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Hi, As far as I know the Password Policy are applyed when users are added to groups. Is there any possibility to apply the Password Policy upon user/password creation (At this point, customer wants that the password policy verify whether the password complies with customer's password policy ) ?   Thanks in advance

I have taken the default file based versioning file and swapped the MILSTD section to be first and the Numeric section to be second. Simple cut and paste in the XML editor. But when I go to load the file back into Windchill, I get the following messages.   e:\SetupFiles\Versioning>java wt.series.LoadFileBasedSeries xenergy_versioning -loadWARNING: Loading will overwrite existing Series XML.File-based series XML file was not found or is empty: xenergy_versioningFile-based series XML file could not be loaded: xenergy_versioning e:\SetupFiles\Versioning>   Besides the question of what is wrong with my file or the load command, do I need to actually edit and reload the version file? I want to have Alpha revisions first, then at some point we go to a production release of Numeric versions starting at 0. It is my understanding that the versioning file must be traversed from top to bottom and cannot jump back up higher. The default value  range for the version is set by u

I need some help. I created a relatively simple workflow (reused from another workflow we have) that takes a file, changes the state to Obsolete, moves it to a separate folder and starts a timer. After the timer is done, an activity is launched asking an Assignee to take some action. When that's completed, another timer starts followed by another activity (same as the first one) and then the workflow ends.  There are no loops in the workflow. There's barely any code! The only code that exists is the "move file to folder" java code.  Somehow every time I go to initiate this workflow it initiates and then continues to do so on its own until i disable the workflow template. Now that I know to look for this, I normally catch it after it's only initiated about 200 times or so. The issue is also that the activities sends an email and the first time this happen, Windchill sent me 1800 emails before I was able to shut down the workflow.  Am I missing something easy here? Where e

Hi, every day I need to restart my Windchill Server because all queues are stopped. The error message in log files is:   2018-06-12 00:05:00,033 ERROR [commonScheduleQueue.SchedulingThread] com.ptc.wa.create.WAReportCreationManager Administrator - Report generation could not complete successfully after 5 tries 2018-06-12 00:05:06,210 INFO  [WfPropagationQueue.PollingThread] wt.system.out Administrator - NO All Activities are executed --> GO BACK 2018-06-12 00:05:06,694 WARN  [QueueCheckerThread-28] wt.jmx.notif.queue  - Time=2018-06-12 00:05:04.897 +0200, Name=QueueNotifier, SourceObjectName=com.ptc:wt.subsystem=Monitors,wt.monitorType=Queues,Name=WfPropagationQueue, class=class javax.management.Notification, type=wt.queue.QueueWatcherMBean.exceededWaitingEntriesThreshold, userData=25, message=There are 25 queue entries waiting to be executed in queue WfPropagationQueue, JVM Name=3416@SRVPLMAPP110, Queue Info=[AveEntryExecTimeSeconds=0.048,EntryExecutionTime

All,   Getting this error after 4.0 was pushed to my laptop by our IT group. I start up Creo and this is in the browser window:   If this error persists, it is possible that this site uses an unsupportedprotocol or cipher suite such as RC4 (link for the details), which is notconsidered secure. Please contact your site administrator.   WC will not start.   Folks are MIA already because of upcoming 4th of July week. But I gotta work. So ...If there is something I can fix? BTW...I have no admin rights.   Wayne

I am working on a report to show each line of the "Tasks for Change Process" table with the dates and times.  Our workflow has a Rework routing option.  If a user sends the workflow back on a Rework then for every Rework there is another line in that table.   The problem is each task in the report shows the date of the last Rework.  I.e.: If there are 3 Rework lines then all 3 lines in my report shows the same date and time of the last Rework.   Is there any way to have the tasks show the correct date and time for each of the instance?

One of our legacy systems has crashed that was running Windchill 9.1 M050 software but the SQL system is still functioning. It appears that there was no backup. What I’m trying to do is export the CAD data from the SQL database. It appears that the database was never setup right as all the files are stared in BLOB in the database.   I’ve been able to write the query below that relates the columns from the tables in the database.   What I’m unsure of is how to get a usable file out of the BLOB data and write it to a file?   What I’ve read is that it must be converted to something varbianary>bianary>hex or something?   --query binding tables-- select ad.fileName --table column with file name-- , sd.lobLoc --table column with file data this needs to be contents of file-- , e.nameB2folderingInfo --table column with folder name I’d be happy if everything was in a single folder this would just be nice to separate it to sub folders-- from --everything below relates t

