Windchill Customization

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 They are both being replaced (superseded)  by 2 different parts in the resulting objects table.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.  

I see that this has some traction in the community. What we have: We make hearing aids, they are small and so most of our units on the product build are small (oz). Some items like glue or resin (for the molded parts) are purchased in large amounts like gallons. When we imported our materials from Oracle into Windchill during our go-live process to create wtParts, we converted the large measurements to small (it was .007 gal = 1oz). All good. But, now we want to publish the full BOM from Windchill back to Oracle (ESI) including the Unit of Measure. Now we run into the problem of having tens of items that have different units of measure. Our BOM with an item that is 1 oz of something will result in 1 gallon in Oracle. This would be a problem.   So what to do? Research seems to suggest that you can't change the UofM in Oracle. It doesn't make sence to use a large unit for a small product so why change it in Windchill just because we buy it in

Dear Users, I am trying to write a EPMSuggestBox which will shown all EPMDocument when the Global Atribute DOCUMENT_TYPE= 'SAAF' . I've tried the below search using where clause , but still the text box shows other EPM Documents where DOCUMENT_TYPE<> 'SAAF'  .    Can you please share your ideas.   Regards Sriram Rammohan     protected void setTaskParams(Task paramTask) throws WTException, IOException { WTUser localWTUser = (WTUser) SessionHelper.getPrincipal(); WTProperties localWTProperties = WTProperties.getLocalProperties(); String str = localWTProperties.getProperty("wt.federation.ie.VMName"); paramTask.setUsername(localWTUser.getAuthenticationName()); paramTask.addParam("object_type", "wt.epm.EPMDocument|com.xxx.DefaultEPMDocument"); paramTask.addParam("search_type", "wt.epm.EPMDocument|com.xxx.DefaultEPMDocument"); paramTask.addParam("where", "(name='" + this.search_term.trim() + "')&(checkoutInfo.state!

Let me describe my problem ..   We have consolidated two instances of same versioned Windchill system into one.. Now we are observing some issues with Family table.   For doing this, we have used custom method to load metadata & Content and then creting links for those loaded metadata.   But the present situation is that we are facing problem with FT objects. -   For genric part,  member in Family Table tree is crossed ( atatched the screen shot ) -  For Instances,  Family Table is not getting populated.   I am looking for cause for this, then only I can able to understand which step of migration went wrong or which has to be repeated to correct it.   advise related to this would be very helpful in proceding furthur ..  we are actually stuck at this point ..

Hi I have a webject to modify the password of a user. When I run this it produces the error: (com.infoengine.util.IEResource/81) com.infoengine.exception.fatal.IENotFoundException: File not found: /ext/savaco/lvd/QueryUserDetails.xml The xml file does exists at C:\PTC\Windchill_10.2\Windchill\tasks\ext\savaco\lvd and looks like;   The java code looks like:     Can anyone know why this error is issued ? Best regards Bernard

Hi Is there any possibility to create a new view version of a WTPart where the "Revise Transition" is not defined? If I use    WTPart mPart = (WTPart) ViewHelper.service.newBranchForView(part, "Manufacturing"); mPart = (WTPart) PersistenceHelper.manager.store(mPart); I will get the error, that no revise transition is not defined. The method ViewHelper.service.newBranchForView does not throw any exception. This is thrown when storing the new WTPart.   Caused by: (wt.lifecycle.lifecycleResource/223) wt.util.WTException: Revise transitions not defined for current version in life cycle template.   I don't wan't to set any "dummy" revise transition for only creating a new view. Did anybody find a workaround? Thanks for any help.

Hi,I am trying to write a program that will check WTUsers to see when they last logged into Windchill. I have code that worked against our LDAP, but ran outside of Windchill. We need to move this inside Windchill in order to keep WTUser and LDAP User in sync.  I've written Listeners before that will listen for an event, but I haven't written any scheduled services yet.  Is there any examples that can help me?  I can get the functionality working based on my previous code, but I'm not sure how to make it "scheduled" in Windchill.

Greetings, I am just starting the process of configuring Supplier Management. After creating a few Vendor Parts and selecting a Vendor (Org) for each I have found that I can see all the vendor items from a Suppler (Browse / Supplier List / View info for Vendor / then it shows all the Vendor parts. What I can not see is a way to view who the Suppler is from a Vendor Part? That would be nice if we could see who the supplier was from the Vendor part: I can add an attribute (category) and manually enter in the name of the Suppler but that seems a little unnecessary when WC already knows the association as I can see the part from the Supplier. What am I missing?

