Importing ThingWorx Utilities Core and the SCM Extension
Prerequisites
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Before importing extensions, you must modify settings in the platform-settings.json configuration file for the platform and restart the platform. Refer to the following topics in the ThingWorx Platform Help Center for details:
If you have already imported the CSE, RAE, and ACE, you should have already made the changes to platform-settings.json and restarted the ThingWorx Platform.
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Downloading ThingWorx Utilities Core and ThingWorx Utilities Software Content Management
The ThingWorx Utilities extensions are provided in zip archives within the Axeda Compatibility Package, called Thingworx-Utilities-Core-v-v-v.zip and ThingWorx-Utilities-Software-Content-Management-v-v-v.zip, where v-v-v represents the version of these packages. You must use the version of the extension that matches the version of your ThingWorx Platform installation. For example, if you are using a v.8.5.x of the ThingWorx Platform, you need v.8.5 of the ThingWorx Utilities Core and ThingWorx Utilities SCM Extensions.
Follow these steps to import these extensions:
1. Make sure that you have followed the instructions for enabling extension import and the best practices for controlling extension import in the topic, Importing Extensions in the ThingWorx Platform 8 Help Center.
2. Log in to ThingWorx Composer as an administrator.
3. From Composer, click > .
4. From the Import Option drop-down list, select Extension.
5. Click Browse, and then navigate to the location where you downloaded and extracted the Axeda Compatibility Package.
6. Select the Thingworx-Utilities-Core-v-v-v.zip file and click Open.
7. Click Validate, and then click Import.
The extension file is imported and the Installation Results are displayed.
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8. Repeat steps 3 through 7, selecting the Thingworx-Utilities-Software-Content-Management-v-v-v.zip file instead (Step 6).
9. Once the import process is complete, click Close.
10. When prompted to refresh your browser, click Yes.
Verification
To verify that the extension has been successfully imported, complete the following steps:
1. In ThingWorx Composer, search for and select the PTC.ConvergeConsole mashup.
2. Click View Mashup.
3. On the ThingWorx Utilities Console, select a tile and verify that it loads the mashup for the selected tile.