Hello everyone AND PTC,The context:Global numbering scheme for all EPMDocument. Our policy is to automatically allocate a sequential number to any new CAD file created. The EPMDocument get assigned the same number than the cad file without the extension. This is unique across our entire Windchill regardless of the context. Our business process is so that Number (Part number) is generated when creating the CAD. This number is then unique across all other systems such as ERP.That is, if I start creating a new part for a new design in a project, the Number is allocated "forever".When we were with Windchill 9.1, everything worked perfectly fine. We could create new CAD/EPMDoc in project, send them to PDM without the number being changed (users could not change it and the system did not change it all).  We upgraded to 10.1 M040 in June 2014. During testing we noticed that Windchill behaved differently. When an EPMDoc is created in ProjectLink and send to PDM, Windchill allocated a new

Looking for guidance on SQL query to return BOM of a given assembly file from the Oracle DB.  We are NOT using WTPARTS (I've seen the multilevel SQL query on the forum that uses the WTPART tables).   Single level BOM would be fine - don't need multilevel.   I want an on-demand query from our client (so I want the operators to have to open windchill to export a BOM).   Is this reasonable, or am I not even asking the correct question?

I'm trying to run the following code public class QueryGroup { public static void main(String args[]) throws WTException { QuerySpec qs = new QuerySpec(WTGroup.class); SearchCondition sc1 = new SearchCondition(WTGroup.class, WTGroup.INTERNAL, SearchCondition.IS_FALSE); qs.appendWhere(sc1); QueryResult qr = PersistenceHelper.manager.find((StatementSpec) qs); } } and getting the following error. Please help. D:\ptc\Windchill>windchill sh.QueryGroup Exception in thread "main" (wt.fc.fcResource/0) wt.util.WTException: The operation: "find" failed. Nested exception is: wt.util.WTRemoteException: Unable to invoke remote method; nested exception is: wt.method.AuthenticationException at wt.method.RemoteMethodServer.invoke(RemoteMethodServer.java:810) at wt.services.ServiceFactory$ClientInvocationHandler.invoke(ServiceFactory.java:349) at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy1.find(Unknown Source) at sh.QueryGroup.main(QueryGroup.java:18)

Hi everyone,   I am looking to see if there are ways you guys know of to make the "content" link the default association type when performing an association to a drawing.  We are currently using Windchill 10.1 M040, however we will be moving to 11 soon, so suggestions for either version would be appreciated.   I tried first setting "create content links for drawings" preference to "yes", however this just removed the ability to have users select "calculated", and it only defaulted to "Contributing content".  So, the users still have to manually toggle almost all drawings to "Content" anyway, with the added negative of being unable to select calculated.   Thanks!

Hello,who can explain me the difference between content link and contributing Content together with a exsamlpe for both to Show in which Situation you choose which.Thanks in advanced.Heiner

How can I get a object inside a Promotion Request revised when the Promotion Process is sent for rework? I tried to add a expression robot as below but I still couldn't get the object revised. I added this to the default promotion approval process next to the stage where the targets gets unlocked once the rework loop starts. I set the preference to auto revision mode and selected In Work in the state preference since that's the state the object is in when it will get revised.    wt.maturity.PromotionNotice pn = (wt.maturity.PromotionNotice)primaryBusinessObject;java.util.Locale locale = wt.session.SessionHelper.getLocale();com.ptc.core.ui.validation.UIValidationResultSet set= com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.maturity.PromotionNoticeWorkflowHelper.revisePromotables(pn, pn.getCreator(), locale);   The Process Monitor does not indicate any errors and says that the expression got executed.

I am building a new Windchill 11.0 m030 CPS08 system. Revisions is my current task to tackle. OOTB, adding a document to Windchill, it comes in as revision A. Yet, when I look at the XML file for revisions using the command: java wt.series.LoadFileBasedSeries -read, I get a file that has numeric revisions at the top and then Alphas. The OIR has: <AttrValue id="MBA|versionInfo" algorithm="com.ptc.core.foundation.vc.server.impl.VersionInfoGenerator"> <Arg>wt.series.HarvardSeries</Arg> ,/AttrValue>   What file is driving the revision scheme OOTB and what changes are needed in the OIR to use my own scheme which is alpha first, then numeric? I also found the option to specify an alternate initial revision. Does using this create a drop down menu that would allow us to choose rev A or rev 0 as the initial version. Is there more coding needed in the OIR to enable a version choice?  

