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SteveVinyard1-Visitor
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Custom promotion with Design Check Loop before Approval - Code Error

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Hello everyone, I am putting together a custom workflow that is very basic. It's the same as the standard Promotion Workflow except that it has design check loop in it where it send the objects back and forth from design check and to the engineer...finally once approval is done it sends it away from Approval.


Now this is impossible with the standard workflow (plus a loop) as the Workflow does not pick up the new changes that were made to the CAD files during the Design Check loop. It only promotes and includes the EXACT objects (down to the iteration ie. A.1).


I've got some java expressions to have the promotion workflow check if the objects its promoting are the latest iteration of that model. If not then it goes and grabs them and puts them on the Promotion Request and they will be promoted.

I'm very close but I get a java error in my code and need some assistance. I've also attached the Workflow. Note that all custom expressions are contained in the first "conditional" node underneath the "Accepted" portion. Here is the error and the code below. I know it's just a "missing semi-colon" but I can't figure it out as it seems like everything is OK.
THANKS!


ERROR:
D:\ptc\Windchill\temp\WfExpression24296.java:54: ';' expected
WTPart latestPart = (wt.part.WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(wt.part.WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(wt.part.WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));


CODE:
wt.fc.QueryResult qr = wt.fc.PersistenceServerHelper.expand(primaryBusinessObject, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.PROMOTABLE_ROLE, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.class, false);


wt.fc.collections.WTSet promotionTargets = new wt.fc.collections.WTHashSet(qr.size());
promotionTargets.addAll(qr);
java.util.Iterator i = promotionTargets.persistableIterator();

while (i.hasNext()) {

wt.maturity.PromotionTarget theTarget = (wt.maturity.PromotionTarget)i.next();
WTPart latestPart = (WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));

}

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underneath the "Accepted" portion. Here is the error and the code below. I know it's just a "missing semi-colon" but I can't figure it out as it seems like everything is OK.THANKS!ERROR:D:\ptc\Windchill\temp\WfExpression24296.java:54: ';' expectedWTPart latestPart = (wt.part.WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(wt.part.WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(wt.part.WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));CODE:wt.fc.QueryResult qr = wt.fc.PersistenceServerHelper.expand(primaryBusinessObject, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.PROMOTABLE_ROLE, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.class, false);wt.fc.collections.WTSet promotionTargets = new wt.fc.collections.WTHashSet(qr.size());promotionTargets.addAll(qr);java.util.Iterator i = promotionTargets.persistableIterator();while (i.hasNext()) {wt.maturity.PromotionTarget theTarget = (wt.maturity.PromotionTarget)i.next();WTPart latestPart = (WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(
WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));}

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pyalavarthi1-Visitor
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May 14, 2010
There is a semicolon missing in the code
*
*
*CODE:* wt.fc.QueryResult qr =
wt.fc.PersistenceServerHelper.expand(primaryBusinessObject,
wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.PROMOTABLE_ROLE,
wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.class, false); wt.fc.collections.WTSet
promotionTargets = new wt.fc.collections.WTHashSet(qr.size());
promotionTargets.addAll(qr); java.util.Iterator i =
promotionTargets.persistableIterator(); while (i.hasNext()) {
wt.maturity.PromotionTarget theTarget =
(wt.maturity.PromotionTarget)i.next(); WTPart latestPart = (WTPart)
VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(WTPart, false)
*;*wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(WTPart,
wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK)); }

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Steve Vinyard
<->wrote:

