Experience with Windchill Export/Import and EPMDocuments?

[slapha]

Version: Windchill 12.0

Use Case: We're looking at a one time migration from one 11.0 system to a new 12.0.2 system, EPMdocuments only

Description:

Does anyone have an prior experience on using this for this kind of use case?

There are multiple options but I'm most curious about the Windchill import/export of containers option.
I have a theory it will fail if there is CAD data used across multiple containers but nothing really addresses that in the PTC support information.

I know PLM Connector and Packages are other options, If you have experience with using Packages for this, I welcome any input on that as well.

Mostly trying to get a feel for how well these worked out(or not) for others.

[Hari_Vara]

Hi,

WBM is the tailored PTC tool for this. Hope you are using it for this.

Do you face issues in extraction or stating or loading? Hope your Target system is up and running.

Cheers

Hari

[slapha]

Not really an option for us.

[jbailey]

WBM is only available to VARs or PTC. Customers are not entitled to it... @slapha - good to see you around. What is the complexity / type of content in the current system that you don't want to migrate to the new system? Just documents? wtparts? Change objects etc?

[slapha]

Short term, just CAD. Mostly seeing what success/horror stories people have. We have the options to try and I think we have an order of attempt, just want to know what lies ahead.

[jbailey]

Absolute death, destruction & bedlam awaits... Or it could be rainbows and unicorns.  There might also be some creative options like rehosting and taking the rehosted system, delete in the order of Parents > children non required objects. (CN's,>CR's> Prob R's,>Prom R's,>Docs)

If you have WTparts and don't want WTparts that would get a bit more tricky I would think.