Windchill Customization

This has long been an issue with the multiple concurrent workflows in the change process. If I assign a task to the user in a change notice workflow, I can grant rights to modify the PBO. But what if they need to modify things in the affected objects table like Inventory Dispositions?  That is not the PBO and there could be many objects or change tasks. Cannot be handled simply with a workflow variable.  I guess I can do it with lifecycle states on the change task but is there another way assuming the change task is locked for most other people?

Hi All, as per the Windchill Upgrade guide and windu guide it tells that after running windu from windchill shell a file called GatherSourceUpgrade.properties file will be created. But I am not able to find this file nor the directory  after running windu. A log file with no error was generated but the mentioned file not the directory was created. Should this file be manually created or will it be automatically generated? If it has to be created manually then what are the information that should be populated within this file? Any documentation regarding this would be of great help. Thank you in advance.  I have attached the section from windu guide that talks about mentioned file and folder.

Hi,   I would want to get all the parts from a Drawing EPMDocument from code. Between the part and the drawing there is only a calculated link. But I need all parts (calculated,content...) which are related to the EPMDocument in any way. Is there a helper class that gives me back these links? If not, what are the APIs that I can use to get the 3D models linked to the Drawing, so that I can get the Parts from those?   What I used is: GenericUtilities.getAssociated(document); This won't give me back the calculated links.   Thanks in advance, Tamás

This is a customer requirement that just like opening CAD documents from CREO, why can't we open MS documents from windchill and edit within windchill instead of using Windchill Desktop Integration or downloading files and checkin again since a copy will be saved on local drive.

I have soft attribute created in a sub-type of part. I want to populate its drop-down from rbinfo file. I dont want to use global enum or legal list. Any Suggestions ?

Issue: Windchill SolidWorks Publisher prints BLANK representations Windchill 11 -  Solid Works Premium 2016 x64 SP 5.0   When publishing .slddrw files in Windchill, the representations are now coming out blank. This WAS working. Not sure what has changed. We did add some additional file types...see additional_file_type_publishrule.xml below.   A normal slddrw as show in _SLDDRW.JPG - this is just how it looks in Solidworks then it turns into the visualization shown in _blankoutput.jpg   NOTE: you can see the title block and some of the call outs (circled in red) appear in the visualization, but nothing else. Already looked into the following: CS48758 and CS111431 - not sure if either are related. Didn't seem to be. See SW recipe files - rcp1, 2, 2a, 3, 3a for current settings.   FYI: We do not use the GS Worker Daemon service, running in Foreground instead. --> Here's an portion of a job log...refers to issue with EDZ?   Jan 29, 2018 12:00:14 PM:Start J

Hi, I am attempting to match what we do in windchill to our business process. At development and prototype states the revisions should be Numeric. Once the objects are promoted to pre-production or production the revisions should become Alpha. I have configured for state based versioning and all looks quite positive so far, I then noticed that when i promote to pre-production from the earlier state the revision remains at Numeric until the item is revised. Also if I promote to Production without revising in pre-production this will also appear as Numeric rev until a revise has been done.   Is there a method I can use that will promote and change the revision scheme in one step?

Hi All,   I wish to customize a functionality in Windchill likewise to create a dynamic drop down list.    If a user selects Value A in the Attribute A drop down list , Attribute B list should be populated dynamically.   Likewise if Value B is selected in Attribute A again the Attribute B list should change and another list of values should get populated dynamically.   Can you all please let me know like how it is done or possible. In case if anyone has any code snippet regarding the same kindly request you to please share the same.   Thanks in advance!   Best Regards, Aditya Achanta

Hi, I have been looking for some time into how I reuse certain Parameters from windchill in my Excel or Word templates. I can easily see the majority of parameters and reuse these, however I would like to see who last modified the document. If I look at the windchill database it shows who last modified the file quite easily but I simply cannot get this into my documents. Please someone can you tell me the correct syntax to drive this into excel.  I have support with one of the main resellers and they are not making any headway on this for me.    the parameter appears on the windchill page as "Modified by"

Hi,   Can someone please let me know how to delete the documents in a container using a custom utility.    Which API has to be used accordingly. Can anyone share me the code snippet if possible.   Thanks and Regards, Aditya

I am working on a custom action where the user can select one or more EPM Documents and start the action.  My implementation is currently using the request parameter to grab the oid’s/soid’s of the selected objects however it only works when the user selects 8 or less items.  Is there another way to get the list of all the selected item rows at the time the custom action is selected?  If so, can you provide some guidance?  Current method used in popup JSP ids = request.getParameterValues("soid") or id = request.getParameter("oid")   Thanks, Mark Bohannon Lenovo

Hello, I tried set default value of properties Change Management/Collector/Affected Object Collector/ Include dependent CAD/Dynamic Documents but it is not working. I created a loader file:   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE NmLoader SYSTEM "standardX26.dtd"> <NmLoader> <csvPreferenceInstance handler="wt.preference.LoadPreference.createPreferenceInstance"> <csvname>IncludeDependentsOptionForOpenCollector</csvname> <csvcontainerClass>SITE</csvcontainerClass> <csvcontainerName></csvcontainerName> <csvorganization></csvorganization> <csvparentContainerPath></csvparentContainerPath> <csvuser></csvuser> <csvclientName>WINDCHILL</csvclientName> <csvvalue>None</csvvalue> <csvlock>false</csvlock> <csvlockOnly></csvlockOnly> </csvPreferenceInstance> </NmLoader> in method server is information that