I configured SSL & HTTPS using CS159762 But IE and Chrome are both not safe!I installed it on a trusted root certificate authority through View Certificate in IE.After that, the certificate status shows "This is a valid certificate." But Chrome is still marked as unsafe! Why is not it safe?When configuring SSL & HTTPS, can not it be self-signed to be marked safe?Thank you   Note openssl.cnf has not been modified

Greetings Windchillers, I have a question.  We are going to be using the Deviation action in Variance to document our nonconforming items. Everything works well except we have one issue.  For a Deviation that is not Resolved by an ECN, we are seeking a method to set it to Resolve besides Resolving it administratively.  We thought about putting a timer robot to resolve it 90 days after the Approval, but that is not flexible, in case we need to change a date.   Any ideas?  Thanks in advance.   James Hall PLM Administrator/Analyst Swisslog Healthcare (North America) Windchill 11.0 M030 , WGM 11.0 M030, Inventor Pro 2017, Windows 10

Has anyone ever created the need to soft type a work item?  Is it even possible?  We can soft type it in Type/Attribute Manager.  But I'm not sure if we can configure Windchill to use that soft type that was created.   This question has come up because we want to add several attributes to the work item.  If we can soft type it, then those additional attributes can be limited to just 1 organization in Windchill.  And the other organizations won't be bothered with these extra attributes if they don't want to see them.   The same question has come up regarding Affected data for both the Change Request and the Change Activity.  We would like to create several additional attributes, but limit the scope to just 1 organization.

Hi all,   The idea is to create a new attribute that is read only until the value of the Default Trace Code Attribute is set to Serial Number. Once set to Serial Number the new attribute can be selected.  Did anyone try something similar?   Alex

Hi, I'm interested to see how Electronic signatures appear in Windchill, do any of you use them? I see detail on setup and I'm having issues but I'd like to see how they appear when used.

Hi. I'm trying to add form submission validation for Promotion Request creation wizard. But it doesn't work. So: 1) i have my own validator class ext.nikiet.validators.CreatePRValidator with implemented validateFormSubmission method2) this class is registered in codebase/service.properties wt.services/svc/default/com.ptc.core.ui.validation.UIComponentValidator/CreatePRValidation/null/0=ext.nikiet.validators.CreatePRValidator/duplicate 3) this validator is added to action in PromotionRequest-actions.xml <action name="create" .... afterVK="CreatePRValidation"> But CreatePRValidator is not created, and its method validateFormSubmission is not invoked during promotion request creation.In jcaDebug mode DefaultUIComponentValidator is displayed for wizard ok button.What am i doing wrong?Thanks.   ps: windchill version 11.0 M030-CPS05

Hi all,   We are experimenting using the distribution target in PDMLink to create an XML with Part, BOM information etc. But we are missing the AML/AVL data. How can we add that data to the XML export?   Thanks

We recently found that Query Builder is creating SQL that performs very poorly (full table scans) specially if ProjectLink and/or SUMA was used and wanted to know if anyone else has seen this? We think we found out why and wonder it it might be affecting commonly used customization code as well.   We are heavy users of Query Builder and have some very large clients with large DBs, One recently reported very poor performance of a large QB query and asked us to investage. We discovered that the SQL generated was doing full table scans and was taking many minutes to execute. We looked at the SQL and found that there was a union on a table called WorkItem and ProjectWorkItem. We wrote some example code using java to mimic the creation of SQL. It turns out that the ORM model of Windchill means that if includeDependencies is on the API uses this union structure in the SQL that is causing the full table scan.   Q1. Can I stop QB using the setDescendantsIncluded when it bui

Hello,I am looking to trigger a catia macro prior to or post PDM actions.  Our intent is that when a user performs an action such as Save, or check in from either the CATIA app or WGM Workspace, a CATIA macro would be triggered before or after the event.Would the WGM toolkit be the solution for creating and implementing this type of functionality?  Are there any references available to better my understanding of the logic?Thanks!

My company is using PDM Essentials.  We're on Release 10.2 M020-CPS08.   Is it possible to add/update parameters and designate them without checking out part/assembly files?  If so, how?

I am having troubles defining custom data types in a workflow and would appreciate it if someone can give me some advice. To create a new variable in an activity, the "Type Name" has to be selected from the existing data types. It is possible to import a custom class using "Windchill classes", so I tried using the com.acme.Pet (from the tutorial) but this only shows the label and there is no field to assign the value to. How can I specify the type of the value? If I want to have a dropdown, like for the wt.org.WTUser, with dog, cat and Gerbil, how should I proceed?    Thank you for your help in advance! 

We're having issues with publishing Creo and Solidworks files on a test environment with the latest Creo Adapters.  The workers are set up, configured and seemingly functioning. For both Creo and Solidworks, the "Test Server" comes back successful but on publishing we get an error. I've looked thru the community here and there are a couple of topics dealing with the --15 error. I tried implementing some of the solutions but no luck.  Can someone point me in the right direction?    WVS Job Monitor Jan 26, 2018 9:14:22 AM:LOGID: worker_1.logJan 26, 2018 9:14:23 AM: Registering ServerJan 26, 2018 9:14:37 AM:Failed to register Windchill server "https://pdm.intel.com/windchill" "publish4649990951327963307tmp" - -15