Conflict Involving a PDM Event
PDM events may cause conflicts with the database that need to be resolved. The Event Management utility allows you to check and act on log messages generated in SOLIDWORKS or Windchill sessions. It can be accessed in the following ways.
Select the Event Management link in the banner at the top of a Windchill page.
From the Windchill Utilities page, select Event Management.
In SOLIDWORKS, select Tools > Event Management.
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From SOLIDWORKS, only information about transactions with the primary server is available. In the SOLIDWORKS message area, a graphical status indicator provides status information.
From a workspace, select Event Management from the workspace actions drop-down list.
From Windchill Workgroup Manager, select the console status icon in the status bar.
In Windchill Workgroup Manager, select Tools > Event Management.
In the Event Management utility you can see the PDM events for the named server listed chronologically in the Events table. You can access detailed information about a particular event by clicking in the event's Actions column, and access the Conflict Management page by clicking icons displayed in the Actions column for viewing or resolving conflicts.
The next graphic displays warnings on the Conflict Management page.
The event type icons used by the Event Management utility are described in the following table.
Event Management Icons
Icon
Description
Overridable type conflict
Non-overridable type conflict (Failed)
Warning
In Progress
Pending
Retried
On Hold
The icons for actions that may be available in the Actions columns are described in the following table.
Actions Column Icons
Icon
Description
View event information
View Warnings/Conflicts
Resolve Conflicts
The Event Information page is accessed from the Event Management utility by clicking the information icon in the Actions column for the event in the Event List, or by selecting the hyperlink in the event name. The Event Information page lists the objects that have been processed for a given event. At the top of the page is a hyperlink that returns you to the Event List. Below the hyperlink is the event title. Next to the event title are icons for the Delete action and, if warnings or conflicts occurred, one of the following actions, as applicable to the type of event.
View Warning -- If the event type is a warning
View Conflicts -- If the event type is a non-overridable conflict
Resolve Conflicts -- If the event type is an overridable conflict
The next graphic displays the Event Information page, indicating that the upload action succeeded with warnings. To view the warnings, select the view conflicts icon.
The area immediately below the event title lists the event attributes:
Event Name—The name of the event
Workspace—The workspace from which the event originated
Status—The status of the event, if completed, or a progress bar indicating how close the event is to completion
Start Date—The date and time the event began
End Date—The date and time the event was completed
Elapsed Time—The total time required to complete the event (if completed)
Below the attributes area is a table listing the Affected Objects in the event.
The Conflict Management assists you in viewing and resolving conflicts that arise from database events. It is accessed from the Event Management utility or the Event Information page by clicking the view conflicts icon or the resolve conflicts icon .
The next graphic displays the Conflict Management page.
Objects that experienced one or more conflicts during an event are listed in the Conflicts table, which by default has the columns described in the following table.
Conflicts Table Columns
Column
Description
(Selection)
Select check boxes to select or deselect rows. Clicking the header check box selects/deselects all rows.
(Conflict type)
Displays an icon identifying the type of conflict.
Name
Displays the name of the affected object, if applicable.
Retry Option
Displays the default or currently applied user-selected retry option for the conflict, if one is available.
Description
Displays an explanation of the conflict.
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If the explanation exceeds character limits for the column, an ellipsis (...) followed by a link "view full text below..." appears at the end of the truncated description. Clicking the link displays the full text of the description in the Description field below the Conflicts table.
Number
Displays the number of the affected object, if applicable.
File Name
Displays the file name of the affected object, if applicable.
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You can customize your Current View of the Conflicts table; however, setting (row) filters is not allowed for this table. For more information, see the help available from the Customize View List page, which appears when you select Customize from the current view drop-down list.
In the toolbar of the Conflicts table is a drop-down menu that lists any Retry Options common to all of the selected conflicts.
To resolve an overridable conflict, perform the following procedure:
1. Select one or more rows containing an overridable conflict.
2. Select an option from the Retry Options drop-down list in the table toolbar.
3. Select Set. The Conflicts table refreshes to display the new value in the Retry Option column for the selected row(s).
4. Select Retry. The action is retried and a new entry is created in the Event List. The original event's status changes to Retried. Further access to the original event in the Conflict Manager is read-only.
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