Hi,   while going through the Type and Attribute Manager for Attribute, found a "Available Attribute ID" field, but on help page not found any thing related to this. if you know, please explain the purpose and where and how this field is useful in Windchill.     Regards, Vivek

To. Mike How to populate a drawing table with values like Approver, Approval Date from a promotion request approval      

Unfortunately, all examples I have seen assume too much background knowledge.  They are not for the beginner.  Where is the "Getting Started Guide for Developing Windchill Event Listeners"?  We need to know: 1) Where to put the source code? 2) Which package to use? 3) Which jar files to include? 4) How to compile it? 5) Where to put the class file? 6) How to register it? 7) How to use xConfManager to update wt.properties? 😎 How to restart Windchill so MethodServer will find it at startup? 😎 How to test and debug the code?   The closest thing I've found is  Windchill Customizer’s Guide (9.1 MR070): http://support.ptc.com/WCMS/files/138024/en/WCCustomizersGuide_M070.pdf#_ga=2.255790208.900687055.1528834530-397374203.1508768675 It is an older version when PTC used to support customization.  Unfortunately, they now refuse to support it in the versions since then and even obscured all the figures in above document, presumabl

PTC Navigate Thingworx Windchill App Development   I have created this PowerPoint to help get started with PTC Windchill Connector & PTC Navigate. It has Windchill Connector Installation overview, component required to install Windchill Connector / PTC Navigate. How to use out of the box Windchill Restful webservice in Thingworx / PTC Navigate. How to get started creating your own custom app.   Please share your feedback on this documentation.

Hi All,i need to extarct all Groups, Group Member and user related information in tabular manner by using java code.Please any one give me some idea how i can achive this requirement.Thanks,Vivek

Like clockwork, someone posts to the world "How can I get all the current membership of Windchill groups?" (exactly what is seen at Org, Groups) for the most part, although this ignores Site-level groups, Since this info is stored in LDAP, it's not available using Windchill reporting. Most new admins are shocked that there is no practical way to dump current Windchill group membship to a spreadsheet. We're still shocked at this as well.Today PTC posted CS50075, which lists an API which can be used.Long ago we paid for a custom class which returns the needed info, but don't quite know how it works and don't have the source code.Does anyone have a practical application of the API listed in this Case Solution?

Hi Everyone, Need help on Understanding windchill services.kindly any one describe me about Event listeners(calling listeners from java Script, the types of listener events like WorkInProgressServiceEvent,wt.fc.PersistenceManagerEvent etc...). we don't have enough explanation of Listeners in Customization guide.

I am getting this error frequently, Method Server goes into loop and never come back after heavy logs size.Error is: commonScheduleQueue.SchedulingThread: ERROR : wt.queue.ScheduleQueue.commonScheduleQueue - Sat 11/17/12 15:34:45: commonScheduleQueue.SchedulingThread: (wt.pom.pomResource/0) wt.pom.PersistenceException: A persistence error occurred. System message follows:Sat 11/17/12 15:34:45: commonScheduleQueue.SchedulingThread: Nested exception is: wt.pom.DatastoreException: A SQL error has occurred for the statement "UPDATE ScheduleQueueEntry SET args=?,classnamekeydomainRef=?,idA3domainRef=?,endExec=?,entryNumber=?,entryOwnerIsNull=?,classnamekeyB5=?,idA3B5=?,failureCount=?,inheritedDomain=?,datelock=?,classnamekeyA2lock=?,idA3A2lock=?,notelock=?,classnamekeyA6=?,idA3A6=?,classnamekeyA5=?,idA3A5=?,scheduleTime=?,securityLabels=?,startExec=?,statusInfoIsNull=?,codeC5=?,messageC5=?,rescheduleTimeC5=?,targetClass=?,targetMethod=?,markForDeleteA2=?,updateStampA2=?,modifyStampA2=?,upda

We are working now a couple of month in PROJECTLINK.Because we can not revise and promote easy in ProjectLinkwe want to move the data to PDMLink.With "Send to PDM" we can move the data but we are loosing the historyand the revision of the parts are again on "1.0".Is there a way to move the data without loosing the history and the pdm revision?   thanks for the help.   Bert Busschers

Hi All,   If I have some 1200 parts with me in an excel file and if I had to raise a promotion request for all those parts and get it approved. How would I be doing it ?   Do I need to develop any utility for that ? If yes Can you please let me know about it.   Thanks and Regards, Aditya    

I have a large collection fo PDFs and I need to set them all from "In Work" to "Released" state. If they were all in the same folder this would be a simple action but since they are all in different file trees the only way I have been able to get them all together is using the search. For some reason the search function will not allow me to select more than one and "Set State." The action is just not there when I select more than one. Is there a way to do this? Why is it an allowed action to individual objects but I cant do them all at once??I can provide screenshots and more details if needed.Thanks!