> *Hello everyone*, I am putting together a custom workflow that is very
> basic. It's the same as the standard Promotion Workflow except that it has
> design check loop in it where it send the objects back and forth from design
> check and to the engineer...finally once approval is done it sends it away
> from Approval.
>
> Now this is impossible with the standard workflow (plus a loop) as the
> Workflow does not pick up the new changes that were made to the CAD files
> during the Design Check loop. It only promotes and includes the EXACT
> objects (down to the iteration ie. A.1).
>
> I've got some java expressions to have the promotion workflow check if the
> objects its promoting are the latest iteration of that model. If not then it
> goes and grabs them and puts them on the Promotion Request and they will be
> promoted. I'm very close but I get a java error in my code and need some
> assistance. I've also attached the Workflow. Note that all custom
> expressions are contained in the first "conditional" node underneath the
> "Accepted" portion. Here is the error and the code below. I know it's just a
> "missing semi-colon" but I can't figure it out as it seems like everything
> is OK. THANKS!
>
> *ERROR:* D:\ptc\Windchill\temp\WfExpression24296.java:54: ';' expected
> WTPart latestPart = (wt.part.WTPart)
> VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(wt.part.WTPart, false)
> wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(wt.part.WTPart,
> wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));
>
> *CODE:* wt.fc.QueryResult qr =
> wt.fc.PersistenceServerHelper.expand(primaryBusinessObject,
> wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.PROMOTABLE_ROLE,
> wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.class, false); wt.fc.collections.WTSet
> promotionTargets = new wt.fc.collections.WTHashSet(qr.size());
> promotionTargets.addAll(qr); java.util.Iterator i =
> promotionTargets.persistableIterator(); while (i.hasNext()) {
> wt.maturity.PromotionTarget theTarget =
> (wt.maturity.PromotionTarget)i.next(); WTPart latestPart = (WTPart)
> VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(WTPart, false)
> wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(WTPart,
> wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK)); }
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SteveVinyard1-VisitorAuthor
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May 14, 2010
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underneath the "Accepted" portion. Here is the error and the code below. I know it's just a "missing semi-colon" but I can't figure it out as it seems like everything is OK.THANKS!ERROR:D:\ptc\Windchill\temp\WfExpression24296.java:54: ';' expectedWTPart latestPart = (wt.part.WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(wt.part.WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(wt.part.WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));CODE:wt.fc.QueryResult qr = wt.fc.PersistenceServerHelper.expand(primaryBusinessObject, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.PROMOTABLE_ROLE, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.class, false);wt.fc.collections.WTSet promotionTargets = new wt.fc.collections.WTHashSet(qr.size());promotionTargets.addAll(qr);java.util.Iterator i = promotionTargets.persistableIterator();while (i.hasNext()) {wt.maturity.PromotionTarget theTarget = (wt.maturity.PromotionTarget)i.next();WTPart latestPart = (WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(
WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));}

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underneath the "Accepted" portion. Here is the error and the code below. I know it's just a "missing semi-colon" but I can't figure it out as it seems like everything is OK.THANKS!ERROR:D:\ptc\Windchill\temp\WfExpression24296.java:54: ';' expectedWTPart latestPart = (wt.part.WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(wt.part.WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(wt.part.WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));CODE:wt.fc.QueryResult qr = wt.fc.PersistenceServerHelper.expand(primaryBusinessObject, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.PROMOTABLE_ROLE, wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.class, false);wt.fc.collections.WTSet promotionTargets = new wt.fc.collections.WTHashSet(qr.size());promotionTargets.addAll(qr);java.util.Iterator i = promotionTargets.persistableIterator();while (i.hasNext()) {wt.maturity.PromotionTarget theTarget = (wt.maturity.PromotionTarget)i.next();WTPart latestPart = (WTPart) VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(
WTPart, false) wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(WTPart, wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));}

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sdrzewiczewski10-Marble
10-Marble
May 14, 2010
As of 9.1 M050 (i believe) there are additional helper classes that will
do this. You will need to call the methods.

Jeff Zemsky helped us get these created for 9.0 and they have now been
bundled in the codebase.

Steve D.

