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In the past, I was successful at using the Import/Export manager to take a library from one instances to another. It moved the latest iteration to the other system very well. There were limitations.  I could potentially see the movement of a Product area from one instance to another.  This product area includes change objects with workflows and discussion.  In addition, there is multiple versions, views, branchpoints and history that is there.  It can get very complex, very fast. Let's assume that library data and documents are in sync that are outside of this Product context and exist in both systems.  Can this be done?   My goal is to shift some Products to this new environment without having to lose all the historical records behind it.  Everytime I've seen projects like this done, they always seems to take latest or line in sand and throw away the history.  What's even worse, I might have to shift them back again in the future (merge). 

Hello,I have a requirement that I need to fetch all the subtypes of the Project type.can you please let me know the available API for this?Thanks in advance.Best Regards,John

Need help in converting below SQL query into queryspec   select * from wind.WTChangeOrder2 ch left outer join wind.WTChangeOrder2Master chmon ch.idA3masterReference = chm.idA2A2left outer join wind.ObjectHistory obj on obj.idA3A5 = ch.idA2A2left outer join wind.LifeCycleHistory lch on lch.idA2A2=obj.idA3B5where chm.WTCHGORDERNUMBER = '00039'and lch.action='Set_State';

I have installed creo view 4.1 on my pc, now I want to shared that installation on other pc's as a worldwide executable, I want something similar like a silent installation of creo 3 parametric. I want something to detect if creo view 4.1 is installed or not, then if not, an executable to install it. I know creo 3 parametric uses an xml to install. Any advice or examples will be great.   Creo View 4.1 is necessary to open up thumbnails in Windchill 11.

I created a new attribute for one object type in Windchill and then added an enumerated value list constraint to it with two values.   Modifying this object in Windchill now gives me the option to leave this property undefined (unset) or select one of the two list values. Selecting either of the values works fine, and switching between the values works fine, but I can't figure out how to go back to blank (undefined).  Even though there is a blank value displayed, attempting to return to pick it (after having previously selected a different value) is not being permitted.  Windchill just throws an error:   Is there any way around this?  I don't really want an extra "None" entry in my list because "None" and undefined are not the same thing and won't return the same results in a search.

I'm trying to do a "Synchronize On: Object Event" . Windchill Object: wf variable is Problem report  that has multiple Change requests associate with it.   Can anybody tell me how to customize this object event , so that the synch robot completes only when all the associated Change requests are resolved  

Hello to all, I'm installing windchill 11 on a machine but the db is on another server. During the PSI error: The directory that you selected for ORACLE_HOME does not exist or is invalid. My directory is: E: \ app \ oracle \ product \ 12.1.0 \ client_1 I have configured client oracles pointing to the oracle on the DB machine and relaunched the PSI installation but I still have the same error. I do not understand where I'm wrong and how to fix it. Can someone help me? Thanks Davide

Hello All,   Is anyone out there using Windchill to track or run a New Product Development Phase Gate (Tollgate) process and if so are you using ProjectLink or PDMLink a combination of both or something else?   Looking forward to your replies.   Thank you. Thom

Ref Help Topic:Setting the Disposition of Affected Objects.We haven't yet but are planning on adding some custom Dispositions. Having a bit of trouble with the documentation. Can get one to display and work but when adding a second, the first is removed. Wondering if anyone has done this and might have a "Cheat Sheet" on it.

I recently gave a presentation to my local CT user group. Getting to love PowerPoint 2010 and the narration feature. I was able to turn that presentation into a video. Link to Video This details the project where we removed and reduced large family table models from our system. I have also uploaded the procedure that we followed to tackle this. Removing Instances from Family Tables in PDMLink.doc Hope you find this as useful as I have. This is a follow up to a blog I (re)posted last June Friday, Put your PDMLink (or IntraLink) system on a diet.

Hi,I am uploading a document in windchill, as well i need a approval for the same by routing it through windchill.How can i assign the reviewer/approver in windchill.Do anyone know the process/step, kindly help me outRegards,Prabhu

In wizard page we've 3 tablebuilder, need to reload only one table builder not whole wizard page on cilck on apply button.

Hello Windchill UsersI wanted to inform Windchill users that there is a Change Management Tutorial that I written on the below webpage. The tutorial explains the Windchill out-of-the-box functionality with screen shots that displays each step of the process with the Change Management basic workflow. Select on a blue box and you will see a pop up window showing the steps. I hope this helps. http://www.felcosolutions.com/cm2process.htmlThe web site also has some other information that explains the CAD Workspace interaction with Windchill and a common Glossary of the Windchill terms. The URL links are below.http://www.felcosolutions.com/workspace.htmlhttp://www.felcosolutions.com/glossary.htmlI hope this helps some of you and you can pass this information on to others too.Thanks and have a nice day!

We can use API to create new WTDocument, but we have a subtype under WTDocument, how can I create a subtype by API? Who could help me? Thanks in advanced.

I'm currently on Windchill 10.2 with SQL Server 2008.  My goal is to get to Windchill 11.0 with SQL Server 2014 or 2016.   My question is, how do I upgrade the databse, either before I do the Windchill upgrade or during the Windchill upgrade?  The problem I am having is that when I go to import my backup from 2008 to either 2012 or 2014, it will not show as a viable choice to be chosen during a restore.  I know that I have to be missing something simple.   Thank you, Brian

Does anyone have the guide that explains how to create new standard or regulation in WPA?

