Windchill Systems/Software Engineering Ideas

Dr_Bensch · ‎Feb 20, 2023

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders. Automotive, 2. What version of the product are you currently running? RV&S 13.0 3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 1. Initial situation There is an element with files in the "attachments" field 2. Event Element A is copied and pasted again as element B via "Sharing", attachments were correctly transferred as well In element A the field "Attachments" is adapted 3. System reaction In element B, these changes are not transferred in the "Attachments" field 4. Expected Situation Changes in the attachment in element A are also mirrored in element B 4. What is the use case for your organization? Correctly synchronized "Attachments". 5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization?

khoppe · ‎May 02, 2022

1. Describe your environment: What is your industry? What is your role in your organization? Describe your stakeholders. --- 2. What product and version are you currently running? We are using RV&S, server-sided Release 12.5.0.2, Client-sided in Preparation of rolling out same Version. 3. Describe the problem you are trying to solve. Please include detailed documentation such as screenshots, images or video. 4. What is the use case for your organization? Since Release 10.8, API Version is named as "4.16", since the Syntax of the API did not changed from Release 10.8 till (at least) 12.5. Problem is now following: The Library used for the Commands send over the API is changing partly from Release to Release. In other Words: A Computer having Client 10.8 installed is still able to connect to Server 12.5, whereas -from Compability Info- it should be at least Client 11.0, AND -from PTC' Recommendation- it should be at least Client 12.4. Reason for last Point: Communication methods have changed over the Time, like for eg. BEEP Communication. In other words: Server-sided control of allowed and recommended Client-Version is NOT possible. 5. What business value would your suggestion represent for your organization? Since API Details are a Blackbox, I can only raise some concerns we see with having no control about Client Version using a certain API Version. Worst case would be: If API Version would not be changed at all, for ever a Client of Version 10.8 could connect to any Server via API.

SK_9557728 · ‎Oct 09, 2020

Hello, As all we know as Integrity Administrator we should have to see the number of queries created, shared with users/groups. Integrity Client which gives java heap space error when a large number of queries created/shared with users it is due to the 32bit integrity client limitation and Integrity Client does not give any warning message to the user or Integrity Administrator. As an administrator, it becomes difficult to get query list(Created by, Shared with, Modified by, Last accessed by) in one click. So it will be beneficial to have a query dashboard for Administrator & warning message to the user if the user consuming more client memory. Thanks, Sandeep

khoppe · ‎Jun 28, 2016

Over the last years a lot of RfC's has been collected in the Ticket System of PTC (former MKS). As soon the RfC's has been given to PTC' Program Management, they are something like in a "Black Hole": If this were older RfC's (maybe from the time when MKS has used Siebel as Ticket System), the original requestor does not see any content of them. My idea is now to transfer ALL RfC's into the Ideas Application with a mark that they are still existing RfC's, to allow the Community to decide whether these RfC's are of common interest or not.

LLawton · ‎Sep 10, 2019

Before it's too late, PTC should reconsider the new name for the Integrity LM product. In the U.S. "RV" means Recreational Vehicle. So "Windchill RV&S" reads to me as "Windchill Recreational Vehicle and Stuff". I understand "S" is supposed to mean "Source", which is to say nothing. Source what? I'm sorry to sound negative but I have to question what PTC is thinking here.

koo · ‎Apr 14, 2016

Problem Statement: Many people are still using the thick client, and this is the first interface user encountered about the tool. ALM is highly complex, and the strength of PTC Lifecycle manager is that it can relate items and related things. To handle such complex problem, the user interface and usability become highly important. Many of these annoyances do not rise to a very significant level, but collectively they are. Currently, the client has many odd behaviors, time wasters, usability issues: A few examples: cannot multilevel sort in multiple columns in query, no custom order sort cannot make filtering persistent in query (webclient can but does not support all functions) cannot have one step "not" filter "chain link" & "+" are opposite meaning, but people get used to it "chain link" add is buggy Easier way to show upstream/downstream traces Easy way to navigate relationship Zoom in/out features Configure/ & oggle multiple views e.g. RM viewsets (since there're so much information to display) easily Easy way to rename CM member Easily hide & show information ... Solution Scope: If PTC can improve and enhance, it will go a longer way for btter user acceptance.

khoppe · ‎Apr 19, 2016

The list (PTC Integrity) should show a user's vote. Own vote is only visible after opening an idea. Additionally it should be shown if a user already have read one idea. As longer the list will become, as more difficult it is to remember which ideas have been checked before.

ccarey · ‎Jun 15, 2016

"Item is branched" triggers, which use the imBranchArgsBean, should have access to the ID of the newly created branch. Possibly related: Branching & Create from Template actions detectable by event triggers

calawy · ‎Feb 09, 2017

Currently when priming a project on the FSA server, it just hangs there with no status. So one never really knows if the project is actually priming, or is hung. Some sort of status on the project being primed would be very helpful.

