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We recently updated our Windchill 11.1 system with CPS08. With this CPS, according to the documentation REST services are updated to version 1.5, and that I confirmed with command "windchill version". In Windchill REST Services User's Guide for 1.5 it is stated that the new domain, workflow domain is introduced. However, invoking the REST Api call "https://xxxx.yyy/Windchill/servlet/odata" doesn't list that domain:   [{"path": "https://xxxx.yyy/Windchill/servlet/odata/v2/ChangeMgmt","name": "PTC Change Management Domain","description": "PTC Change Management Domain","id": "ChangeMgmt"},{"path": "https://xxxx.yyy/Windchill/servlet/odata/v3/DataAdmin","name": "PTC Data Administration Domain","description": "PTC Data Administration domain","id": "DataAdmin"},{"path": "https://xxxx.yyy/Windchill/servlet/odata/v3/DocMgmt","name": "PTC Document Management Domain","description": "PTC Document Management Domain","id": "DocMgmt"},{"path": "https://xxxx.yyy/Windchill/servlet/odata/v1/Dynami

I'm a relatively new CAD/Windchill admin and I've been trying to define a best practice for our team on how to manage tabulated drawings.  Here's a common scenario: an engineer makes a component in some default color, but then later needs to add a second version of that component with a different color. Since there is no change in geometry, there's no need for a new CAD model. Since 99% of the current drawing specifications will apply to the new color design, the engineer wants to reuse the same drawing as well. Typically the engineer will just add a manual table to the existing drawing calling out the different color requirements. We are using WTParts in Windchill to drive our BOMs, so now I've been getting engineers in the scenario above to create a new WTPart for the new version, and we've also been linking it to the existing CAD model so now the system shows that 1 CAD model is related to those 2 WTParts.  The trouble I face is in revision control. Right now, we maintain

Hy, I'm trying to install Drafting and Workgroup Manager on a Workstation, when i try to open Workgroup Manager directly from Drafting by "File->Modules", it keeps to show the error below:   "Impossible to load Windchill Workgroup Manager integration, incorrect parameter"   I tried to dis-install and re-install both programs but the error is still here. What can i do to resolve?   In attachment a screen of the error.   Thank you very much.

Hi All, I am trying to launch promotion request approval task from promotion request review task. While doing this I am getting the following error, has anyone solved it? If anyone could provide a solution it would be of great help.   Error message: A nested transaction cannot be started when a rollback is in progress. The following is the rollback stacktrace. ROLLBACK: java.lang.Thread.getStackTrace(Thread.java:1556) ROLLBACK: wt.pom.TransactionManager.rollbackTransaction(TransactionManager.java:750) ROLLBACK: wt.pom.BasicTransactionMonitor.rollbackTransaction(BasicTransactionMonitor.java:77) ROLLBACK: wt.pom.PersistentObjectManager.rollbackTransaction(PersistentObjectManager.java:427) ROLLBACK: wt.pom.Transaction.rollback(Transaction.java:746) ROLLBACK: wt.maturity.AbstractTransitionHandler.transitionTargets(AbstractTransitionHandler.java:111) ROLLBACK: wt.maturity.TransitionHandlerFactory.transitionTargets(TransitionHandlerFactory.java:81) ROLLBACK: wt.maturity.StandardMa

Hello,   I need help for creating an autonaming rule for a node (partslink). I can't write correctly a rule taking account an "if" function with boolean (yes/no)   Input data :- "My part" (text)- Attribute1 (boolean)   My formula :"My part" + (attribute1==yes) ? "something" : ""   The second part of the formula doesn't work. I'm trying to make him write that if the attribute1 is "yes" then write "something". Otherwise, don't write anything more.   Can anyone correct me ? Regards, Arnaud

Wondering if any company has an off-boarding procedure that can be shared or start a discussion here for collaboration.   I am sure we all have faced the same issues.  Folks leaving the company, and have new objects or modified objects in their workspace that have not been checked in.  Too many times, the laptop has been surrendered to IT and they'll reformat it to give it to the next person.  We have the best practices where you should always check in your work but that's not always enforced (can't monitor)   If the manager knows ahead of the time then a procedure would be nice to have, but you also get the "person" escorted off-premise or "walk-off".            

Hello Windchill Team,    I am a .Net developer at a software developing company. One of our client is using WindChill and would like to extract Bill of Material data from WiindChill using its API and write to Excel file. I am looking for some documentation on how to use API and what components of WindChill need to be installed.

Hello Team i m just bignner for it.  i want to access restful api of winchild but i don't know how to process for access this. so please can you explain me in deepth?   What is the preferred way to interact with Windchill and is there up-to-date documentation which illustrates how to access Windchill pro grammatically?  

Hi,    I have purchased a Creo Advance with PDLM - Locked, but I am having hard time to access my company's Server (WindChill). They need to create a new account for me, but the system is not allowing them. Not sure how can I go about this. See the photo attached for how the WindChill looks like from our end, which is different from other. I have been told, other can easily create a new account. Please advice. 

I'm getting a return error while attempting to build some translation packages. All objects are in release state.    Message: Resource bundle/Message key = wt.pom.pomResource/0   The odd part is, 7 of the 14 language packages requested have succeeded, while the other 7 failed with this message. The 7 that succeeded have previous translation data already imported (a.2) while the 7 that failed have ZERO translation data attached (no A.1, except for 1 - French-Canadian).   I am stumped - has anyone ever seen this??    

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Hello,  I am using Windchill 11.1 M010. I want to get latest revision of a document using Rest API.   I tried to use filter, $filter : latestiteration eq '1',   but, this gives "Invalid expression".   Is there any way to get the latest revision of a document through Rest API?    

