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Is it possible to update quickly a maintenance task in all blocks in a RBD at a time , this way not having to update one by one??   Thanks 

I have done some cursory tests and cannot get the system to default to blank when Parts are added to Affected Data.  I cleared the default value and I do have an Enumerated list of values for each Inventory Disposition column.  I want to ensure there is positive indicators of a choice for Inventory Dispositions, not just accepting the defaults. Ideally, I would like blank to show up indicating that nothing was selected yet. Tried restarting server but seems to always default to first value in enumerated list though blank is a choice on the row above in drop down.  I do not have a setting that value is required in constraints.

Promotion Requests out of the box have an "Owner" role that is the initial creator. What's really nice about this is that in the Members table, you can change the "Owner" in case someone else needs to take over future tasks that would have gotten assigned to the Creator.    We have other Workflows that use the Creator role in downstream tasks, but there's no way to change the Creator. At best, all we can do is reassign the individual tasks after they are created.    How can a Workflow be configured so that the Owner role shows up in the Members table and can be updated just like on a Promotion Request?

So the topic of materials has been discussed before in this forum, but I'm not sure there has been a solution I've been happy with. I was hoping someone can share their amazing idea on materials management that I haven't thought of. Here is the basic wish list - somehow connect between WindChill and Creo: Material Properties file Material Note in Drawing (soon in model for MBD) Material Finish in Drawing (soon in model for MBD) Detailed material in WindChill (like sheetmetal gauge.. etc) Detailed finish in WindChill Allow for material variations within Creo and WindChill (a part can have multiple colors) Allow for a material spec to be linked to these materials.   The goal is to not have the user edit the materials and finish 3 different times for three different places. Even if you don't have a magical solution to do all of this, if you have something that is 'unique' and you are proud of, I would love to hear it!   Thanks!  

Hi all,    I am currently developing a C++ toolkit customization for Workgroup Manager and I am using the workspace viewer (wwgmtkWorkspaceViewer_ptr) function getWorkspaceObjectByEpmName() to search for a specific EPM Document by its filename. From my initial testing, it appears that the getWorkspaceObjectByEpmName() function searches the current local workspace as intended, but also the Windchill commonspace which is not desired. Can anyone confirm this functionality and educate me on how to prevent searching commonspace?   If searching the Windchill commonspace is by design and there is not a workaround, does anyone know how to determine if the returned workspace object (wwgmtkWorkspaceObject_ptr or wwgmtkEpmDocument_ptr) was located in the local workspace or commonspace?

While performing a “Replace from Windchill” function from CATIA - In the next window, the Search Function doesn’t work as the one on WWGM main page. It only searched on File Name column. Could it be improved to behave like the "Search" function on WWGM main page, which search objects all major attributes? Thanks for your attention.

Hello,   Is it possible to open a drawing with creoview, from a browser by pasting an URL ? How to write this URL using the file name ? (xxx.drw)   Regards, Arnaud

Any pointers on setting up Altium management in WindChill/PDM Link.  Wondering how others are controlling their project files, libraries, sheets, and the like.    My use is WindChill 11 Altium 19    What I have noticed is schematics and boards are independent, when making them in windchill but in real life, they are not.     Hoping to shed some light on this.  Looking forward to where you all can point me.   

Hey all,   I am unable to delete a series parts and assemblies from Windchill as it claims they are being used by another assembly. The catch is, these parts are no longer in my main assembly. I have looked all over the place for the remaining references and am unable to find them.Is there any way to view these mystery references??I had an issue with a few other parts that were being remembered from "Replace Part" actions but that is resolved. I am certain this is not the issue I am currently facing.   Any help greatly appreciated.

A common complaint from our users is that they cannot tell what the task is related to when they are sent an Approval task email or an overdue email. Anyone know how to add the title of the CR in these notifications?    

Greetings,   I can't rename an instance. See attached. The generic and instance do not appear to be checked out. There are variations on versions within the table. Some may be -.2 and some b.7 for example in the same table. Someone had released certain instances at certain times. But new revisions were made. I don't know what Modify Identity Permission is.   Help,   Thanks   Wayne

Hello there,   when creating a change task the affected object tables are getting quite confusing when adding several objects due to the fact that the comments attribute is shown with several lines. See screenshot attached.   Does anyone know how to reduce the comments field to one line?   I tried to customize the table views, searched the type and attribute manager for layouts or input style methods but did not succeed so far...   Thanks in advance for your help!   Best regards Chris  

Hi,   I want to change the default object (part, asm) name on Creo to follow a certain rule. Based on Windchill documents, this is done via OIR admin. I've had a look at a lot of articles and dicussions in PTC community regarding Object Initialization Rule (OIR), and it all points to goto OIR admin, edit the .xml under type 'Part'.   Below is an extract from the .xml file. From what I understand, all I need to do is add a new line <Arg></Arg>  under id="number" with my new numbering format. This doesn't seem to be doing anything. When I create a new part, it still does the default PRT0001 and increments 1 for the next new parts. What am I missing here?     <AttributeValues objType="wt.part.WTPart"> ....... <AttrValueid="number"algorithm="com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.revisionControlled.server.impl.NumberGenerator"ignore="false"force="false"final="false"><Value algorithm="wt.rule.algorithm.BooleanBranch"><Value algorithm="wt.rule.

