Finding original name of a renamed file

[BenLoosli]

Is there a method to find or have Windchill capture the original name of a
renamed file? If we create a part, 1000307.prt with number 1000307, use it in 10
assemblies and then decide to use the vendor's name. We rename 1000307.prt to
loc-246.prt with number LOC-246. The assemblies will load loc-246 instead of
1000307, so that is good. Now management wants to see which parts used 1000307.
As far as I can tell and get from Windchill is nothing if I search on 1000307.
If I know that the new number is loc-246, I can get the where used and show the
assemblies, but still no reference exists between 1000307 and loc-246. Is there
a table in Windchill that might have this information?

[soerton]

You should be able to find the original name in the Rename History table (see attachment).

Stephen Oerton

Windchill Process Specialist

[soerton]

We started with 10.1 and are on 10.2 M020 now. we created this tab called Additional History and added it from the customize drop down

Stephen Oerton

Windchill Process Specialist

[RandyJones]

On 11/20/14 15:01, Ben Loosli wrote:
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> Is there a method to find or have Windchill capture the original name of a
> renamed file? If we create a part, 1000307.prt with number 1000307, use it in 10
> assemblies and then decide to use the vendor's name. We rename 1000307.prt to
> loc-246.prt with number LOC-246. The assemblies will load loc-246 instead of
> 1000307, so that is good. Now management wants to see which parts used 1000307.
> As far as I can tell and get from Windchill is nothing if I search on 1000307.
> If I know that the new number is loc-246, I can get the where used and show the
> assemblies, but still no reference exists between 1000307 and loc-246. Is there
> a table in Windchill that might have this information?
>

Attached is a report that we use here. It allows you to search for the old cadname and will give you the new cadname. I think I actually originally recvd this report from someone on the exploder. Unfortunately I don't remember who it was to give them credit.

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[Marco_Tosin]

Randy,

I add your report in this document I wrote on PTC Community.

http://communities.ptc.com/docs/DOC-6348

It's very long and collect a lot of things I found here in the exploder, in the Community and also article from Tech Support.

Hope you can find it useful.

You can also join this group http://communities.ptc.com/groups/reporting and maybe vote up this two idea:

http://communities.ptc.com/ideas/4634

http://communities.ptc.com/ideas/4659

Marco