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Version: Windchill 13.1 Use Case: I am experiencing an authentication priority issue after upgrading Windchill from 12.1.2.4 to 13.1.2.0, and I would appreciate advice from anyone who has faced and resolved a similar situation.Description: ■ Previous Environment (12.1.2.4)User information stored in WindchillDSPassword authentication performed via JNDI adapter, using Active Directory■ Current Environment (13.1.2.0)Replaced WindchillDS with OpenDJIntended configuration is the same as before:User information in OpenDJPassword authentication by Active Directory via JNDI adapter■ ProblemWith the same configuration applied in 13.1.2.0, OpenDJ is being used for authentication first, instead of Active Directory.However:The propertiesmapcredentials.admin.adapterswt.federation.org.directoryServicesare identical to the working configuration in 12.1.2.4.If I remove the OpenDJ-related settings from<HTTPServer>/conf/conf.d/30-app-Windchill-Auth.conf,Active Directory authentication works c

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.0.2We intend to extract all relevant information and generate a consolidated file that maps each manufacturer part to its corresponding impacted end part (Commercial Reference Part, i.e., WTPart). Our system currently contains approximately 100,000 manufacturer parts, and this activity will ensure complete traceability and alignment between manufacturer parts and associated WTParts.While the query performs correctly for individual parts, it does not scale effectively for large datasets.When executed for the complete dataset of approximately 45000 manufacturer parts, the query requires more than 12 hours and still does not complete the report generation. The performance degradation makes the current approach impractical for production use or recurring data extraction activities.

Version: Windchill 12.0 Use Case: I want to use the Suggested Value List constraint in PartsLink. From the title, I understand it as a list of values (LOV) that can also be filled with free text if needed—a suggested selection that users can refer to, but with the flexibility to enter their own values. My goal is to assign this to attributes to give users more freedom in some cases, while still providing guidance with a predefined list they can use as a reference.Description: Hello everyone,I have a question regarding Suggested Value Lists in the Parts Link module. When I add this constraint to an attribute, I would expect—based on the name—that I get a selection similar to a Legal Value List, but with the option for users to add new values themselves. That’s how I interpret “Suggested Value List,” but it doesn’t seem to work that way for me. When I set it up in the constraint, I provide a LOV, which I can select from, but I can’t add anything myself.Can anyone explain h

Version: Windchill 12.0   Use Case: Installed CPS 12.0.2.26 Try to Stop Windchill Service (e.g. for backup purposes) Description: When I try to stop Windchill service within "Services" or by running 'sc stop "PTC Windchill"', it would not stop correctly.  In "Services" I get an Error 1053:   'sc stop "PTC Windchill"' just reports "STOP PENDING", but nothing more (no additional error message).   After around 4 minutes, the service finally stops, but I guess, that windows just terminates all corresponding processes after a certain time.   MethodServer.log reports several [Servlet engine stop] wt.system.err - WARNING: The web application [Windchill] appears to have started a thread named [xyz] but has failed to stop it. This is very likely to create a memory leak. Stack trace of thread:   I updated JDK vom 11.0.13 to 11.0.30, but nothing changed.  

Hi members,   Are you all aware of any code to auto republish failed jobs in windchill ?    

Can anyone let me know the advantages and use case for using "Program" Context.  I'm unfamiliar on their use case.

Hi Guys, I successfully created a rule using a watermark .ini file and added it at the site level. I tried adding it at the org level, but it’s not showing up.   However, I don’t know how to apply it at the organization level.    Regards, Aj

Hi Guys,After integrating with AutoCAD 2023, I was able to open the Windchill file in AutoCAD without issue, but when I attempted to save it as Auto Check-In, Check-In or Save, I received this error.  Regards,Amir 

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: I have noticed it is possible to allocate the same part instance object into multiple different parent part instances.Description: In reality, this would never happen. It should only be possible for a part instance to be allocated into one parent part instance. Does anybody know if it is possible to prevent Windchill from assigning a single part instance into multiple different parent part instances?

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 13.0 and Datecode with CPS 13.0.2.4windy.MiscLogEvents has 19M records and DB has gown 100% in size in the last 3-4 months. CS178198 states to contact support if >10M records. Need assistance cleaning out the table and fixing maintenance routine to auto-purge.Here are the errors that I facedNo errors; just table size issue.

Millions of files and there is bound to be some errors. 6 in fact which blocks me removing an old vault.  They are all "public_params.xml" files that show up in the vault but will not move. I ran WTContenVerify and it reports back Business object missing. So I get that I have a valid FVItem but the object its tied to is done, a Derived Image. Some related articles on this topic: https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS121641?source=search https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS110809?source=search https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS280885?source=search It sounds like I have to prune the FVItem, Holder2Content, ApplicationData related to these entries. Anyone been down this road before? Tips appreciated. Was hoping there was a WinRU to fix this.