After my company upgraded from Creo 3 / Windchill 10.2 to Creo 5 / Windchill 11.1, end users are no longer able to create folders under our main directory.   How do I give them permission to create folders in our General Product directory in Windchill commonspace?

I am looking for a option or setting in Windchill, that will allow retrieval of assembly in state it was released which includes all the sub-parts and their drawings as well when it was released "in production" refer to image attached basically, if in a released assy + parts + their drawings = all in production state, if I take a sub part and revise it and check it back in to common space, then when I download/retrieve the top level assembly, it downloads the latest version. I want the top level assembly to download sub-parts and their drawings in same revision as when they were released in production in conjunction with top level assembly

We recently acquired a company in Europe using Solid Edge ST10 with no PDM/PLM, 3d-Drawing and assembly files are stored on the server. KPIT solution for Windchill integration is pretty much defunct, even if it supported ST10 and WC11, no guarantee there'd be any upgraded solutions going forward. What has anyone out there done with Solid Edge data bringing it to Windchill? Bring it in as non-CAD? How about translating it to SolidWorks and using the SolidWorks WGM? Other ideas, solutions, frustrations? Any input appreciated!

We have a VM for our production and test environment.  I know there are others out there that have the same thing.  What are you doing for email addresses?  i don't want email to go to the real users so I end up modifying the addresses to mine.  This takes a long time.  Is there a better way to do this?  Or are you doing something else so the users don't get the emails?

Hello, I was asked to improve the workflow templates for promotion request and change management processes but i have a problem that is I don't have any test environment to test it before released. If I make any mistake that causes a lot of problems.   What should i do ?  I really need your opinions.    Thank You.   Onur.

In establishing a new Windchill installation, I understand that modified OIR, Workflow and Lifecycles are need to conform to your company business practices. Do the context templates need to be company specific? I would still copy then from the site level to a new name at the org level so updates do not change what is being used in the future and use the org level templates for any product and library created,   On a higher level are the Context Templates. Do these also need to be modified before being used to create new products and libraries? If they do, what sort of additional information needs to be defined that these files cannot pick up from the system org or site level?   I have no products defined yet. When I open the Product tab and select Create New Product the template drop-down is blank with 2 choices: General Product or Product Design. Can I just create a product named UPF and use one of these OOTB templates? (After I copy them to a new name at the org level.) &n

All,   Wanted to advice with you about interesting situation i've faced lately. one of our customers would like move into windchill 11.1 M030, from Windchill 10.2 M030. we proposed them the "regular" method - using upgrade process. however, they are more interested in "Migration". meaning installing Windchill as Vanila, define the system from scratch ( product, revision scheme, workflow, permission, security, etc ) and then use WBM in order to load the data from current system. The main purposes of this are: 1. review and updating all company standard and regulation into the system. 2. dumping the "garbage" in the system ( they use it for more that 12 years ).     Do you see any REAL benefit from the "Migration" process ? to my view all the things they would like to achieve are possible & easier to do before/after the upgrade is done. that way you avoid the complexity and risk involved.   What do you think about the situation ? how would you handle it ?  

Hi there, The Windchill REST API can be used to retrieve all drawings of a particular part. Example https://windchill.acme.com/Windchill/servlet/rest/structure/drawings/OR%3Awt.part.WTPart%3A102799?useParts=true Result: {"items": [{"id": "OR:wt.epm.EPMDocument:102871","typeId": "WCTYPE|wt.epm.EPMDocument"}]} What is the other way around?Which API request(s) must be used if you know a CAD document and want to receive all the parts associated with the drawing? many Thanks!

Hello. I'm trying to only Auth by Active Directory, but service start by WindchillDS. I want below process. If AD user(by AD join Computer) try to access Windchill, authentication occur(SSO) then same ID in WindchillDS Ldap can start service.    and user in not AD have to enter Windchill Ldap account for can start service. Because there is not all member in Active Directory. AD and WindchillDS both can authentication but using service is only WindchillDS Ldap user. AD user have same ID in WindchillDS. Is it possible? Please help. product is Windchill PDMLink 10.2 M030. Thanks,

Hi,I want do define a soft attribute "approver" for a certain document and the approver should be a PDMLink user.When user creates the document, he should be able to select the approver from a list of PDMLink users.As far as I understand, I need to write some code for a so called user picker and compile it.There is an example for compiling a picker for organizations here.https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS80307However, I am not very familiar with customization and searching for someone who can explain, what to do.I would like to know the following:* Sample code with simplest callback function(I attach a sample code from PTC Technical Support, but I guess this is too generic and does not work)* How to compile* How to register in Windchill if this is different as described in the article aboveSorry, but I am a beginner in this.I would appreciate any help.Tom

Does anyone have a SQL query to list of all documents, with their context & location.I did setup a query in report builder, however I run into a record count limitation (65k) when exporting.  When using the SQL query from this report in SQL itself, it only brings over the IDs for context and folder path (I need the names).  I must need to link to another table, even though the report builder SQL is not showing such?

Scenario: I am ordering material to specific requirements and do not want to have a CAD Doc for the shape of this material, but I do have a WTpart   Desire: I need to link two WTparts so that when the part made from this material is requested, the custom material defined by a WTpart is requested as well.    Is there anyway to link these two wtparts and create this behavior? 

Hi,   I using Windchill PDMLink M030. And I want to get previous version of wt.part.WTPart via RESTFul API. I can get previous version part by following "$filter"      <$filter=name eq '004' and iterationIdentifier eq '1' and versionIdentifier eq 'A'> But I want to get previous version parts without iterationIdentifier criteria. It likes Info*Engine method "Search-Objects" with VERSION parameter specified 'ALL.'   Does anyone know？？？