Dear All, I am trying to perform windchill cloning but I am having problem with method server and server manager getting crashed.  Steps I performed: 1. Datapump of oracle database. ->expdp 2. Exported LDIF file and took backup of WindchillDS.  3. Copied HTTPServer, Windchill folder from host system 4. Setup a server with same host and domain name. Installed Oracle with same SID and credentials as host system. Run the PSI with standalone components where I installed only WCDS, Java, OCU. Then imported dump file of oracle using impdp. Imported ldif and restored using WindchillDS backup.    Changed host property in db.properties file with host name and java.server.rmi.hostname in wt.properties file.  Since in host machine filevault was setup I changed filevault property to false instead of true.    After launching windchill shell and starting windchill, server manager gets crashed sometime leaving behind background method server running. Sometimes me

Hello,   I'm looking for a workflow expression code that will launch a dialog box for the reviewer to select an item from a drop-down list when rejecting. The goal is to append the selected value to the Comments and write it into the database to later extract and report on workflow rejections.   I tried using the Java Swing Dialog, but am stuck with an error...   Here's the sample code (2nd line throwing error): String[] codes = {"DES", "DFT", "BOM"};String code = (String) javax.swing.JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null, "Select Rejection Code:", "You have chosen to reject this workflow:", javax.swing.JOptionPane.QUESTION_MESSAGE, null, codes, codes[1]);if (code.trim().length() == 0) {throw new wt.workflow.engine.FailedTransitionException(e2);}   The error is: wt.util.WTException: java.awt.HeadlessException   Does anyone know a way around the above error, or have an alternative method of launching a dialog box from a wo

I just tested an import from another 10.1 server onto my 11.0 server and I'm getting "hierarchy DisplayName is different fomr the value as found in database".   When I check the attribtues on my 11 system the hierarchy DisplayName label is not listed but when I check my 10.1 servers they are listed, has anyone found a work around to this issue concerning the hierarchy DisplayName giving issues when Importing or any other similar issues others may have experienced?   Thanks,

Hi All,   Any recommendation on working with jquery in the change management. I have requirement to toggle attribute display based on another attribute. Windchill 11.1 new feature on cascade attribute doesn't satisfy as it doesn't have logical conditioning of the attribute values ( ie AND and OR).    But somehow jquery is not fetching any object in the change management page.   Help me if you have worked on this kind of approach.

Has anyone configured the rules.xml file when importing Libraries from one system to another (10.1->11.0) using the Import utility? Attached is the file I need to configure, I just need to know if attribute part errors I'm receiving when attempting to Import a Library is what ONLY needs to be configured in the rules.xml file?

Hi. Paths to actions.dtd and actionmodels.dtd are wrong in some \codebase\config\actions\*.xml They look like '../../actions.dtd' and '../../actionmodels.dtd'. Why? How i can fix this? Thanks.

Hi, I want to do three actions with using API.   ・To create Supplier Organitazation ・To get Supplier Oranigazation Name  ・To change the name and lifefcycle state   I guess using "com.ptc.windchill.suma.part" ... Please teach me which API  I use and show me to simple sample code.   Regards, Gen_Kie

Dear Community, Looking for some guidance. I am just starting to configure Supplier Management on WC 11 M020. One of the first steps seems to be to create the Suppliers. To do that, I seem to need to create a New Organization in the Participant Admin page for each Supplier as that is used when you create the Suppler. Then you can select the Organization or create on at the same time. What I want to do is use a different Organization ID than the default list (CAGE Code / DUNS NUmber / ISO 6523). We would like to use the ID number generated in Oracle (ERP) for each approved supplier. How do I get to that pick list? I do not see it on the Attributes list for Organization ID in the Type and Attribute Management for Organization at Site or Org. So, how do I update that list?  

I'm looking to add a Where Used report that only returns items if the parent part is the current version. WC 11, M020   I see there is some help here but report creating is not in my wheelhouse 🙂 https://community.ptc.com/t5/Windchill-Questions/Resource-for-reporting/m-p/448738   Attached is a version of the report but for EPM Docu's

I try to get the assignee from a ChangeActivity2 object How can I fetch the "Assignee" by calling webjects?  

I have 2 parts in the affected objects table. They are both being replaced (superseded)  by 2 different parts in the resulting objects table. Is there a way for someone looking at this change notice to know which resulting object is superseding which affected object?   We could write this in the comment section, but that is very time consuming.   Thank you!

Hello,I am relatively new to Windchill, so this might be very basic to you, but I have finished the Customize Windchill tutorial and still struggling with this. We would like to deploy external Java libraries to the Windchill server and use them in custom Workflows, in the transition part (where we can write custom Java code).   I have tried compiling a simple HelloWorld class to .jar, drop it under /codebase/WEB-INF/lib/ and it is recognized by the server, since it passes the "Check syntax" test. However when the workflow runs, it fails to execute the code.   So my questions are: How do we deploy our libraries to the Windchill server, i.e., to which folder do we copy them and in which format? (.jar, .java, .class?). Do they need to be compiled on Windchill shell or can I compile them with javac in my machine and just copy the generated file to the server? Is there any way to see the detailed logs from the workflows? (i.e. when the Java code fails during execution, read the

I want to remove partipants that users and groups  of  roles of the problem report. Please teach me which API  I use and simple code.