due to (hardware issues, OS issue, Network issue, etc) there needs to parallel redundant server.I have checked below articles about cluster for Windchill.https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS30922?source=searchhttps://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS436863?source=searchQuestions:What is the first step to move towards cluster or redundant environment?Is it good idea to have new separate application server and new separate DB server as backup?(These application and DB server needs to have same configuration)Considering emergency on application and database servers as well, then is cluster a good option?or is there a other solution that is available for situations like this?

Need a way to either schedule the report to get who added / removed users from site admin and org admin groups. Or this should print the details in logs without having to enabler lot of loggers which can potentially fill up space pretty quickly. This is extremely important because, we have a process which is driven by security to get the access , but without approvals if we see someone getting added even if its intermittent, we want to know who is performing such actions as its breaching the policy

Hello all,  I am currently working on a complex Report for ECR system. I have made a great progress by studying other threads and also found some QML´s. However I am now stuck in and I would need your advice. I was able to create a report able to track data in ECR, ECN + DT and examine complexity, how long it took (by calculation), etc.My trouble is to track activities in different objects. I was able to create a connection Change Activity → (Primary Business Object) → WORK ITEM → (Source) → WF Assigned Activity, that will report activities I needed however only for one of the Objects, but when I connect WORK ITEM with (Primary Business Object) to any other Object (ECN, ECR) I get no results.  Can you advice what should I to to get activities from all of the types in single report?  Thank you in advance. 

Every time I'm in my Windchill I try to open a part through CREO view it opens with my chrome browser, would it be possible to leave the EDGE browser as the default? I've already set it as the default in Windows and nothing.

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.2 and Datecode with CPS 11.2.1.0After Rehost, Windchill is starting but showing license issue. But in master server we are able to access the windchill.error : wt.session.SessionUsers$PreLoginException: wt.licenseusage.licensing.LicensingException: Access is denied. You are not a registered Windchill user.note: in slave server iis is configuredHere are the errors that I facedwt.session.SessionUsers$PreLoginException: wt.licenseusage.licensing.LicensingException: Access is denied. You are not a registered Windchill user.

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.0.2 1、普通用户检入CAD文档并选择自动将部件关联至CAD文档选项后，没有构建生成部件结构，· 2、普通用户在CAD文档的详细信息页面，操作》比较）与部件结构比较）构建多级部件结构时，出现以下错误：没有权限，这个权限如何给予 3、管理员在CAD文档的详细信息页面，操作》比较）与部件结构比较）构建多级部件结构时，出现以下错误：构建失败：无构建对象

Hello All,I would like to explore options for controlling user access at the context/folder level within Windchill.We currently have a requirement where certain users need limited permissions to view specific Windchill data. Could you please advise if there are available options to manage this through Access Control Lists (ACLs)?Additionally, I would appreciate guidance on how, from an administrative perspective, we can configure and enforce such restrictions effectively. 

Is there a way to search all structures/assemblies in Windchill to see where both Part A and Part B are used? Where used only take a single part as input. I would like a Where Used that can take multiple parts as inputs.