Difficulties to change settings in wt.properties.xconf

[Chris17]

Hi there,

our users required to enable the search for empty attribute fields. The Windchill documentation states that this can be done by setting the property com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria in wt.properties.xconf to true.

I am used to edit settings with the xconfmanager tool. The command

xconfmanager -s com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria=true -t codebase\wt.properties.xconf -p

failed with a lengthy error message (see attached file).

In the wt.properties.xconf file, a comment has been inserted at the beginning:

#-*- XCONF CONTENT START -*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-
# WARNING:
#
#    This file has been updated by the xconfmanager tool located in,
#    $(wt.home)\bin but this file is not declared by PTC as being managed
#    via xconf.
#
#    To ensure that your settings will be preserved the next time the 
#    xconfmanager is run or an installer is used to install a new product or
#    a maintenance update to the currently installed products:
#
#     ****    DO NOT MODIFY THE CONTENTS OF THIS FILE DIRECTLY!    ****
#
#    If you are configuring this installation and you wish to change a value
#    from its default,  edit your site-specific xconf configuration file:
#       C:\ptc\Windchill_11.0\Windchill\site.xconf
#    using the xconfmanager tool located in $(wt.home)\bin.  You may run the
#    command 'xconfmanager -h' to obtain a usage statement for this tool.

#    The following properties are specified in xconfs:
#      - com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria
#
#-*- XCONF CONTENT END -!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-

So my question is: How do I properly set options in wt.properties.xconf? And how can I revert the changes?

Thank you in advance for your comments.

Best

Chris

[Vincent-Kulak · Accepted solution]

Target file is incorrect in your command

xconfmanager -s com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria=true -t codebase\wt.properties -p

 To revert to default you need need to remove entry from site.xconf and propagate with following command:

xconfmanager -p

[Chris17]

Problem solved! Thanks a lot for your help, Vincent-Kulak!

[arunk]

change of property value :

We can run the correct value icon manager, and it will be updated with the updated value.

For removal of the property value: (sample)

xconfmanager --remove -s wt.mail.properties=\\$WT_HOME\mail.properties -t codebase/wt.properties -p

But it removes only value. Not the property itself.

After running this the wt.properties will have the below line.

> wt.mail.properties=

I would like to remove the property itself. Please help me.

[BenLoosli]

xconfmanager --remove -s wt.mail.properties=\\$WT_HOME\mail.properties -t codebase/wt.properties -p

run this command:

xconfmanager --remove wt.mail.properties -t codebase/wt.properties -p

Your command is trying to remove and SET (-s) the same option.

[arunk]

Hi,

I used this command, but not removing the line from wt,properties file.

[BenLoosli]

I have had that happen before.

run: xconfmanager -d wt.mail.properties

See where the command  is being set from and if it has any value(s).

I have sometimes manually removed lines from site.xconfig and then run xconfmanager -p and that has cleared some of those pesky commands.

Last resort is to manually remove the entry in wt.properties, but be sure it is not in any *.config files first. I know, PTC says do not edit this file but there times when you have to.

I have been a Windchill admin for 18 years since 6.2.6 DSU11, now on 11.0 while working an upgrade to 11.1 and then 12.2.

[arunk]

It works!

I removed the lines from site.xconf file.

And, ran the xconfmanager -p command.

Thank you.