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BuddyHudson1-Visitor
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February 23, 2012
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Locking objects in Windchill 10 promotion request workflow template

  • February 23, 2012
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Hello,

I am trying to modify our promotion request template which was copied from the OOTB windchill one to lock objects when they are raised up for promotion,a dn then unlocked after they are approved by config management approvers. I have a call into PTC tech support but they are dragging their feet as usual getting back to me. Does anyone have insight into how this can be done. I know that it is some type of robot, and from reading the help, it says you must use tranistion robots in conjuction with the locks, but I am just having trouble putting it all together. The default template contains locks, and unlocks already but not in the places I need them. I tried to copy them and put in line, but something just is not working right. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance,

Buddy Hudson

CAD/PDM Adminstrator

Atlas Copco Drilling Solutions

Best answer by BuddyHudson

To All,

I received a resolution from PTC today on this one. The fix was creating a new iteration of the life cycle template and include a state called Under Approval which locks down the objects once they are submitted into a promotion request. I would have never had thought to look here. Problem solved though.

Buddy

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BuddyHudson1-VisitorAuthorAnswer
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February 24, 2012

To All,

I received a resolution from PTC today on this one. The fix was creating a new iteration of the life cycle template and include a state called Under Approval which locks down the objects once they are submitted into a promotion request. I would have never had thought to look here. Problem solved though.

Buddy

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satre-21-Visitor
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January 28, 2014

hello Buddy,

where did you add a state called under approval?at the end?

if possible can you please send me email of the snapshot to chinmay.gadre@bwir.com

also did you modify promotion workflow for the same?

I also want to implement a same solution where in I want to lock affected objects in promotion.

Regards,

Chinmay

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MikeLockwood22-Sapphire I
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September 28, 2016

Please see attached simple one-page cheat sheet on this that I created 10+ years ago when first studying / playing with how this works.

Promotion with Lock works perfectly and fills the need very well.  Just have to understand how it works.  One might assume that the system actually locks it but it doesn't - it's up to you to configure ACL's (user permissions) at the Lock state.

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smadhavaram1-Visitor
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September 28, 2016

Thank you mike. it is simple super i got it.

But i have one more issue with Browser. can you please have a look same blog.


Best regards

sharan

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MikeLockwood22-Sapphire I
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September 28, 2016

Java is blocking the screens from loading - have to troubleshoot what Java (JRE) is installed and how Java is configured.  Sometimes complex and tricky.

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