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1102506012-Amethyst
12-Amethyst
January 16, 2026
Question

Identify Type of Change Notice in Change Activity create window?

  • January 16, 2026
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Version: Windchill 12.1

 

Use Case: how to identify the type of Change Notice being created in the Implementation Plan Screen before the CN is actually created?


Description:

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Is there a way to identify which type of ECN is selected on window 1(set Attributes) and see that on window 3 (Define Implementation Plan) or in the window below

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2 replies

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TDT16-Pearl
16-Pearl
January 16, 2026

Hi @11025060,

 

What is the use case for this? Is there any specific validation that needs to be implemented?

avillanueva
23-Emerald I
avillanueva23-Emerald I
23-Emerald I
January 16, 2026

Agree with @TDT , you need to clarify this more. Based on the screenshots (thank you), it appears you have created soft-types for your Change Notice which yields the Type dropdown. Ok, if your admins have created those, it should be clear which one was chosen since the user was just there on (1) Set Attributes tab. If there was confusion, they can just click back to see. 

Note sure why it matters since how does that influence the creation of a change task. I see no soft-types here. Also curious what you have there with the "Unlock Password" highlight. Not sure I've seen that before. Customization?  Please elaborate here. Have you considered using change notice templates to predefine the change notice? You might be able to do this based on the soft-type. 

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    1102506012-AmethystAuthor
    12-Amethyst
    January 22, 2026

    I have a requirement where I need some customization on Affected/Resulting objects screen, depending on the type of Change Notice selected, I need to add the custom logic. 

    Unlock Password is a browser thing, from 3rd party extension that I'm using, nothing related to windchill.

    avillanueva
    23-Emerald I
    avillanueva23-Emerald I
    23-Emerald I
    January 22, 2026

    I've done similar customizations on the document create/edit wizard where I added custom logic based on the document type. These steps were hidden so users did not see them. I believe your first steps would be to identify the wizard definition for the Create task UI, insert a custom step/class, and then see what information is has access to.  In my case, I was able to interact with the document object as it was being created. 

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