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Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: filter report by name of more than one userDescription: filter report by name of more than one user

I've completed a rehearsal upgrade to 13.0.2.4 and kicked off a full re-index. In the past, this has been a low risk task that churned away for hours until completion. I've index 850K objects out of 1M but was fighting with Solr to keep running. Rate initially was 2200/min which I guess is good. I have not changed any of the default memory settings. System has 8GB of ram and plenty of HD space. I did not see any areas filling up. I checked the obvious logs but could not find any glaring error messages when it shutdown. I just would notice that I would see failed jobs in the Index Administrator and when I checked, the solr process had ended. I restarted it and resumed but would stop for some reason maybe 1/2 hour later.  When its running, I am able to search and can see Classification Search so I know its functioning. I did see a curious issue with text preview on documents where it showed only name and number. (see https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS249768?source=search

Version: Windchill 11.1 Use Case: I want to understand what happens when I 1. Create a new representation of an already published CAD module. 2. Republish an already published CAD module. What is the exact difference between the 2 functions.Description: I want to understand the use of creating a new representation in Windchill. If a design engineer is currently working on a child CAD module and makes some changes in it, then how to make sure they are also updated in the Top level assembly. Should I create a new representation or should I just republish the Top level assembly again in Windchill to view the recently updated Top level assembly. Im new to Windchill and it would really be very beneficial for me to learn as to how the Top level assembly gets updated when the child parts are updated. Otherwise i will be spending a lot of time in simply generating new/updated Top level assemblies again and again.Thanks in advance for your reply !

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.0 and Datecode with CPS 12.0.1.2We have Windchill 12.0.1.2 and trying to install the latest CPS available which will take the version to 12.0.2.25via the MED-61006-CD-120_12-0-2-25_12-0-2-25-Bundle.When running the PTC Solution Installer (PSI) -->Update Existing Installation option is greyed out. The article-CS41492 is not very helpful. Can anyone please provide assistance via Teams call?Here are the errors that I facedCannot update when applying CPS patching due to "Update Existing Installation" greyed out.

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: We would like to bucketize reasons of rework so it is easier to analyze metrics on it.Description: In the "Task Completion" section where you enter comments and select your decision, we would like to add a drop down box with a selection list of reasons for rework.  We still plan to leave the comment box but since this is a free fill box running metrics on it is very difficult.  We have taken all comments and run them through AI to have it generate a general list.  

Version: Windchill 12.1 Use Case: My company is trying to move as much information from network drives to Windchill as possible. The biggest move would be ~14k PDF drawings. I am struggling to think of a way to get them all uploaded and accessable.Description: The PDF's I've uploaded so far have been just normal documents, however, these are pretty much completely unusable. Whenever you try to download the "primary file" it just gives you a document filled with XML, and not everyone has Creo View. Which even if they did, publishing ~14k viewables seems like a tall ask for the Windchill+ job scheduler.  Any ideas? Or has anyone attempted a similar move?

I’m doing a short, user-driven study on how teams keep Bills of Material, drawings and change records clean and consistent inside Windchill—especially when engineering, manufacturing and quality all touch the same data. If you’re willing to: swap real-world stories about data consistency headaches (or how you’ve solved them),spend 15–20 minutes on a quick Zoom/Teams call or just answer a few written questions,  please either reply here or drop me a note at suncrestcap@gmail.com.No sales pitch—just peer learning so we can all run leaner change processes. I’ll anonymise anything you share and will happily feed back a summary of best practices to everyone who participates. Thanks a ton!Chase (Moderator note: this post is purely for knowledge-sharing research; there is no commercial offer attached.)

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.1.0How can the parts classification attribute be set to display only the smallest category instead of the format of "major category/middle category/small category"?