From 10.1 version the download option for EPM has been removed by PTC. Here i'm trying to add an action which will execute the 'download action' , kindly review the java code and see if thats enoughpackage ext;import java.io.*;import java.util.*;import java.rmi.RemoteException;import java.net.URL;import wt.util.*;import wt.content.*;import wt.epm.*;import wt.fc.*;import wt.query.*;import wt.representation.*;import wt.method.RemoteAccess;public class dlRep implements RemoteAccess, Serializable{ private static String extractContent(EPMDocument EPMDoc, String dlLoc, String conType) { String rtnStg="NO Data Found (extractContent)"; try { Representation defaultRep=RepresentationHelper.service.getDefaultRepresentation(EPMDoc); if(defaultRep != null) { ContentHolder holder=ContentHelper.service.getContents(defaultRep); Vector contents=ContentHelper.getContentListAll(holder); ApplicationData data=null; for (int i=0;i<contents.size();i++) { if (contents.get(i) instanceof ApplicationData) { d

Hi, I would like to develop few utilities using WWGM Toolkit. Currently i have "WWGM Toolkit, Version: WC11" along with Visual Studio 2015. I am new and trying to run the "wwgmtk_hello_world" program.   I am getting linker error LNK1561 when i compile it. I have also not used to C++. How do i get started. I am unable to run the test programs.  Also would like to know if it is possible to use VB or C# to develop WWGM Toolkit, if yes how to get started. Any sugesstions would be really helpful...    Thanks.

We used to be able to create sequential Change Tasks within New Change Notices where the creator would be the CT Assignee and the different CT Reviewer approvers (Checker, Engineer, etc.) would have their approvals sequenced appropriately (Checker first, then Engineer, etc.). I'm not certain exactly when it happened, but now when the Change Tasks are set up as I have described, the CT Reviewers all get set to be the CT Assignee. Once it gets submitted, you can go back in and set the CT Reviewers again and it sticks. Doing a single Change Task with all approvers on one works fine. I'm wondering if there's a setting that got changed during an update or what. Thank you.

Hi All,How do we migrate/upgrade data from legacy systems in Windchill ? Can anyone please let me know about it once.Can anyone please answer the below questions1.) Say for suppose if we wish to migrate/upgrade from Windchill Versions which are less than 9.x (say Windchill 8 or 6 or even less than that ) to a Windchill which is 10.x version. How will we be doing that ?2.) And how do people used to migrate or upgrade or do any customizations before Windchill 9.1 ? Like from Windchill 6 to Windchill 8 or from Windchill 8 to Windchill 9. So is it possible ? If yes how was that done ? 3.) Is there any documentation or guide for Legacy Windchill Migrations/Upgrade or any other development like customizations to the 10.x version ? If yes please let me know. Thanks in advance.Best Regards,Aditya Achanta

I tried to upgrade Windchill with the Upgrade Manager and it looks like something is missing or might run with the wrong version,could you please help to find and fix the problem?Failed: Populate the fields Prefix, First, Middle, Last and Suffix in the WTUser table.UUID: *IU Description: This migrator uses the current value assigned to the full name and last attributes for a user in the directory server. If the wt.org.populateUserFullNameFields property is set to true, the migrator parses the full name attribute into Prefix, First, Middle, Last and Suffix values, and persists them into the new columns created in the WTUser table. If wt.org.populateUserFullNameFields is set to false, the migrator instead persists the full name and last attributes into the First and Last columns respectively and sets the other name columns as null. For disabled users, full name is calculated from the existing persisted values as "prefix first middle last suffix"; the first column is set to the calculated

Greetings, We only use an eBOM. Our company is new to the idea of wtParts. Historically, the tools and fixtures that are needed to make a component are called out as children to the component they are used to make. This was displayed in our ERP system. In Windchill, we did not include these tools/fixtures in the BOM.   We created a tool/fixture part for all the tools and fixtures we use.   Our plan is to have these tools and fixture Parts be parents of any components that requires a tool or fixture to make it.   The plus side is the eBOM will not include these tools / fixtures. The downside is that when a tool/fixture Part is released, it could be published via ESI to our ERP system.   The tools and fixtures are called out in text within the manufacturing document that is used to make the assembly. Our manufacturing documents are created in Arbortext (subtype EPMdocument) and would require a described by relationship. To get around this, we use a Publ

Windchill 10.1, Internet Explorer 9While trying to initiate a simple search I received the following error:Status Code: 501Message: com.ptc.jca.mvc.components.TypeBasedRedirectionInterceptor: unable to determine the context type for based lookupsI closed Windchill and re-launched. Tried it again and the search worked.The problem is this error message is popping up frequently.Note: I have chosen the correct context type when running the search. The search itself only provides a few search results (maybe 2-4 files).Anyone know what might be causing the error?

Does anyone know what are some base specs(memory, disk space) for the recommended standalone Solr server for PDMLink 11.0? Thanks in advance!

The problem: I need some task instructions that are robust enough to require multi tiered list but not so robust that they require a whole other document.   The solution: Indented lists in the Task.   OOTB the tasks in Windchill look similar to the following... You have been assigned a task for the change notice. 1. Review the object displayed. 2. Complete the work required. 3. Enter comments in the Comments text field below. 4. Click Complete Task to advance the change activity. You have been selected as a Evaluator of the Nonconformance. To complete the task:-   a. Add comments(Optional) and save the task. If no comments are required, skip this step.   b. Click on the <b>Task Action</b> and identify the Business Impact.   c. Determine if <b>Further Investigation</b> is required.   d. Determine if <b>Disposition</b> needs to be performed for the Nonconformance.   e. Click <b>Complete Task&