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We are planning to use AWS for Windchill Cluster, any recommendation on EC2 Instance type which gives overall best performance for Windchill.

My last note on this - we need 8 minutes (average time to complete the survey so far) of your time to provide input on where you are with your move to Flexible Change Associations.  We extended the survey to close this weekend.   Change Association Survey   We are planning to remove support for the Legacy Change links in our next major release.   Thank you for your support!

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After restoring the production Oracle database to a dev/test server, I used to take the ou=people node from the production Ldap, delete the same node on the dev/test Ldap, and do an import with the Append box checked. Now that the Append function has been removed, I followed the new solution where I exported the dev/test Ldap to a copy of the production Ldap, then imported the merged Ldap to the dev/test Ldap. The error about the nodes not being unique is being caused by the merged Ldap. Not sure how to handle this merged situation. This is the error when I start the MethodServer:   Nested exception is: wt.util.WTException: (wt.federation.PrincipalManager.PrincipalManagerResource/CONFIG_ERROR_SEARCH_BASE_NOT_UNIQUE) com.infoengine.util.IEException: Info*Engine configuration error - Directory Service Search Base "ou=people,dc=nasa,dc=gov" is not unique. Following JNDI adapter configurations were found with this same value for search base: "gov.nasa.ndc.EnterpriseLdap", and "gov.nas

I want to create a SSRS report  that any user (Licensed or not) can run completely outside of the Windchill environment.   I was able to get the SQL I needed generated from the Windchill report builder.  It runs without issue in SSMS.  The only issue I have is that the Descriptions being entered in the change orders is now Rich Text Format (RTF) rather than plain text.  This appears to be stored in the following Table: pdmlink.WTChangeOrder2  in the following Field:formattedTextA8.  In SQL this is an example of what I see stored in formattedTextA8 which is VARCHAR(8000) DATA TYPE:rO0ABXQAPjxwPkluaXRpYWwgUmVsZWFzZSBTcGFyZXMgRHJhd2luZ3MgZm9yIEludGVybmF0aW9uYWwgU2FsZXM8L3A+. Viewed in Windchill you see this: "Initial Release Spares Drawings for International Sales".  This is the query.           USE pdmlink SELECT A1B.name AS Name, --A1B.idA2A2, --A0.completedBy, USERS.fullName, --A0.idA3A2ownership, A1.descr

Hello,We are using Windchill 11 inclusive the Workgroup Manager in combination with Solidworks 2016.We have to upgrade to Windchill 12 and we have seen that Solidworks 2016 is dropped as supported application.(Solidworks support is starting at 2019)Because of customer requirements we have to continue with Solidworks 2016.Is there a way how to connect/register Solidworks 2016 to Windchill 12.Is there a workarround?I have tried to to use the export function, but than you need an Authoring application in this case with Windchill 12 starting At Solidworks 2019.The exported Soildworks files are, after the export, not anymore to open by Solidworks 2016. (It is recognized as newer version).

One of the engineers here is attempting to check in models - check in fails and he gets the following message:A persistence error occurred. System message follows:He is unable to find the system message to give a clue as to the failure... any thoughts?

Hi Team,   Can we make sure that role name gets displayed in the process status column instead of ASSIGNEE   If yes what should be done ? This has to be applied if we assign the task to an individual user or a group   This is happening on both task and as well as process status table    

   So I have the following code which is a query that should return me a result of WTDocuments with an identical iba value to an iba value in part.   But I’m not getting any results thought the sql query that the statementspec calls returns a result. Can you help me understand what I am doing wrong and also what is a columnaccesscontrolitembuilder and how do I remove it.   SQL Query from StatementSpec : (yellow I think is the culprit but not sure what that is)   SELECT A0.*,wt.pds.ColumnAccessControlItemBuilder@7e17cd6 FROM wt.doc.WTDocument A0,wt.iba.value.StringValue A1,wt.iba.definition.StringDefinition A2,com.ptc.core.lwc.server.LWCIBAAttDefinition A3 WHERE (A3.idA3A7 = A2.idA2A2) AND (A1.idA3A6 = A2.idA2A2) AND (A1.idA3A4 = A0.idA2A2) AND (A3.name = 'ICS_NUMBER') AND (A1.value IN '1234567') AND (A0.branchIditerationInfo IN (SELECT MAX(A0.branchIditerationInfo) FROM WTDocument A0 WHERE ((A0.idA2A2 = A0.idA2A2))))   SQL query :   SELECT A0.* FRO

This is just a sharing post. My company completed a major step in our divestiture from RTX. Shout out to @ShawnLothrop and the Boston Engineering team for their help. After a clone/split/delete project, it was time to lift and shift Windchill to our new network. The rehost was a snap with a good architecture setup suggestion from BE (running with a proxy server).  So, one of the things we had to do was update the LDAP and Oracle tables since each user was getting a new userid and email address.   1. Updating WindchillDS LDIF: This was done with an LDIF export and "sed" command. Looks like something like this: sed -e "s/joe.schmo@oldcompany.com/jschmo@newcompany.com/" -e "s/joe.schmo/jschmo777/" -e "s/jane.doe@oldcompany.com/jdoe@newcompany.com/" -e "s/jane.doe/jdoe523/" ... <sourceLDAP_5_28_2021_orig.ldif>sourceLDAP_5_28_2021_new.ldif Key was to do the email FIRST then the username. This will update all occurrences which takes care of group membershi

We have Navigate connected and authenticating to Windchill. Since Navigate is case sensitive for user ids, all of our ids in Windchill are lowercase. There is a feature where if the user uses uppercase, Thingworx will create a new account but still let them login.  How can we disable this (auto account creation)? I cannot seem to find an article or doc on this.

for getting CAD Structure of assembly, we are using the service  /CADDocuments('{CADDocumentId}')/PTC.CADDocumentMgmt.GetStructure and adding the $expand=Components($expand=CADDocument($select=Name,Number,Version,State,TypeIcon);$levels=max) for some assemblies its giving the desired results but for some assembly it throws error in WRS response as "OData Library: An exception without message text was thrown.". can anyone help me resolve this issue.