deshpandeleenaa · ‎Jun 07, 2019

PTC Case: C14684958 The Picklist values in some of the functions are incomplete. (View Differeces-Attributes) The Picklist values in some of the functions are incomplete. E.g. Filtering, Queries and so on. In the attached picture you find the incomplete list when you want to compare documents and focus on certain attributes. (Assigned to user or group) Benjamin Stichnoth 6/12/2018 26th July: Problem: Certain Deere created fields are not visible in certain search engines. Scope: View Document Differences: Assigned Reviewer is not visible in View Document Differences window search box. Options is not visible in View Document Differences window search box. Additional Fields to Compare: The following picks are missing from the Outline Requirement Stage Originated by User or Group Assigned to User or Group Relevant to User or Group Reference Source Lead Reviewer Region Release Document Name is not visible in Edit Chart window search box. Andrew and Alonzo just confirmed that the fields which are not getting visible in Edit chart, are not picklist. So we are good with Edit Chart window search box. Steps for above example 2: Go on Document and compare the document and go on View Document Differences. Click on Additional fields to Compare and click on Plus sign. Search for Assigned Reviewers Actual: List showed up empty Expected: System should display the list of search words.

Even-André · ‎Mar 19, 2019

Hello, When we have a diagram there can be many places where we use the same type. We would like all places where a specific type is used to be highlighted. See the attached example where we have used the Test Signal1 several places on the diagram. In the output window you can see that are different things that use the signal as a type. even

dbanham-2 · ‎Mar 14, 2019

Implement connectorProperty and the ability to show the connector instance of the associated association block on the IBD. In any case, there currently isn't an easy way to navigate from the connector to the typing association. Moreover, when the connector view options are set to display the connector's type it displays the association name, but when the association is described by an association block then the connector type should be the name of the association block.

jsummers · ‎Jul 25, 2016

A way to show the report selection criteria such as the As Of Date ##/##/## in the heading of the report This function would allow you to pick which of the selection in your query select you want to appear in your heading as a field added to the heading. That way you can show your query selection criteria on the report heading, like when you run a report as of a date it would be beneficial to see what information the report was run for. Instead of having to hand type the information in to the report each time you change the query selection criteria. And the same ability to show this on your charts on Dash boards as well.

mrump · ‎Dec 12, 2018

Currently if you want to add a relationship, you either have to enter the Id directly or select the Item from a query or "finder". A typical use case in our company is that the item to be linked is one of the 10 most recently viewed items. So a "fake query" that simply lists the 10 most recently opened Items should by available (as default) in the add relationship dialog to better support our users.

nsandu · ‎Aug 01, 2018

Ability to merge the outcome of the Document Difference View in Integrity Lifecycle Manager

khoppe · ‎Jun 21, 2018

Today for Integrity is in use a self-developed (or self-configured ?) Application Server. It's disadvantage in administrating it is mainly, that for several changes in configuration like ... - change of storage location of temp files - re-configure of assigned RAM - activate Agent (like PSM) - (to continue) it is mandatory to restart the server to activate that changes. Additional the settings are widely spread over different files (mksservice.conf, nnn.properties) as well as somewhere in the AdminGUI. "State of the art" Application Server have greater benefits that for only a limited amount of Configuration changes a restart is required; examples like listed above can be added and activated without restart of App.

Julia_Mantel · ‎Jun 11, 2018

Provide support for reporting on various aspects of Source Integrity/Configuration Management Project Differences view shows an error: xxxx/yyyy.pj: Subproject was reconfigured. Any change packages updating the configured subproject will not be reported See also article CS84231 and CS28278

Julia_Mantel · ‎Jun 11, 2018

Enhancement required for field type IBPL due truncated title and non-resizable drop-down menu inside Integrity Items By setting specific value for an IBPL field inside Integrity item one cannot see the full name of the IBPL Field entry due existing lenght limit of 97 characters The drop-down menu for an IBPL field cannot be sized and the user may cannot see field entry in full length In edit mode of an Integrity Item the IBPL field values are not displayed along full grid, even so defined inside presentation template, but truncated IBPL fields cannot display more than 97 characters of the total text that comprises the "Item Identifier" configured for the field -- all characters after the first 97 are not shown For existing reference, see also article CS91763.

rlange · ‎Mar 08, 2018

We use labels for source Projects and members and in W&D area to mark items for a specific Project baseline. It would be helpful to assign a specific Label to more than one item at a time.

bitentf · ‎Feb 01, 2018

These are the attributes from IBM DNG that I want to be able to View, Sort, Search and Filter by from within the OSLC browser: Name Content Primary Text Artifact ID Artifact Type

Windchill Systems/Software Engineering Ideas

Shared items synchronize attachments

Check of API Version

There should be some mechanism or Dashboard to see the number of queries on server

Take Over of existing RfC'S as new ideas

Please reconsider the new name for Integrity, "Windchill RV&S" means nothing

Improve the Integrity (thick) client

Extend overview list with "your vote" & read by user

New Branch ID from Branch Triggers

Priming Status

The Picklist values in some of the functions are incomplete. (View Differeces-Attributes)

Highlighting use of types in a diagram

Implement connectorProperty

Add the ability to add the query selections to show in the heading

offer recently used items in "add relationship" dialog as default

Merge data in Documents differences View

Usage of a "state-of-the-art" Application Server for Integrity

Report on aspects of Source Integrity/Configuration Management for Integrity

Enhancement required for field type IBPL due truncated title and non-resizable drop-down menu

Apply a label to many items at one time

I want to be able to View, Sort, Search and Filter by attributes from within the OSLC browser