Windchill Ideas

If you upload XML files in Windchill Product Analytics (WPA) related to obsolete and/or no-information part numbers, the system rejects the files as "Fail" due to this fact.   This is a problem, because in this way WPA doesn't allow you to keep track of these   non-qualified part numbers in the system. Also, if a part number is going to   be abandoned, it will remain inside the system not qualified  with respect to the new standards updates, without any possibility to qualify it as obsolete.   I think this is a BIG PROBLEM in WPA, in particular for the system maintenance. This problem should be seriously considered and solved in the future updates. ... View more

This idea is proposed to highlight that in Windchill Product Analytics it is possible to qualify only 1 BOM at once, by generating a "compliance status report" (after qualifying all sub-components of the BOM).   In our company we have over 12.500 finished product, which means that if we want to generate a compliance status report for each one of those, we have to do it one by one. Of course, this turns in a HUGE waste of time.   Therefore, my suggestion is to add an option in Windchill Product Analytics that allow the users to select multiple BOMs and generate at once all the respective compliance status reports. This option would lead to a much more practical and quicker management of the system.  ... View more

With this idea I want to highlight the fact that in Windchill Product Analytics (WPA) it's not possible to delete supplier part number or company part number, once uploaded into the system.   This is a problem, because if incorrect data is uploaded, there is no possibility of removing it, and it is destined to remain in the WPA system.   It should be given the option to delete company / supplier part numbers through the Windchill Product Analytics interface. ... 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

With this idea, I want to highlight that, every time a new release of WPA comes out, all regulatory standards are updated. The problem is that, all obsolete regulatory standards remain in WPA anyway, without having the possibility to remove them. REACh updates, in particular, occur every 6 months, and each update in WPA includes all previous versions. Therefore, it is not useful to maintain these previous versions in WPA, as they are redundant.   It would be very useful to be able to delete them, or disable them, in WPA and keep only the latest regulatory updates (Currently, the only way to remove old regulatory updates in your system is to uninstall and re-install WPA software, including only the latest regulatory updates).   What do you think?   Thanks,   Luca Moresco ... View more

Currently, the Thumbnail Navigator can be displayed ONLY within Search or Folder Contents table in the context. The Thumbnail Navigator should be available in more places, such as the workspace, home page, history tab & Related Objects tab of objects. ... 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

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

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

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

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

Need the ability to cc or bcc one or more specified user on emails generated (request. upload. reject, cancellation, error, approval) by the system.   The user should be able to specify from the UI who to cc or bcc on the email in addition to what was specified in the configuration of the email.   The system should provide the sendor a method of adding themselves or not (such as by having a checkbox).  ... View more

Search Results lists are in random order.    They should be sorted by a default field/fields which the user can then override.    The user should not have to specify the sort order every time a Search Results list is displayed. ... View more

The Admin search incorporates better features than the other searches.   It provides buttons for Back, Return to Search Results, Edit Search, etc.    These features should be incorporated into all of the other search and search results screens. ... View more

Considering that the REACH Authorization list (REACH(A)) is by definition a SUBSET of the REACH Candidate list (REACH(C)), we expect WPA to deliver a REACH(A) verdict based on the REACH(C) verdict. This is today partially addressed: For a Full Material Declaration (FMD or IPC1752A class D), WPA computes a REACH(C) and REACH(A) verdict For a Failed Regulated Compliance Declaration (RCD or IPC1752A class C) with SVHC in the REACH Authorization list above 0.1% threshold, WPA computes both REACH(C) and REACH(A) verdicts But for a Pass RCD, WPA does not compute any REACH(A) while from a business perspective it should be a Pass REACH(A) Is it possible to change this current behaviour so that WPA computes a PASS REACH(A) when a RCD has PASS REACH(C) ? ... View more

It would be valuable to track the usage patterns of PSM users. Benefits:     Identify Power users                   Identify frequenly used reports, allowing administrators to position these on default dashboards                   Determine if issues are trending before they would be otherwise noticed. ... View more

When substitute or alternate links are used in a BOM in Windchill PDMLink, they must be taken into account in the compliance assessment of the product. WPA already knows how to deal with the "OR" links (the sourcing links between the Company Parts and the Supplier Parts are "OR" links), but not in the BOMs. This is a major risk to only take the main BOM links into account into our products compliance declarations. The risk is so high no to identify a "Fail" substitute part that it can be considered as a roadblock in the current tools implementation. ... View more