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Hello, I did some REST 1.5 API tests in Postman and things do look good. However, I found some problems which I cannot explain. For example, I am unable to do Checkout/Checkin on WTpart. I created new WTPart and tried to do Checkout via REST call, someting like that: http://tomazj-wnc11.audax2.local/Windchill/servlet/odata/ProdMgmt/Parts('OR:wt.part.WTPart:1462146')/PTC.CheckOut Exactly like in Windchill REST Services User’s Guide v1.5, page 167. I used POST call, I got current CSRF_NONCE. Return JSON is : { "error": { "code": null, "message": "The type of the type cast 'PTC.CheckOut' is not defined." } } MS log error is: 2019-06-14 10:58:43,931 ERROR [ajp-nio-127.0.0.1-8010-exec-2] com.ptc.odata.windchill.servlet.WcRestServlet wcadmin - An unexpected REST error occured Type 'PTC.CheckOut' not found.   It looks like there is something wrong with my REST implementation in Windchill. I got v1.5 via 11.0 M030 CPS 15 install. I authenticate in Windchill as wcadmin. Any ideas? Regards.

I'm creating a table which doesn't have business objects in it but custom POJOs. This is how the table is configured and filled with data: @Override public ComponentConfig buildComponentConfig(ComponentParams arg0) throws WTException { ComponentConfigFactory factory = getComponentConfigFactory(); TableConfig table = factory.newTableConfig(); table.setLabel("Test-Table"); table.setSelectable(true); table.setShowCustomViewLink(true); table.addComponent(factory.newColumnConfig("firstName", "First Name", true)); table.addComponent(factory.newColumnConfig("lastName", "Last Name", true)); table.addComponent(factory.newColumnConfig("link", "Arbitrary Link", true)); return table; } @Override public Object buildComponentData(ComponentConfig arg0, ComponentParams arg1) throws Exception { Vector<Object> list = new Vector<>(); Person person1 = new Person(); person1.setFirstName("Homer"); person1.setLastName("Simpson"); person1.setLink("http://www.ho

Hello,I am working on the functionality where I need to identify the event for uploading the Primary content in WTDocument can any one please tell what is the event for Uploading Primary and Secondary content

Hello All,   I'm trying to move a bunch of users from one group to another group. Is there a way to do bulk move the users from one group to another group. I was just wondering if there are any load files or any other way to do this process.   Thanks in Advance, Kiran

Greetings, I would like to create an Org level Group within a context that has restricted printing and downloading permissions. I see the ACL's to restrict downloading, but don't seem to see how one would prevent them from printing a document.   Our documents are PDFs, we are also restricting this Group from seeing any source documents.   Any ideas about restricting printing?  I'm assuming it has to be in Creo View. - James - Windchill 11.0 M030 CPS08WGM 11.0 M030Inventor Pro 2017Windows 10

There is a BOM structure. The condition is that before a child is not at its RELEASED state, Parent cannot be released.I have used  wt.doc.WTDocumentHelper.service.getUsesWTDocumentMasters() to get the child document.I want to get the state of the child document. SO I used,                              WTDocumentMaster childPart = (WTDocumentMaster) childInfo;                               wt.lifecycle.State childState = ((_LifeCycleManaged) childPart).getLifeCycleState();ERROR is -> wt.doc.WTDocumentMaster cannot be cast to wt.lifecycle._LifeCycleManagedI cannot get the state of the object. The above function does not work for WTDocumentMaster. Neither does object.getState().How should I

HiI have created two CAD objects of Creo part type.... They are having name as P1.prt and P2.prtBoth of these parts have family table instances as instance1.Now, I am connecting to windchill from Creo and tries to check in P1.prt which gets checked in successfully.Post this, check in of P2.prt fails throwing an error that instance.prt model is not unique. How to avoid this issue while check in into windchill...?For us as cad, P1 and P2 are already unique files which are physical files... Instances details are inside generic part files P1 and P2. How to check in these two part files without changing any name of isntances?Thanks and RegardsKetan

Ooohhh the frustration... can anyone with a dictionary "PTC - plain English - PTC" explain me what this is about...   https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article?n=CS183904   What I'd want it to be and what it looks like in the pic in that CS is a truly Ad Hoc Task you can assign to anyone without relation to any process. Ie. not a Change Notice Task, Approve Promotion Task, just a random task to notify someone "Hey I want you to take a look at this and assigned you a Task so you see it in Windchill instead of sending you email about it."   If so, how would a user trigger it?    

Review and optimize your license usage Monitor primary business objects Browser and Client OS usage Optimize Windchill performance through cache tuning recommendations Monitor Windchill feature usage and performance metrics Tune Windchill performance by right sizing resource allocation of your environment Customization Analysis Gadget to determine the impact of upgrade on your Windchill environment To know more about configuring Windchill to see this Performance Advisor data, refer Configuring Windchill to Send Diagnostic Data. For additional information, check FAQs on the PTC support site.    

You can use this gadget to quickly determine the impact of upgrade on your Windchill environment, by: Identifying configurations and customizations in your environment Determining specific changes to the out-of-the-box files, such as classes, properties, and Xconfs. Checking for unsupported and deprecated APIs​ The changes in your Windchill environment are categorized based on file type and type of customizations, such as user-interface, workflow, Integration, and Services. http://support.ptc.com/help/windchill/ptc_perf_adv/en/index.html#page/performance_advisor/customization_analysis_gadget.html           (Gadget will provide the details for Windchill 11.2 F000 onwards)  

We would like to configure Windchill server with 7 File Servers to achieve the following requirement.There is a Product container X and user A is from US and user B is from India.Both are members of this Product Container.Both members are required to design two separate product lines using Creo.If user A checks in Creo data it should be deposited in US FCS Master vault and if user B checks in data then it should be deposited in India FCS master vault.Is there any good bractice to configure Replica Vaulting Rules according to this requirement? How can we make sure that data is not stored centrally?