> Hello everyone, I am putting together a custom workflow that is very
> basic. It's the same as the standard Promotion Workflow except that it
> has design check loop in it where it send the objects back and forth from
> design check and to the engineer...finally once approval is done it sends
> it away from Approval.Now this is impossible with the standard workflow
> (plus a loop) as the Workflow does not pick up the new changes that were
> made to the CAD files during the Design Check loop. It only promotes and
> includes the EXACT objects (down to the iteration ie. A.1).I've got some
> java expressions to have the promotion workflow check if the objects its
> promoting are the latest iteration of that model. If not then it goes and
> grabs them and puts them on the Promotion Request and they will be
> promoted.I'm very close but I get a java error in my code and need some
> assistance. I've also attached the Workflow. Note that all custom
> expressions are contained in the first "conditional" node
> underneath the "Accepted" portion. Here is the error and the code below.
> I know it's just a "missing semi-colon" but I can't figure it out as it
> seems like everything is
> OK.THANKS!ERROR:D:\ptc\Windchill\temp\WfExpression24296.java:54: ';'
> expectedWTPart latestPart = (wt.part.WTPart)
> VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(wt.part.WTPart, false)
> wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(wt.part.WTPart,
> wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));CODE:wt.fc.QueryResult qr =
> wt.fc.PersistenceServerHelper.expand(primaryBusinessObject,
> wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.PROMOTABLE_ROLE,
> wt.maturity.PromotionTarget.class, false);wt.fc.collections.WTSet
> promotionTargets = new
> wt.fc.collections.WTHashSet(qr.size());promotionTargets.addAll(qr);java.util.Iterator
> i = promotionTargets.persistableIterator();while (i.hasNext())
> {wt.maturity.PromotionTarget theTarget =
> (wt.maturity.PromotionTarget)i.next();WTPart latestPart = (WTPart)
> VersionControlHelper.service.getLatestIteration(
> WTPart, false)
> wt.lifecycle.LifeCycleHelper.service.setLifeCycleState(WTPart,
> wt.lifecycle.State.toState(INWORK));}
>
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SteveVinyard1-VisitorAuthor
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May 14, 2010
Interesting, and thanks. Hi Jeff, can you pass along any information related to this promotion request? I may have some of those helpers already in here, I got most of it from Tech Support. Jeff if you have a workflow that already does this and PTC is ok with you releasing it I'd be interested in taking a look and modifying it to meet my needs.

Some day Windchill needs to have an "App Store" with all of these customizations in it 🙂

Steve Vinyard
Application Engineer
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MikeLockwood22-Sapphire I
22-Sapphire I
May 14, 2010
The Resulting Objects table of a Change Task points to and changes the state of the latest Iteration OTB...
One reason to use exclusively the Change process rather than Promotion.
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JeffZemsky17-Peridot
17-Peridot
May 14, 2010
The following is what you need to add to your code. Add this before the
actual promote step of the workflow or potentially during the review -
see attached image for an example workflow concept

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Add the following code to the expression robot to call the update method
:

com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.maturity.PromotionNoticeWorkflowHelper
helper = new
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.maturity.PromotionNoticeWorkflowHelper((wt.
maturity.PromotionNotice)primaryBusinessObject, false);

helper.updateWithLatestIterations();

Note : Replace 'false' with 'true' to test the scenario where you need
to update only the promotion targets in the baseline and seeds. 'false'
would imply update ALL - i.e update with latest iterations for
promotion targets, baselineables in the baseline and the promotion
seeds.

Also you will need to click the button "Check Syntax" on the expression
code popup to compile the above code.
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SteveVinyard1-VisitorAuthor
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May 14, 2010
Works! Thanks everyone! This really is an easy fix and certainly makes the promotion workflows much more functional.

You the man Jeff,
Thanks

Steve Vinyard
Application Engineer

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ShaylynJoy1-Visitor
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June 8, 2010


I am following these instructions but when I check syntax I get this error:

/apps/mda/ptc/windchill9/windchill/tmp/WfExpression101208138.java:36: cannot find symbol
symbol : class PromotionNoticeWorkflowHelper
location: package com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.maturity
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.maturity.PromotionNoticeWorkflowHelper((wt.maturity.PromotionNotice)primaryBusinessObject, false);

Could anyone provide some information on what I am doing wrong?

Thank you!

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