Windchill Ideas

Allow checkout of non-latest iterations of WTParts & MPMLink objects. To prevent irreversible mistakes users do with a “delete”, we can block "Delete" with access rules. But to correct a mistake user needs to be able to checkout of non-latest iterations of WTParts & MPMLink objects.   Just for information Preference "Allow checkout of non-latest iterations" is only valid for CAD Document. Preference "Allow revise of non-latest revisions" is valid for all object types.   ... View more

In Windchill Product Analytics, it is possible to send a single request to a single supplier including all the parts provided by him. By doing so, it is automatically sent an email to the specific supplier with in attachment  a compressed folder which contains   n-XML files, with   n=number of parts provided by the supplier. The problem arises when a single supplier provides several parts, such as 20 or even more.   It becomes quite unsustainable for him to compile that amount of XML files (it's a big wasting of time).  (in our company, for instance, we have a supplier that provide us with 2200 parts....!!!)   In this particular cases, it would be useful to being able to generate always a single request to the single supplier, but with in attachment   ONLY 1 SINGLE XML FILE containing all the list of the provided parts.  In this way, the supplier would be able to compile only 1 requests for all the parts referred to him, in a quicker way.   I have tried manually to create this sort of file and it works when uploaded in WPA.   Of course, with this approach it is possible to loose the compliance details of all the parts provided by a single supplier, but at least it turns his compilation procedure more sustainable and time-saving. In the case of doubts about a single parts, it is always possible to send single requests for that, so it's not an issue.   If anyone else has had this problem, please give a kudo to this idea.   Thanks,   Luca   Comment Share   ... View more

Not all Caches, listed in article CS277427, are listed via Windchill / Site / Utilities / Server Status / Monitoring Tools / Windchill Cache Statistics. These are missing: com.ptc.core.lwc.server.cache.IBADefViewManager$IBADefViewCache wt.cache.size.IBADefViewManager$IBADefViewCache com.ptc.core.lwc.server.cache.AdminTypeDefinitionCacheManager wt.cache.size.AdminTypeDefinitionCacheManager com.ptc.core.lwc.server.cache.StandardTypeDefinitionCacheManager wt.cache.size.StandardTypeDefinitionCacheManager wt.folder.DefaultFolderCache.maxFindSubFolders wt.folder.cache.maxFindSubFolders wt.inf.team.RecomputeQueueCache wt.cache.size.RecomputeQueueCache wt.org.WTRolePrincipalCache wt.cache.size.WTRolePrincipalCache   All Cashes should be available via Windchill Cache Statistics ... View more

Currently WPA supports only XLS generated BOM Reports with a limitation of 65536 rows. This leads for some heavy BOM Material Content Reports in cutting information. WPA should be updated to incorporate the XLSX or another option ?? to overcome this limitation. Info: 65536 is the maximum number of spreadsheet rows supported by Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002 and Excel 2003 (Excel 2007, 2010 and 2013 support 1,048,576 rows (2 20 )). ... View more

WPA needs to be able to save Search criteria that was entered by the user.    They system should provide the ability for the user to name the saved search.   The saved searches should be displayed to the user.   The user should be able to select a saved search and re-run it or edit it and re-run it. PDMLink provides this capability.    Similar capability should be available in WPA. ... View more

The Search Results table should order the columns consistent with the order of the display on Search or Infomation screen.  It would be best if the order of the columns on the Search Results screen could be configured by the admin or by the user.    This would include flex fields.  ... View more

In WS, Searches, and folders, detail pages, etc the actions & other menus allow for many tasks, but being buried in a menu are hard to miss or require several clicks and mouse navigations (which equate to more time for frequent tasks).  Please allow users to decide which actions can have their own stand alone icon which is not accessed via the menu. (Ability to Changing Size of icons displayed may also help for those who want to display more icons.) The examples below are not to vote for those exact configuration, but for the ability for the Admin & end-user to customize according to the companies and the individuals work flow. Display:Allow Admins/users to easily customize which shortcut actions icons are displayed outside the menu in WS, CS, Folders, detail page, etc. Eg.1: In CS, we don't ever want the promo req buried in the actions menu under new; I use it enough that I want to be able to have it displayed and one click on the icon starts the promo req. Eg.2: In the WS, we want the Edit attributes among the other icons that only require one click (such as Remove, upload, checkin, etc). Hide: Admin/User should be able to hide shortcut icons that are infrequently used or not at all, so that frequent commands can be accessed more quickly and without clutter. Eg.3: Currently we do not use auto associate, new part, or new cad document, therefore I do not need these shortcut icons and so I want to hide them (so that they are only available via the file, edit, and tools menus) ... View more

Need provision to control the "Total Unspecified Mass(%)" in WPA. Currently there is no property which supports to limit "Total Unspecified Mass(%)" in WPA and disallow the IPC from loading successfully. Need an property which supports the same in WPA. ... View more

Hello, According to the latest decision of the European court of justice, the 0.1% threshold for notifying SVHCs in articles applies to each of the articles incorporated as a component of a complex product rather than to the entire product. In WPA, the current REACh report is no longer convenient. Our suggestion is to develop a new REACh report, showing the status of each article. In addition, the new report must help the users assessing the status of parts with "insufficient data". - 1. export the values of the "Flex Fields" in which we could have added or calculated valuable information. - 2. add fields or cells in which we can assess the parts thanks to experts knowledge. Hope this can help ! Pierre. ... View more

Hi,   In Windchill 11.0 we are unable to see Attribute Filter option in Edit Filter menu of the structure tab for an  EPM Document.   We could only see the Attribute Filter option for only WT Parts. Could you please implement this feature as many of the Engineers in the business are looking for this option.       ... View more

On several WPA search criteria screens (for substances, supplier parts, company parts, ...), there is the ability to select multiple values from a pick list.  The screen to assist in selecting the values will only apply selected items from the current screen.   If the user selects some items, scrolls to a different section of the list and selects some more items, then selects teh Down Arrow, only the items selected from the section displayed will be applied.   The selected items from the non-displayed portion of the list are not applied. WPA needs to allow the user to scroll through the list and select all the items needed, then Apply all items selected.   ... View more