Managing Trace Links
Trace links can be managed using the actions available in the Traced To table.
Actions on the Traced To table are accessible only to users with the following profiles:
• Parts, Options, and Choices:
◦ Windchill+ Design Engineering License
◦ Windchill+ Product Engineering License
◦ Windchill+ Advanced Product Design License
• Documents:
◦ Windchill+ Author License
Creating Trace Links
is available on the toolbar of the Traced To table. It creates a trace link, Satisfy, or Allocate between an external item and Windchill traceable object.1. Select an object to add a trace link. Click .
. | Duplicate trace links cannot exist between a traceable object and a remote object. |
2. Select the values for Server, Resource and Type in the Add Traces window.
3. In the Select Context tree, select the desired node.
4. Click Open.
5. Select one or more items of the appropriate resource type in the dialog box of the selected external server or the external resource search picker and submit your selection.
| | • The type of link between an external item and Windchill object is unique. For example, link between requirement XYZ and Windchill part ABC. You can create an Allocate or Satisfy link between them. If Satisfy link exists between XYZ and ABC, you cannot create another Satisfy link for them. However, you can create and an Allocate link between them. • When a trace link is added to an object with link types Satisfy, a new iteration of the part is created. |
6. In the Traced To table, the trace link between the Windchill traceable object and the external resource with the selected link type is created. The data related to the external item appears in the Traced To table.
Viewing Trace Links
In the Traced To table, you can view the trace links for Windchill traceable objects. The data is fetched in Windchill at runtime. When an attribute is enabled to display a preview, you can see the following:
Small preview—Hover your cursor on the attribute value to display a small preview.
| | • A preview opens only if you log on using the authentication credentials for basic authentication of the external system. • Out-of-the-box, the Number attribute is configured to display a preview. |
Copying Trace Links
You can copy one or more trace links by using the 
action and then paste the copied objects using the 
action.
action and then paste the copied objects using the action.| | • The copied objects are not displayed in the clipboard. • Duplicate trace links cannot exist between a traceable object and a remote object. |
Updating Trace Links
You can mark the trace links as Suspect using the 
action or clear suspect flag using the 
action in Windchill. These actions are available only on the latest version of a revision. The actions are not available if the object is checked out by another user. For more information, see Working with Traces.
action or clear suspect flag using the action in Windchill. These actions are available only on the latest version of a revision. The actions are not available if the object is checked out by another user. For more information, see Working with Traces.Deleting Trace Links
On the toolbar of the Traced To table, use the 
action to delete trace links. Select one or more objects with a trace link and click .
action to delete trace links. Select one or more objects with a trace link and click .| | • action is available only on the latest version of a revision and is not available if the object is checked out by another user.• If an Allocate link is deleted, it is removed from all the versions of a revision. • If a Satisfy link is deleted from a version of an object, a new version is created. The link is removed from the new version of the object, though, the link is present in earlier versions. |