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Overview of Creating Extended Data and Department Data
Windchill provides the ability to create or update extended data and department data objects for a specific part. You can create department data objects from the Windchill user interface. To create or update extended data or department data objects in bulk, you can use the load file. You can configure the load file as per your business requirement and then load the file using the Windchill load command.
This section provides information on creating department data objects from Windchill and loader, while considering a few prerequisites.
Creating Department Data from Windchill
Creating Extended Data and Department Data Objects from Loader