Hi,With Options & Variants capability in windchill 9.1, how we can build the rules (Parameters, expressions, constraints, case tables, etc.,) to drive the quantity of an item under an Advanced Configurable Part?Example:Consider the below BOM:Top_Part (Adv Config Part) Part1 (for option1) Qty - 1 Part2 (for option2) Qty - 2 Part3 (for both options) Qty - 2 Meters for Option1 and 5 Meters for Option2While configuring, selecting option1 should result in:Top_Part Part1 Qty - 1 Part3 Qty - 2 MetersSelecting option2 should result in:Top_Part Part2 Qty - 2 Part3 Qty - 5 MetersCan you please help in this?Thanks,Prabhakaran V.

Hello!   I am implementing Windchill Options and Variants capabilities, As a result of a Configure action I want my new variant WTPart to have the same name attribute as my generic WTPart. How can I implement that in the OIR?   Thanks!

Hi We have a number of licenses, PTC Navigate Contribute and PTC Navigate Author. We are not using the modular interface but the standard Windchill browser interface.To what legacy license types (Windchill light & heavy) does this relates ?Are you allowed to run Creo with a Navigate Author or are these (Contribute & Author) solely for non Cad work ?

Hello,   Why is DeletedParts options are available in ESI Response file? Does it get enabled in any way or is it just a place holder ?   <DeletedParts NAME="DeletedParts" TYPE="Unknown" STATUS="0"></DeletedParts>   Thanks, Sha

Hi,   in our project, customer decided to switch from basic authentication to form based authentication.   We have existing interfaces which were configured to use the basic authentication.    I have found that adding "/protocolAuth" to the Rest Urls would work form based authentication. But this will require that the interface partners have to update their urls. Is there an another way to handle this conversion, without having to update the URLs of the interface a?   Thanks in advance!

Hi We have a number of old perpetual Windchill light & heavy licenses in out bunldle but they are expired in 2009. When you now want to use these licenses do you need to pay the maintenance fee for the years 2009->2021 ? Just want some confirmation on that point. Regards Bernard

I am using Creo Parametric - Release 3.0 (connected) 3.0 M190관리자가 작업공간을 생성하였는데, 이 작업공간을 특정 사용자가 볼 수 없습니다. 해당 문제에 대해 조치 부탁 드립니다.

PTC Release Advisor is a new web-based tool available on the Support Portal , which consolidates compatibility documentation and upgrade recommendations across PTC products. This new tool can help you plan an upgrade of a PTC product, while considering other PTC products  you use, and key variables in your environment such as Database , browser and Operating Systems. Release Advisor’s intuitive UI guides you through a step by step process of filling this information in – and then generates a high-level upgrade and compatibility table -based on the products and variables most important to you. Users can also navigate to a more detailed release matrix, which displays all compatibility information for a specific release. For a brief demo of the tool, check out this short video: Release Advisor Demo - YouTube

Sorry new Windchill user here. I am trying to understand how Windchill works and have a question on Cancelled revisions.   It is easiest for me to use an example to explain. Say I have a drawing B.5 status "Released"I revise it and the system generates the next revision C.1 with status "In Work"This drawing is worked on through various iterations to C.7 with status" In Work" Version B.5 status is still released. At this point this revision "C" is cancelled / postoned / abandoned for whatever reason. I know that I could delete revision "C" but there may be some useful work done in version "C.*" and it would be useful to retain these drawings.   So is there a way / status to keep the drawing but when another change is planned for drawing B.5 the revise function can be done and starts with revision D.1?Is there a status I could set C.7? Like Cancelled or Abandoned?   Many ThanksIan

Is there a list of "non-Creo CAD" versions compatible with Windchill?   i.e. which AutoCAD versions are supported?  Do you stay up to date?   Users are complaining that Windchill can't maintain links with connected Revit files.  This is defeating our efforts to move everyone into a proper PLM system.  Has this been resolved?

Sorry if this is a newbie question, but we are just getting started on WindChill.  Where do the documents, when downloaded, store the version number?  For example, we will be working with AutoCAD, Excel, Word, Solidworks.  Is the version number stored in some type of custom attribute?

Hello, I've implement a new wizard to generate a report (.xlsx) and return it to the user as a downloadable file. I used the logic from this topic: https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS218250?&language=en&posno=1&q=setResultNextAction&source=search    For wizard it works as expected, but I need this function for a custom table action without a wizard. Does anyone know if it is possible?   Thanks in advance. Best regards, Timo        

Hi all I am doing a report based on the Location Change Record.   One field displayed from the "History Record.Label" is showing these values:   UPDATE EPP_STATUS_CHANGE EPP_FINISH_CHANGE   What is the meaning of these values? What do they represent? thanks Rick