Site Utilities
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> and Site > display the utilities available for performing administrative actions that affect the entire Windchill solution. All of the links launch the utilities in the site context; objects that are created at the site level are stored at the site level.
> and Site > display the utilities available for performing administrative actions that affect the entire Windchill solution. All of the links launch the utilities in the site context; objects that are created at the site level are stored at the site level.The following tables list the utilities that are available from the Utilities or the Business Administration Utilities page. The utilities that are available depend on what you have installed.
The utilities are grouped according to whether they are system administration, business administration, auditing administration, utilities.
System Administration
The system administration links provide access to the administration of your site environment, such as data exchange or queue management. These links are described below:
Utility | Description | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Schedule company non-working days for workflow deadline calculations, and to delegate work. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |||
(Windchill PDMLink or Windchill ProjectLink only) Manage the exchange of file data and metadata with other systems using XML files. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |||
Manages the mapping of attributes between a sending system and your system when importing package delivery files. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |||
Lists the set of personal cabinets of users who have been deleted from the system, and allows you to delete those personal cabinets.
| • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |||
Manage background queues and queue entries. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |||
Provides access to view and configure windchill system logs. | Business Administration Utilities |
Business Administration
The business administration links provide access to the administration of business objects within the site, such as life cycle and workflow templates. These links are described below:
Utility | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
View the available business rules. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Create a package of business administrative changes for exporting the changes to a production Windchill system. It allows importing of business administrative changes from a Windchill system. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
View information about the Windchill search index. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
(ERP Connector or Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration) View and edit the transaction history of a published object. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Download the list-based versioning scheme for customization. Clicking on this link will download an XML file. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Create and manage life cycle templates used for defining the phases and transitions of various business objects. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Manage distribution targets used by ESI. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Create and manage rules for object initialization that set default values for object attributes when a new object is created, and set display characteristics that constrain attribute values. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Create users, groups and organization participants. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Manage administrative domains and their access control, indexing, and notification policies. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
View and set preferences for your site. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
View, create, edit promotion preferences. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Create, update, and delete reports using the Query Builder tool. A report is the output of a predefined search and is used for generating statistics and metrics against business information. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
Manage type definitions, attribute definitions, measurement systems, and quantities of measure. Users with the appropriate permissions can create, modify, or remove types or attributes. Additionally, users can configure display units for attributes, associate attribute definitions with type definitions, and constrain the values of those attributes. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
(Windchill PDMLink, or Windchill ProjectLink only) Manage workflow templates. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities | |
(Windchill PDMLink, or Windchill ProjectLink only) Search for workflow processes, view activity and task level details, restart stalled workflows, and terminate or delete workflows. | • Utilities • Business Administration Utilities |
Classification Administration
The classification administration links provide access to the administration of the classification within the site. These link is described below:
Utility | Description | Location |
|---|---|---|
Support addition and removal of users or groups to the Classification Administrators group, in order to manage Classifications. | Business Administration Utilities | |
Manage configure your Windchill Classification environment and definitions. | Business Administration Utilities |