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: Our customer has recently migrated from Agile PLM to Windchill and is looking for similar Manufacturing Change Order (MCO) functionality. Specifically, they are interested in understanding how Windchill handles scenarios such as: Attribute modifications Addition of AML (Approved Manufacturer List) parts …after a part has been released, without requiring a change in the part revision. Could you please confirm if such changes can be managed in Windchill without revising the part? This will help us guide the customer appropriately.Description: Our customer has recently migrated from Agile PLM to Windchill and is looking for similar Manufacturing Change Order (MCO) functionality.Specifically, they are interested in understanding how Windchill handles scenarios such as:Attribute modificationsAddition of AML (Approved Manufacturer List) parts…after a part has been released, without requiring a change in the part revision.Could you please confi

I´m currently using CADDocuments('id')/Uses to fetch the different components used by Assemblies etc. but the information returned doesn´t include important details like which version of a component is used.Is there a way to use either the MemberLink ID that´s being returned to find out which version of the component is used or to change the /Uses GET request (by using parameters or a Request Body) so that this information is returned in the JSON response? The system I´m working on:WRS version: 13.0.2.4Windchill version: 13.02. This is an example of the JSON responses I get when using /Uses{"@odata.context": "domain/Windchill/servlet/odata/v4/CADDocumentMgmt/$metadata#CADDocuments('OR:wt.epm.EPMDocument:---')/Uses","value": [{"CreatedOn": "---","ID": "OR:wt.epm.structure.EPMMemberLink:---","LastModified": "---","ComponentName": null,"DepType": {"Value": 2,"Display": "---"},"FeatureID": 14,"FeatureNumber": 5,"HasFixedConstraint": false,"LayerID": 7,"Location": {"PointX": 0,"Po

Version: Windchill 12.0   Use Case: Reg: Data Monitor reports Description: Hi Team,   Reg: Data Monitor reports: Is it possible to store them in a specific location within the product or in any custom location? If customization is required, please clarify.

I would like to retrieve Master Objects (WTPartMaster / EPMDocumentMaster / WTDocumentMaster) via WRS.I tried using the MasterID but that leads to an error that the ID is invalid (for WTDocs/EPMDocs/WTParts with their respective MasterIDs).Yet the documentation mentions that the Master of these entity types should be supported.Alternatively I could parse the information from a regular WTPart / EPMDocument / WTDocument and create an artificial Master if I had the WTPartMasterID / EPMDocumentMasterID / WTDocumentMasterID. Is there a way to get this data via a call like .../Documents('id') by modifying the Request Body / adding parameters / ...?After some research I have found out that apparently in some Windchill systems a field like "master" or "masterID" exists but the system I am working with doesn´t have these fields. Is there a documentation on how to add these fields apart from "trial & error with domain customization via json and JS"?  The system I´m working on:WRS v

Reference from another topic. It works well, thanks! but insering for example a couple of items i'd like to see the boms where both are used. The system reports me the boms where each single item are used, not both are used.        

Version: Windchill 12.0 Use Case: I have a large document open in Arbortext from our Windchill area, and when I run "Export as Compound Document", I see all the Windchill objects appearing in my local folder, with the DD# added to the filenames. I"m using Arbortext 8.2.1.0 and Windchill 12.0.7.Description: The issue is that inside the files, any references to other objects are still referring to the windchill path (x-wc://file=dd00118571.xml for example). Looking at the help article here: https://support.ptc.com/help/arbortext/r8.2.1.0/en/index.html#page/editor/editor_help/help17084.html It seems like the references to Windchill objects should now be updated to point to the local files in the folder being used for the export and not the windchill path URL. Something I also just noticed is some files are being modified after the initial export, is this a post-processing step to update the references that I just have to let run until finished? Thank you!

Version: Windchill 12.1 Use Case: User must always use the pre-formatted Primary File template when creating a document.Description: Hello experts,Any idea how to set the primary file Template as required?In this case, it's a Tool Request Form. 

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 13.0 and Datecode with CPS 13.0.2.3After Importing the CAD Data in the Windchill, references are missing. For the assembly child objects are not showing and in Whereused tab the objects are not listing.Here are the errors that I facedWhile Importing the data errors where showed as2025-04-29 09:31:27,324 INFO [Thread-22] wt.system.out wcadmin - ApplicationImportHandlerForJar: storeLogMessage: USER LOG: <"EPMDocument: tsop-6_arw_crk.prt ( 0033183376 ) 0.0" cannot be imported because the revision "0" is invalid. >Which was resolved and then data was imported After this import on source server  On Target Server On Source server On Target Server  BR,Saurabh

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 11.0 and Datecode with CPS M030-CPS16inventor与windchill集成的页面点击“将可视项随模型一起保存”后转出的模型可视化，在左边的模型结构栏出现乱码

