Changing wt.series.IntegerSeries.min=0 formigration

[sdrzewiczewski]

Josh this should only affect newly created objects. So for objects
that were already created, they'll just continue forward from the
point where they are.

Switching it post migration to continue how your system currently
works should be fine too.

Steve D.

Quoting Joshua Houser <->:

> In migrating from Intrlaink 3.4 to Windchill, I've had to use
> wt.series.IntegerSeries.min=0 to migrate all my iterations from
> Intralink. Basically it just tells Windchill that it can start
> iterations with 0 instead of 1. If I don't do this, my iterations
> won't match Windchill when migrating.
> The concern is that we've been running change management in
> Windchill for some time and have many documents already. I haven't
> seen anything saying there are problems with setting the value to 0
> and leaving it or changing back to 1.
> I don't think we'll have a problem changing our iteration sequence
> to start with 1, so we can probably change back after migration. If
> anybody sees any issues with this strategy, I'd like to hear it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joshua Houser
> MCAD Tools Administrator
> Pelco
> Worldwide Headquarters:
> 3500 Pelco Way
> Clovis, CA 93612-5699 USA
> Phone 559/292-1981
> North America 800/289-9100
> -
>
> www.pelco.com
>
>
>
>

[MikeLockwood]

We did the same - very likely everyone migrating from Intralink 3.x will have the same issue (0 vs 1 as the starting iteration).

Probably won't affect any going forward because they all just use the next Iteration in the series.

Example
An existing document with the following history before the change:
A.1, A.2, A.3
B.1, B.2

Should have the following behavior after the property change:
B.3, B.4
C.0, C.1


A new document created after should have:
A.0, A.1
B.0, B.1, etc.

[JoshuaHouser]

Thanks for the input Steve and Mike,

The summation of the details is that others have switched iteration sequences to 0 with no ill affects. This is basically what I got from PTC support as well.

What Ilearned wasthat Windchill was originally developed by someone else (Computervision?) and that is probablywhere the default 1 initial iteration came from (unlike the 0 from Intralink).

So...it sounds like we'll stay the course and update the iteration series to include 0. Switching back to the default series (1)may be nice since that is OTB and one less variance to keep track of, but I'm sure we'll be hashing that out more in the near future.

Thanks!

Joshua Houser
MCAD Tools Administrator
Pelco
Worldwide Headquarters:
3500 Pelco Way
Clovis, CA 93612-5699 USA
Phone 559/292-1981
North America 800/289-9100
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www.pelco.com