Windchill 11.0 M030 CPS 14   Hi Everyone, I'm successfully able to create a silent installation of DTI.  However I'm unsuccessful at auto-configuring a connection to the production Windchill server.  I thought exporting the registry key and importing it after the installation would do the job but it does not.  I'm able to get the "Production" icon within the "Windchill Documents" area of Windows Explorer but it doesn't contain any configuration data.  When I right-click and choose Windchill->Configuration the window comes up empty.  No servers with an alias.  Has anyone been able to configure DTI automatically?  I would hate to have all my users do this manually.   Thanks, Patrick Williams

See SPR 7906504 for reference 11.0 M030 CPS10 There was a MS Word update to version 1902 (Build 11328.20158) after which:   When we create new documents from Template using Word w/ DTI or  New Document from the Windchill Internet browser folder, the Wizard appears normally.  But when the wizard is completed and the new document is allegedly launched it is the template itself that is downloaded and presented.  There is a new document created in the designated location in Windchill.  But again, when the new file is downloaded it is the template you get.   Has anyone experienced this?  We have a case started with PTC.

When I try to do a 'save as' with any item in Windchill it fails and throws this error message, java.lang.NullPointerException   Anyone know what the fix is?

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Anyone know if it is possible to create document structure (not reference) while creating documents using Bulk Migration? Version 11, M020

We are attempting to share a Windchill 11 VM to several folks throughout our company for testing purposes. We are running into issues with sharing our current 250 + GB image.   Anybody have suggestions on reducing the size of that image? What is the size of the VM you are using?   Thanks,   Josh

Hello, well I have a problem that I cannot solve and I need help or guidance how to solve it. I am trying to get EPMDocument's (Creo part) visual representation (a .pvs file) using RESTFul query. Here is my query (for testing purposes we are using Swagger): GET --header 'Accept: application/json' 'http://<wct-server>:<port>/Windchill/servlet/rest/visualization/objects/OR:wt.epm.EPMDocument:147522537' on our windchill installations (I am using WcT 11.0 M030 CPS13) the result looks like: { "id": "...", "attributes": { "representations": [ { "id": "OR:wt.viewmarkup.DerivedImage:....", "attributes": { "default": true, "launchCreoView": "http://<Wct-server>:<port>/Windchill/wtcore/jsp/wvs/edrview.jsp?objref=OR%3Awt.viewmarkup.DerivedImage%3A422931&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhades.fsb.hr%3A90%2FWindchill%2Fservlet%2FWindchillAuthGW%2Fcom.ptc.wvs.server.util.WVSContentHelper%2FredirectDownload%2Fcad-0000001809_prt.pvs%3FContentHolder%3Dwt.viewmarkup.DerivedImage%253A

Hi All,   I am trying to install Windchill 11.0 M030-CPS11 on Windows 10 machine. I am getting the attached error and the installation is then getting aborted.   I have seen a PTC Case where it was said to run the below command xconfmanager -s wt.db.maxBytesPerChar=3 -t codebase\wt.properties –p But even after the property value got changed the installation is getting aborted. The PSI Installer error is as below   Updating database schema... be patient. Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=128m; support was removed in 8.0 joining with std out thread std out join complete. joining with std error thread std err join complete. AddColumns -u -s process returned non-zero: 1 Installation is Aborting. The installation cannot continue.Aborting installation. Installation is Aborting. The installation cannot continue.Error during schema creation, while adding columns. See the logs for more information. aborting: original exit_code = 2 aborting: no

I have heard that Windchill InfoEngine might be a deprecated feature and may not be available in future releases of Windchill - i.e. Windchill 12.  I have been unable to find any written information on the internet to confirm or deny this.  Does anyone know anything more about this topic?  We currently use SOAP web services, and I am keen to understand whether these will become unavailable in the near future.   Many Thanks

Hello there,   We started using ProjectLink. Since last week. I have something to ask of me. When the person to whom the relevant resource is assigned makes the Work rate 100%, send to mail the system to the administrator.   Managers went to know about the closing business. is there any solution suggestion?   Thank youEngin    

Hello,In my requirement I want to clean up certain type of parts from Windchill but before we clean up I want to know if the WTPartMasterPart is used as Alternate part or Substitute part for some other part.Any API's or Query report would help me.Thanks,Manjunath Reddy

A user is asking if there is a way to see when or if changes are made to WTPart common attributes like end item flag or serialized settings.  Its not an iteration but I was wondering if there was a table that recorded these types of changes.

When you want to refine a search using the facets, it looks through the history of the object and will report objects that are not the latest if (at some point in time in the object's history), it had that value.   For example, I had a WTPart classified as a wire with a "Type" attribute that was incorrectly selected as "Stranded" at version A.3.  I checked out and edited the WTPart, and changed it to "Hook-Up".    When I perform the classification search on Wires, the wire shows up in the list, and in the type column, it reports as "Hook-Up" as expected.  But there are still some wires that are incorrectly classified as "Stranded", so I use the facet to try to refine the results to only show me the latest WTParts that are still incorrectly classified, however, when I select "Stranded", it brings up the A.3 version of my wire because at that point in history, it had that value.   Is there a way to set Faceting so that it only applies to the latest

Hello,I am a new user of Windchill PDMLink. I am exploring the file vault topic and have read some User Guides,  1. I read the concepts master vaults , replica vault and cache vaults but in that I am getting confused in the difference2. So, I am not getting that, when to use master vault, when to use replica and when to use cache vault.Could anyone guide me further on thisThank You in advance.Sumit Patil