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Preferences and Properties
Product: Windchill
Release: 11.2.0.0
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
Part Structure Browser
Effectivity Tab Display
New
Select Yes to display the read-only Effectivity tab in the Part Structure Browser.
Yes
Configuration Context
Allow selection of components in configuration context by default
New
Use this preference to specify whether the components at the first level of a configuration context should be selected by default. This preference applies only to the default values displayed when creating a configuration context. When the preference is set to Yes, the check boxes of all the first-level components are selected in the configuration context. When the preference is set to No, the check boxes of all the first-level components are cleared in the configuration context. The value for each check box can be manually changed to ensure only the required components are included in the configuration context.
Yes
MPMLink
List of applicable plant-specific functional data types
New
Specifies the types of plant-specific functional data that apply when creating plant-specific functional data objects from Windchill. This preference is available at User and Site levels.
Product Structure Explorer
Default Configuration Specification View
Number of Most Recently Used Entries
Multi Value Separator
Look and Feel
Measurement System
Check-out At Creation
Open in New Windows
Automatically Select Top Node
Launch Mode
Display Viewer Message Feedback
Check In Deferred Changes After Apply
Close Structure After Changes Are Applied
Data Entry Results Threshold
Reset Warning/Information Dialogs
Reset Column/Window Layout Preferences
Removed
All the preferences related to Product Structure Explorer listed under PSE node are no longer available.
The preferences related to MPMLink are moved from PSE node to the MPMLink Common Preferences node.
Service Publishing
Publishing Release Toggle
New
Use this preference to publish structures in a context to different Servigistics InService versions.
Subscriptions
Outgoing Webhook URL
New
Specify the base URL for the target system for which Windchill events will be subscribed from and notifications sent to.
MPMLink
Apply Plant Filter to Specific Part Type
New
Defines the specific part types on which the plant filter should be applied. The application will apply plant filter on the parts with specified part type as well as its child parts. In the Value field, use the type picker to select one or more part types. For example, wt.part.WTSubPart1,com.ptc.ElectricalPart,com.ptc.SupplierPart. In this case, the plant filter will be applied to the parts with part type wt.part.WTSubPart1, com.ptc.ElectricalPart, com.ptc.SupplierPart and the associated child parts. The plant filter is applied when the application detects any one of the part type specified in the value field of the preference. It ignores the rest of the part types specified in the value field.
Null
In default setting, plant filter is applied on the entire structure.
MPMLink
List Plant-Specific Views
New
Defines a list of valid plant-specific views in MAPSB. The listed views represent the actual plants in an organization. Specify plant objects as a comma separated list. For example: Plant1, Plant2, Plant3. The behavior of this preference depends on the values configured in the List of Applicable Views preference.
Null
MPMLink
List Child Parts with No Plant Assigned
New
Defines the list of child parts with no plant assignment, of qualified parent. When set to Yes, and if the associated parent part satisfies the plant filter criteria, all the child parts that do not have any plant assigned to them are displayed. When set to Yes, and if the associated parent part qualifies for plant filtering because one of its child parts satisfies the plant filter criteria, the child parts that do not have any plant assigned to them are not displayed. When set to No, the child parts that do not have any plant assigned to them are not displayed.
Yes
MPMLink
Exclude Specific Child Parts if the Parent Qualifies in Plant Filtering
New
Specifies the child parts that are to be excluded if the parent part qualifies in plant filtering. In the value field, with the help of a picker, select the part type of the child part that you want to exclude. You can select multiple part types. For example, Type: wt.part.WTSubPart1.. In this case, the child parts with part type wt.part.WTSubPart1. of the parent part that qualifies in plant filtering are not displayed. The working of this preference is dependent on the value set in the List Child Parts of Qualified Parent with No Plant Assignment preference.
Null
MPMLink
List of Applicable Variant Specifications
New
Defines the list of applicable variant specifications in the Quick Plant Filter dialog box in MAPSB. In this case, all the variant specifications of the selected node are listed in the Quick Plant Filterdialog box of the upstream and downstream tree structure. The data is entered as a list of comma separated values. The values are variant specification number.
Null
MPMLink
Quick Plant Filter Behavior
New
Defines the behavior of Quick Plant Filter action in upstream view of MAPSB. Based on the option selected in the value field, the application decides the behavior. Use the picker to select any one of the 5 available options.
Plant Filter
MPMLink
Quick Plant Filter Behavior
New
Defines the behavior of the Quick Plant Filter action in an upstream view of MAPSB. Based on the option selected in the value field, the application decides the behavior. Use the picker to select one of the five available options.
Sync Plant Configuration Specification + Latest and Plant Filter
The following properties (listed by functional area) have been changed in, added to, or removed from Windchill:
Functional Area
Name
Status
Description
Default Value
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.changeEDLinkCarryfwdBehaviour
New
When set to True, if a previous revision of a view-specific enterprise data object defines two or more revisions of a part, the link from the previous view-specific enterprise data object revision to the latest part revision is removed from the system.
