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Hi there,
our users required to enable the search for empty attribute fields. The Windchill documentation states that this can be done by setting the property com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria in wt.properties.xconf to true.
I am used to edit settings with the xconfmanager tool. The command
xconfmanager -s com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria=true -t codebase\wt.properties.xconf -p
failed with a lengthy error message (see attached file).
In the wt.properties.xconf file, a comment has been inserted at the beginning:
#-*- XCONF CONTENT START -*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*- # WARNING: # # This file has been updated by the xconfmanager tool located in, # $(wt.home)\bin but this file is not declared by PTC as being managed # via xconf. # # To ensure that your settings will be preserved the next time the # xconfmanager is run or an installer is used to install a new product or # a maintenance update to the currently installed products: # # **** DO NOT MODIFY THE CONTENTS OF THIS FILE DIRECTLY! **** # # If you are configuring this installation and you wish to change a value # from its default, edit your site-specific xconf configuration file: # C:\ptc\Windchill_11.0\Windchill\site.xconf # using the xconfmanager tool located in $(wt.home)\bin. You may run the # command 'xconfmanager -h' to obtain a usage statement for this tool. # The following properties are specified in xconfs: # - com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria # #-*- XCONF CONTENT END -!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-!-*-
So my question is: How do I properly set options in wt.properties.xconf? And how can I revert the changes?
Thank you in advance for your comments.
Best
Chris
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Target file is incorrect in your command
xconfmanager -s com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria=true -t codebase\wt.properties -p
To revert to default you need need to remove entry from site.xconf and propagate with following command:
xconfmanager -p
Target file is incorrect in your command
xconfmanager -s com.ptc.windchill.search.queryBuilder.enableNullCriteria=true -t codebase\wt.properties -p
To revert to default you need need to remove entry from site.xconf and propagate with following command:
xconfmanager -p
Problem solved! Thanks a lot for your help, Vincent-Kulak!
change of property value :
We can run the correct value icon manager, and it will be updated with the updated value.
For removal of the property value: (sample)
xconfmanager --remove -s wt.mail.properties=\\$WT_HOME\mail.properties -t codebase/wt.properties -p
But it removes only value. Not the property itself.
After running this the wt.properties will have the below line.
> wt.mail.properties=
I would like to remove the property itself. Please help me.
xconfmanager --remove -s wt.mail.properties=\\$WT_HOME\mail.properties -t codebase/wt.properties -p
run this command:
xconfmanager --remove wt.mail.properties -t codebase/wt.properties -p
Your command is trying to remove and SET (-s) the same option.
Hi,
I used this command, but not removing the line from wt,properties file.
I have had that happen before.
run: xconfmanager -d wt.mail.properties
See where the command is being set from and if it has any value(s).
I have sometimes manually removed lines from site.xconfig and then run xconfmanager -p and that has cleared some of those pesky commands.
Last resort is to manually remove the entry in wt.properties, but be sure it is not in any *.config files first. I know, PTC says do not edit this file but there times when you have to.
I have been a Windchill admin for 18 years since 6.2.6 DSU11, now on 11.0 while working an upgrade to 11.1 and then 12.2.
It works!
I removed the lines from site.xconf file.
And, ran the xconfmanager -p command.
Thank you.