Hello Team, I need to retrieve a list of checked-out objects and open tasks assigned to a disconnected User ( User left the org).Please give suggestions Note: I don't want to use participate admin--> select disconnect User. Thank youKumar B 

Version: Windchill 12.1 Use Case: Searching for the latest document in Windchill Desktop Integration in officeDescription: The DTI feature in MS Office, for us rarely open as a list of documents, so we use the search feature. The standard search setting is though to show all revisions of a document. This clutters the output and easily gets users to chose the non-latest revision.  Where can this preference be set?  

How do I get the folder ID? Right now I am trying to use the Windchill REST Services site where it generates the request and response for you. I assume that under the data administration domain you can get folders from a container using /Containers{'ContainerID'}'/Folders but it seems like none of the folders show up when I provide the ContainerID for an organization. Windchill Version 12.1.2.0 and REST API 2.5

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: When doing a BOM transformation there is a error on the Equivalent usage information has not been retrieved. Why does this appear and how can this be resolved?Description: When doing a BOM transformation there is a error on the Equivalent usage information has not been retrieved. Why does this appear and how can this be resolved?

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.2.16https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS49345....report from article is not providing result as expcted.....for guest role not shwoing all members

Hello,I'm a new Windchill admin. During our setup, we created some attributes that we wanted required on parts and assemblies documents. The intention is that engineers will fill out these attributes for every design. The problem is that now those attributes are also required for templates (even though they are in a different Context), which defeats the purpose. If I fill in the attributes in the templates, then those attributes will probably be left with the default and not updated by the engineers.How can I set those attributes to only be required in one context? Right now CAD Documents and WTparts have constraints for Enumerated Value List and Required. I can Add Conditions to these constraints and choose Context as the "Driver Attribute". I've been putting in the name of the Context where I want the attribute required, but this doesn't work. It ends up not being required anywhere, like the condition is never being met. Is the Context name not the right way to identify a Context? I

I've got a Creo CAD assembly in Windchill that is linked to a WTPart using the Owner link. The part structure will successfully build. The problem is that for some reason on the CAD page, the "compare to part structure" button is grayed out. On the WTPart page, I am able to get the comparison. I've checked for failed placements, and that doesn't seem to be the issue as the structure will successfully build. I've tried unassociating the WTPart and reassociating it. I've tried checking out the CAD model regenerating, saving, and checking back in. I've even tried suppressing everything and then checking back in. The compare button continues to be grayed out.  Any ideas how to resolve? 

Has anyone else seen this issue?   Sporadically, the audit log shows a user logging in multiple times at the same timestamp. Normally this wouldn't matter, but if the user is assigned an ADU license and it's the first time they are logging in that day, they end up consuming multiple licenses for that day. I'd like to figure out what causes it and see if we can prevent it.   We are using Windchill 12.0.2.8  

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: Please refer to the attached image. As it can be seen, the table contains three objects. It can be seen that two of these objects represent two different revisions of the same part instance ('JW-BIKESN01' at Rev A & B).Description: I would like to configure Windchill so that the table only shows the latest revision of each different part instance. Is this possible?

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: I am performing a an import of data from a source environment. Using the import/export management tool, I am presented with the following error when trying to do the import. "WTDocument: 123 ( 000073 ) A.2" cannot be imported because the revision "A" is invalid" The issue can be overcome when I check the "Resolve overridable conflicts" check box. I have checked the version sequence on both the source and target environment and they are identical.Description: Can anybody explain why I am receiving this error message?

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: User wants to create a report using report builder, that allows to specify container, but by using dropdown, not by typing manually the container name. This behaviour is documented in case CS256206 and it seems nothing was done to provide the solution for that, so asking if anyone found workaround.Description: User wants to create a report using report builder, that allows to specify container, but by using dropdown, not by typing manually the container name. This behaviour is documented in case CS256206 and it seems nothing was done to provide the solution for that, so asking if anyone found workaround. If report builder is not capable of doing something like this, then is there a way to prepare JSP input page that will have some kind of container picker and pass the information to actual query builder logic? I've seen some custom-input pages but they are really odd and difficult to understand.   

On Windchill 13.0.2.4. I have seen this many months ago so not a huge issue. It might be related to a customization we added to process representations from WTDocuments but here goes. User got an error message "No Space Left on This Device". Sure enough /tmp was at 100% of 1GB. Looking in folders, the Windchill temp folder was filled with 500+ font files with the pattern jr-font<some number>.ttf. These are about 0.5 MB each so eventually it filled up. I cleared out these files but I am sure to see this again. Any idea as to what its doing and why they are not being cleaned up. I suspect its related to something we added but just a quick guess.   

Version: Windchill 12.0 Use Case: Hello, Is it possible to go directly to Windchill 13.1 from 12.0.0.3 using the same server or do I need to migrate to a new server? Is there any guide to follow that has that scenario? Thanks in advanced.Description: Just starting to research the process. 

Version: Windchill 12.0 Use Case: We are going to migrate a portion of Windchill data from source system (version 12.0) to target system (green-field installation in version 13.0) using WBM (in filtered extraction mode), in order to extract just objects contained in a specific subset of containers (products and libraries). Business object data to be migrated mainly include WTPart, WTDocument, EPMDocument and ECM objects.Description: We are facing with performance issues, partially resolved with db and server tuning.Do anyone with experience on this scenario (filtered extraction)?