False
MPMLink
managedCollectionForMAPSB.AllowedTypes
New
The Open in Manufacturing Associative Part Structure Browser action is visible only when you specify the appropriate internal name for type and the internal name for attribute, in the following property:
For example:
<Property name="managedCollectionForMAPSB.AllowedTypes" default="com.ptc.mc.AllowedSubType1:StdMfgContext,com.ptc.mc.AllowedSubType2:contextRoot"/>
None
Part Structure Browser
enableClassicFindInStructure
New
Controls the breadth of attributes to use for Find in Structure. When set to False, the matches are identified using simple attributes with string or integer type definitions. When set to True, the matches are identified using any information not otherwise restricted. This property does not control the Advanced search feature.
For more information on restricting attributes used in Find in Structure, see the excludedAttributesForClassicFindInTree property.
* 
It is recommended to use the default value (False) for enableClasssicFindInStructure.
False
Part Structure Browser
excludedAttributesForClassicFindInTree
New
Controls the attributes evaluated when using the Find in Structure feature by allowing the exclusion of attributes from the search. This provides the ability to control the load placed on the system when working with large structures with outsized table views.
None
Service Publishing
com.ptc.arbortext.windchill.publisher.payload.LastPublishedDomainForURI
New
Determines whether publishing the same objects in a different domain uses the existing URIs or assigns new URIs to the objects. Specify the old domain name to use the existing URIs during publishing.
New domain name
Workflow
wt.workflow.task.navigateURL
New
Specifies the format of the base URL to access a workflow task using the My Tasks application in Thingworx Navigate.
The property value should be set in the format: [http or https]://<ThingWorxNavigate-hostname>:<port>/Thingworx/Runtime/index.html?mashup=PTC.CRDetailedReviewAppMashup, where <host> and <port> refer to the host and port of the ThingWorx Navigate application respectively.
File Vaulting and Replication
wt.fv.faultTolerantVaultsMountStatusCheck
New
Determines the read-only settings for cache vault or single master vault, based on the mount status for clustered setup.
When set to true, the cache vault or single master vault is set to read-only if all the mount statuses of the clustered nodes are INVALID.
The default setting is false. In default setting, the system checks if any mount in a clustered setup is VALID and available for check-in.
False
File Vaulting and Replication
wt.fv.faultTolerantVaultsAutoRestore
New
Automatically removes the read-only flag from cache vault or single master vault in a clustered setup in case of a hardware or network failure.
The default value is true. In the default setting, the auto-restore mechanism periodically checks whether a cache vault or single master vault in a cluster is writable. The auto-restore mechanism works for 1 hour from the time the vault becomes read-only.
When set to false, the cache vault or single master vault is not automatically restored by the system.
True
Performance Advisor
sha1id.directory.process.list
New
This property defines the directories for which a customization report is generated. If you want to include more directories, add the name of the directories to the property in wt.properties.
By default, the customization report is generated for the following directories: Srclib, codebase, tasks, loadfiles, db, WHC and wtcustom
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.collectionServiceKey
New
Specifies the collector for navigating the view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data objects.
WTPART_RELATED_PLANT_FUNCTIONAL_DATA
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.navigationParameterClasses
New
Specifies the parameter classes for navigating the view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data objects.
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.associativity.asb.server.params.EnterpriseDataParams, com.ptc.windchill.baseclient.server.params.PlantFunctionalDataParams
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.navigationConstant
New
Specifies the navigation constants for the view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data objects.
EMBEDDED_DATA_NAV_CONSTANT
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.classes
New
Specifies the class names of the view-specific enterprise data and plant-specific functional data attributes that should be displayed in the table.
com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.EnterpriseData,com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.data.PlantFunctionalData
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.columnWidth
New
Specifies the width for all the attribute columns in the table.
150
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.colorForIdentityColumn
New
Specifies the background color for the part identity column using hex code.
background-color : #DCDCDC;
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.widthForIdentityColumn
New
Specifies the width for the part identity column.
200
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.displayNameForIdentityColumn
New
Specifies the display name for the part identity column.
identity
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.aeTableHeading
New
Specifies the table header for the part identity column.
tableHeading
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.ae.EDANDPFD.ootbColumns
New
Specifies the internal names of the attribute columns that should be displayed out of the box.
enterprisedataVersionDU,current_lifecycle_state,edpfd_effectivity,IBA|StorageLocation
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.addusage
New
Defines the default behavior for the Added Parts criterion.
The property contains default configuration. For more information, see the ‘Configuring and Customizing Automatic BOM Transformation’ topic in the Windchill Help Center.
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.associativity.reconciliation.addUsageUsesBomGeneration
Obsolete
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
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.baseserver.enableGDSAction
New
Controls the visibility of the Generate Downstream Structure action.
false
MPMLink
com.ptc.windchill.baseserver.rememberViewEqOccStatus
New
Determines whether the toggle status of the View Equivalent Occurrence Status action should be retained when reloading an associative part structure browser.
false