Version: Windchill 13.0 Use Case: Bulk indexing after Windchill 13.0.2.4 upgradeDescription: Bulk indexing taking 4 weeks to complete. Tested performance against Windchill 12.0.2.10 which is very fast Is there a known issue with Windchill 13 I have gone through all the articles PTC suggested but it makes no difference

When I´m getting data from a generic I don´t get a List of it´s instances (or their IDs) to gather their information as well. I only know that I currently work with a generic but not which instances are associated with it. Is there a way to get the IDs of instances either in the main call (/CADDocuments('id') or using a second call? I assume this would require a query specification, has anybody found documentation on those? I haven´t yet been able to find a documentation that goes into the details of potential specifications and how to set up Request Bodies to get additional data. I´d also be interested in finding out which generic a instance belongs to so if anybody knows how to get the ID of a generic from any of it´s instances that would be fantastic to know as well. The system I´m working on:WRS version: 13.0.2.4Windchill version: 13.02. Example JSON when using /CADDocuments('id'):{"@odata.context": "domain/Windchill/servlet/odata/v3/CADDocumentMgmt/$metadata#CADDocu

Hello All,   This is not a question just somethinh I want to share maybe someone will need it in the future .    OOTB we have the  endItem attribute however its doesn't really mean that that part is a BOM header (Not used in other BOMs) and was looking for a way to find these BOM Header Parts .   I could achieve this in a two step manupulation .   First I have defined  a string  alias attribute called whereused to find the parents of a given parts with below mapping :  masterReference@wt.part.WTPartMaster~uses@wt.part.WTPartUsageLink~usedBy^wt.part.WTPart~number    Then a second step we can define a boolean calculated attribute  isBomHeader with formula : isNull(whereused)        We can now run a report find the BomHeaders :      Happy new Year :              

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 10.2 and Datecode with CPS M030-CPS27preparing to upgrade from the WC10 version to the WC13 version, Although there were 1743 errors in the log file during the Oracle DB import, there were no error tables written there.Could you please clarify whether we can disregard this alert?Here are the errors that I facedLast line in the Log file:Job "SYSTEM"."SYS_IMPORT_FULL_01" completed with 1743 error(s) at Fri May 23 13:07:47 2025 elapsed 0 00:04:44

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 12.1 and Datecode with CPS 12.1.0.0Hello, Project workspaces are still visible to users or reappear even if the Project is closed or The Workspaces deleted. What should be done to prevent these Workspaces from being visible to users other than removing users from the Project? Also, how can we add other attributes to the attribute display area that appears when the Check Out warning for data comes?

Hi All,Recently I have worked on creating the part substitutes and alternates using windchill load from file utility in windchill 12.0.2.18. Since the REST end points were not present in my windchill version need to go with load from file utility. I hope it will be useful for some one looking for a solution to automate these tasks.Following is the xml template for the same: Load Alternates:<?xml version="1.0" ?><!DOCTYPE NmLoader SYSTEM "standard12_0.dtd"><NmLoader><csvBeginCreateUpdateAlternateLink handler="wt.replacement.LoadReplacement.beginCreateUpdateAlternateLink" ><csvalternatePartNumber>AI-00003</csvalternatePartNumber><csvalternatePartName>component2</csvalternatePartName><csvalternatePartOrganizationName>DemoOrg</csvalternatePartOrganizationName><csvalternatePartOrganizationID></csvalternatePartOrganizationID><csvalternateForPartNumber>AI-00002</csvalternateForPartNumber><csvalternateF

These are the steps I followed to set DNS alias name for URL. 1. Disabled the SSO configuration2. Set the DNS alias name in wt.server.codebase property by xconfmanager -s "wt.server.codebase=$(wt.webserver.protocol)://myalias.domain.com/$(wt.webapp.name)" -t codebase/wt.properties -p Property defined in site.xconf file 3. CERT file has DNS alias name and imported to keystore.4. Enabled sso.5. After this unable access new DNS alias name site URL (https://newDNSaliasName.com). It is not showing It Works.... and unable to generate metadata. Windchill page Shows  Please let me know if I'm missing something.FYI: followed Article CS387851 Thanks. 

I am using Windchill PDMLink Release 10.2 and Datecode with CPS M020-CPS06请帮忙提供一个 windchill 10.2 版本的wgm安装包