We are using Windchill 11.0 M030. We have several Products. 1) The Products that are no longer in use (MA & TC), but we want to keep in Windchill, should not appear in the search results. 2) We would like to hide the inactive Products and their contents from users.   Is there a way to hide a product and it's contents from users but they remain visible for Admin users?

Is there any possible way to recover an accidentally deleted workspace from wind-chill which includes only new parts (not uploaded)? please suggest if any. I have used the recovery tool wherein I could able to retrieve the assembly but no parts within that.thanks,Dinesh G

I have made a copy of the Part and EPM Document OIRs and made changes to the lifecycle used in them from basic to my customized lifecycle for parts. When I create a New Part in a workspace, it gets created but uses the two-phase lifecycle instead of my own. I am assuming that this uses the Part OIR, but maybe not and that may be driving the issue. Same when I create a New CAD Document, which I assume uses the EPM Document OIR.   If these are not the right OIRs to modify, could someone point me in the right direction?   Windchill 11.0 M030 CPS16

How to Display Windchill System attribute Drawing Revision and State in Drawing Templates.

Hi,   just received a mail about new PLM packages. Windchill Base, Advanced and Premium. But no more details. is there any overview online?    br Bernhard  

Hello Experts,   In reading other posts and as a workaround to a problem implementing a SAML project, we are investigating the implementation of a loginHook, override to the SessionUserAuditEvent.LOGIN event by implementing a custom handler to URL encode the '#' character prior to a 302 redirection to the SP &  to maintain the state of a request and ensure a user goes to the requested page instead of the windchill default page.   Is anyone able to advise or comment if this would be the right entry point ?

I have a requirement where I want to restrict the selection of past dates in need date fields in Windchill 11.0, If I update calendar.js it affects searches as well, Any recommendations other than workflow business rules?

Hello all.  We now have a training server (rehosted from production) and would like to fully use emails on it.  Emails cannot currently be distinguished as different from those from production.  We've set a different value for property: wt.mail.from but it doesn't get included in the email.   It would that this would be a very common thing.  Thoughts? thanks

Hi   Background :  There is no data loaded into windchill initially. Below is what we are trying to do: Dummy data is as below : asm1.asm prt1.prt asm2.asm One part (prt1) is common and being used by both parent assembly (asm1 and asm2). What we are doing is as below: Directory1 has prt1 and asm1 where as Directory2 has asm2 (prt1 is not available in folder2)   First of all, open asm1 from Directory1 and try to do checkin of asm1. It is successful. Remove CAD from work space. Now, open asm2 from Directory2 and missing prt1 is auto retrieved from windchill. Do checkin and now we have all 3 CAD object checked in.   Problem Description: This is what it is on windchill configuration one.We have another setup of windchill. Above same scenario with same data is tried out. For directory2 checkin, it results into conflict window. Conflict is asking for readonly object checkout for prt1.   Query :   What is there in windchill setup 1 which doesn't ask f

I am working on a project, where the client wants to integrate their production server with their corporate LDAP server. And they have some 2000 users. They want to dis-connect the users before the LDAP integration. After integrating, they are going to re-connect the users from windchill DB to the corporate LDAP.Can someone explain why this is being done and please give me insight in this...Also will it be easy to re-connect 2000 disconnected users?

Over the last year we have been working on re-structuring our Corp LDAP, e.g. DN names, groups, etc.. In addition when individual are nolonger with the organization and their LDAP account is disabled or deleted from the Corp LDAP. We have seen and defined specific situaltion all requiring different resolution process by either correcting with SQL scripts or using the admin utilities maintenance UI. In some cases Windchill UI functionality does not work so SQL scripts are the only method or the amount of effort required to use the UI is not efficient so scripts are used. In addition updating disconnected principals WTgroups only can be achieved via the maintenance UI.When disconnected principals exist in the system two scenarios occur, 1- disconnected WTusers cause PDM to slow if users are part of a workflow and can cause PDM to stop responding or 2 - disconnected WTgroups will present users attempting to access the system with an error and PDM is not accessible. When either of these oc

Hi, There is an issue with PDM performance.   It takes 5 ~ 40 minutes from CREO to PDM connection depending on the individual. (Generally, it takes a long time to be working with a large assembly.) The cause of the issue is presumably due to differences in client workspace size, DRM environment, and PC spec.   In order to improve performance, we have done the following: 1. Configure PDM Optimization with WCA 2. Remove workspace and clear cache after work   We are reviewing the following items to improve performance. 1. Configure additional vault   Can you please share a solution for a similar issue that you have solved? Or Please check with us for further considerations to further improve performance.   Thanks.   Warm Regards, SeonHo Cha