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MikeIbosh1-Visitor
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August 21, 2013
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10.1 M030 - Adding Additional Disposition Columns

  • August 21, 2013
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All,

Has anyone had to add additional (new) disposition types (columns) to the AffectedActivityData link?
I have been requested to add two additional disposition columns to the affected items table.
I have looked up this customization in the guide, but thought I'd ask if anyone has done this before, and if they have a condensed how-to on doing it (especially on extending the default table builder classes and other files that need changes).

Mike

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MikeIbosh1-VisitorAuthor
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August 26, 2013
Hi,
I've had this question out there for a few days, and have gotten no replies yet.
This question applies to the 10.1 M030 release.
Has anyone added new disposition selections (columns) to the Change Activity (AffectedActivityData link) beyond the standard OOTB three that exist today? If you have, I'd love to hear from you and get some advice on adding new disposition columns. The customizers guide is kind of sketchy on this subject.
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Mike Ibosh
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pwilliams-313-Aquamarine
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August 26, 2013
Hey Mike,
Try taking a look at the following file <windchill>\src\wt\change2\change2ModelRB.rbinfo. Make your changes using enumCustomize which will create files in <windchill>\wtCustom\wt\change2. Then run ant -f codebase\MakeJar.xml from the <windchill> directory to rebuild the .jar files.

Patrick Williams | Engineering Systems | c: 616.947.2110
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MikeIbosh1-VisitorAuthor
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August 26, 2013
Patrick,
I have been there already and was able to change the existing OOTB selections by that method.
What I am trying to accomplish is adding two NEW disposition columns with new values.

Mike Ibosh
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pwilliams-313-Aquamarine
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August 26, 2013
Mike,
Ah yes, sorry. You're adding columns. Have you tried adding a global attribute and then created a new attribute on the Affected Activity Data type in the Type and Attribute Manager software?

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Patrick Williams | Engineering Systems | c: 616.947.2110
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vmcdaniel1-Visitor
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August 26, 2013
Mike,
I just happened across this in the WC 10.1 M0404 customization guide, excerpt below. Seems a little further involved, but there are instructions.
BTW, I've never attempted them.

Adding New Disposition Types
Inventory disposition types are enumerated columns that are added to the
AffectedActivityData Link. There are inventory dispositions types that
are added OOTB; customizers can add more inventory disposition types as soft
attributes on the AffectedActivityData Link to meet their business needs
by using the Type Manager. Here are the steps to follow
1. Extend AffectedItemsTableBuilder and Override
getDispositionComponentIds API to account for your new inventory
disposition types. Also, if you decide to extend
ChangeTaskAffectedItemsTableViews as opposed to just changing
it, then you will need to override buildConfigurationTable to return
your new table views.
@ComponentBuilder("changeTask.affectedItemsTable")
public class YourNewTableBuilder extends AffectedItemsTableBuilder {
/**
* Returns the list of supported disposition types.
*/@Override
public List <string> getDispositionComponentIds() {
}
/**
* Returns the configurable table.
*/@Override
public ConfigurableTable buildConfigurableTable(String id) throws
WTException {
}}
2. Register your builder.
The builder will be discovered dynamically by the MVC framework. In order
for the framework to find your builder, you will need to register either the base
package location of the builder or the builder class in the xml configuration
file under the mvc package in the src_web variant. Here is an example for
AffectedItemsTableBuilder as registered in
ChangeManagement-configs.xml.
* To register the base builder package. Add this to the xml configuration file:
<mvc:builder-scan base-package="com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.&lt;br"/>change2.mvc.builders"/>
* Or register the builder class. Add this to the xml configuration file:
<bean class="" com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.change2.mvc.builders.tables.<br="/>AffectedItemsTableBuilder "/>
1160 Windchill® Customization Guide

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MikeLockwood22-Sapphire I
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August 26, 2013
We need to do similar soon.
Hopefully someone will get this to work, write up a one or two page how-to with screen captures and send to the world. 🙂
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MikeIbosh1-VisitorAuthor
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August 26, 2013
Patrick,
Yep, been there too. It won't add a new column until you do the customizations in the guide (which is where I'm currently stuck). A guy from PTC has replied to my email and is currently working on the same task (adding new disposition columns) to 10.1 M030. I'll keep in touch with him to see if we can get this working, and then I'll post it with full instructions. I know more people than just me will have to do this in their companies. My company wants 5 or 6 dispositions for each part in the Affected Items table.

Mike Ibosh
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MikeIbosh1-VisitorAuthor
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August 26, 2013
Mike,
That is exactly the section I'm trying to work from. A guy from PTC has replied to my email and is currently working on the same task (adding new disposition columns) to 10.1 M030. I'll keep in touch with him to see if we can get this working, and then I'll post it with full instructions. I know more people than just me will have to do this in their companies. My company wants 5 or 6 dispositions for each part in the Affected Items table.
Mike Ibosh
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MikeLockwood22-Sapphire I
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August 26, 2013
In parallel with getting the mechanics of Windchill to work for the Dispositions, it would be very interesting to see what dispositions people are using.

We currently have the following complex situation(we currently address these on the Change Request via a text field, then parse them out with a custom .jsp report):
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I'd very much like to get us using a more "normal" approach to this, using Windchill Disposition tools.
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SimonHeath1-Visitor
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August 26, 2013
Dear All,

We did this as a project for a client and it is not as easy as it appears from the guide, dispositions appear in a number of places in the UI and the guide is a little optimistic, the implementer needs to be quite proficient and the guide is missing quite a few details. Here is a link to the component we did, no reason you can’t do it you yourselves (or get it from us) at least you can see from this page the UI that requires touching.

Best Regards,
Simon

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