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Preferences and Properties
Product: Windchill
Release: 11.1 M020
Benefit
Several preferences and properties have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill.
Additional Details
The following preferences (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
Functional Area
Name
Status
Description
Default Value
Options and Variants
Allow Choice Auto-Suggest
New
Select Yes to enable the auto-suggestion of choices when defining dependent or independent assigned expressions, alias expressions, and conditional rules.
The default value is No.
No
MPMLink (MAPSB)
Automatically Create Plant-specific Functional Data
New
Specifies whether plant-specific functional data objects can be created automatically when creating enterprise data or through a loader after creating the enterprise data. Select Yes to create the objects automatically or No to create the objects through a loader.
No
MPMLink (MAPSB)
Part Types for Creating Plant-specific Functional Data
New
Specifies the part types for which plant-specific functional data objects can be created as per the mapped view-specific enterprise data type. The mapping between the plant-specific functional data type and view-specific enterprise data type is defined in the preference: Plant-specific Functional Data Types for Enterprise Data.
* 
If the Automatically Create Plant-specific Functional Data preference is set to Yes, the plant-specific functional data objects are created automatically. If set to No, the objects need to be created manually.
MPMLink (MAPSB)
Plant-specific Functional Data Types for Enterprise Data
New
Specifies the types of plant-specific functional data objects that can be created for each view-specific enterprise data type. The view-specific enterprise data types are listed based on the values entered in the preference: Views with Specific Enterprise Data.
MPMLink (MAPSB)
Plant-specific Functional Data Types for Part Type
New
Specifies the types of plant-specific functional data objects that should be created for a part type. The part types are listed based on the values entered in the preference: Part Types for Creating Plant-specific Functional Data.
MPMLink (MAPSB)
Include related Plant Specific Functional Data objects
New
Allows the user to specify which plant-specific functional data objects related to the selected parts or enterprise data objects should be displayed in the collector window by default.
Select All to display plant-specific functional data objects for the initially selected and collected parts or enterprise data objects.
Select Initially Selected Only to display plant-specific functional data objects only for the initially selected parts or enterprise data objects.
Select None to hide the plant-specific functional data objects.
None
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
Maintenance of Equivalent Links to Self
New
Specifies whether the equivalent links to self, existing for downstream iterations reused as is from upstream, should be updated automatically or manually by end users when there is a change in the upstream structure. Valid option is Manual or Automatic.
Manual
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
Stop Structure Expansion by Criteria
New
Allows user to stop expanding the structure by given criteria. Specify the value in the following format:
Type:< part type>
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
Enable Structure Cache
New
Specifies whether or not to generate the cache for MAPSB and SAPSB sessions.
Select Yes to store the entire structure information of a session in cache. This helps to improve performance in MAPSB actions.
No
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
Consider Applied Filters for APSB Actions
New
Specifies whether or not to consider the filter criteria for review and update actions while updating the downstream structure.
Select Yes to consider the filter criteria. The downstream structure is updated and refreshed to display the structure according to the filter criteria.
No
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
Implicit Replacement of Parts in Downstream for Replaced Part in Upstream
New
Specifies whether or not to replace a downstream part with a replaced upstream part.
Select Yes to replace the selected part in the downstream structure.
No
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
Allow Plant-specific Filtering in MAPSB and SAPSB
New
Enables the Plant Filter tab in the Edit Filter dialog box in MAPSB and SAPSB. This tab allows plant filtering in MAPSB and SAPSB. This is a site level preference. The default value is No. If set to Yes, the Plant Filter tab is visible in MAPSB and SAPSB.
No
The following properties (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
Functional Area
Name
Status
Description
Default Value
(example)Windchill PartsLink
(example)wt.audit.displayFindSimilarObjectAuditCriteria
(example)New
(example)Determines whether detailed XML content to be displayed for Similar Part Create event in the audit report. When set to True, detailed XML content is displayed for Similar Part Create event in the audit report.
(example)False
Change Management
wt.change2.selectTemplateOption.enabled
New
Controls the display of the Select a template option in the Template list that appears while creating a change notice.
True
Workflow
wt.workflow.engine.ignoreUnresolvedRole.createTaskForRequiredRole
New
Determines the default behavior for task creation for the responsible role if a role that is marked as required cannot be resolved during workflow execution.
The default behavior can be overridden by using the check box Create task for Responsible Role if unresolved role is ‘Required’.
False for workflow templates created in Windchill 11.1 M020 or later.
True for workflow templates created in Windchill 11.1 M010 or earlier.
Service Publishing
com.ptc.arbortext.wvs/ payloadCache
New
Determines whether the payload should be stored in the Windchill temporary folder.
False
Service Publishing
com.ptc.arbortext.pe.service/ enableChecksumOnMetadata
New
Tracks any change in attribute or service effectivity of a referenced part.
True
Client Solution Infrastructure
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.folder.query.bypassMasterIDForSort
New
When set to True, the Folder Contents table in the Folders page sorts the table content on the basis of last modified item.
False
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationMatchAttribute
New
Specifies the custom attribute to match the upstream structure with the downstream structure.
GDS
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationTypeValidation
New
Specifies the types of parts to be transferred from the upstream structure to the downstream structure.
wt.part.WTPart
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationRemovalAttribute
New
Specifies the custom attribute to remove parts when restructuring the downstream nodes. Users can assign the value Yes or No to specify whether they want the part to be removed.
REM
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationRemovalType
New
Specifies the types of parts to be removed when restructuring the downstream nodes.
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationParentNameAttribute
New
Specifies the custom attribute to add a parent part when restructuring the downstream nodes.
ParentName
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationAddUsageAttribute
New
Specifies the custom attribute to add the name of the upstream parent part when restructuring the downstream nodes. Users can assign the value Yes or No to specify whether they want the parent name to be displayed.
AUA
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationUpstreamParentNameAttribute
New
Specifies the custom attribute that displays the name of the upstream parent part in the downstream structure. The attribute displays the parent name based on the value specified for the usage attribute that is created through the property com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationAddUsageAttribute and the type specified in the property com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationAddUsageType.
UpstreamParentName
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.BomGenerationAddUsageType
New
Specifies the types of parts that should display the name of the upstream parent part when restructuring the downstream nodes.
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.structure.compare.defaultTimeToCompare
New
Allows the com.ptc.windchill.associativity.structure.compare.criteria.DateBasedCriteria criterion to compare the current iteration of the upstream structure with the iteration that was available at the specified date or time. For example, if the time specified is 10 minutes, the application compares the current iteration with the first iteration that was available within the range of 10 minutes before the current time.
1h
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.structure.compare.criteria.DateBasedCriteria
New
Compares the current iteration of the upstream structure with the iteration that was available at the date or time specified in the com.ptc.windchill.associativity.structure.compare.defaultTimeToCompare property.
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.structure.compare.criteria.OutOfDateCriteria
New
Compares the current iteration of the upstream structure with the previous iteration that was linked to the current downstream structure.
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.structure.compare.usePreviousVersion
New
Determines whether the current iteration of the upstream structure should be compared with the previous iteration or version of the upstream structure.
false
MPMLink (MAPSB, SAPSB)
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.addUsageUsesBomGeneration
New
Determines whether the logic defined for the Generate Downstream Structure feature should be followed when propagating changes related to added parts to the downstream structure.
false