To ensure a standard practice, properties which require encryption should ideally be xconf managed, using xconfmanager set commands, if able. This ensures an easier process to encrypt the property. However, there may be design considerations or architecture issues which prevent the property from being xconf managed, such as the file not strictly containing key/value pairs or the xconf framework not being present in the classpath that can influence whether that is feasible.

Use Windchill’s encryption mechanism to provide a secure means to store sensitive property value information.