Loading Data From XML
The following sections provide detailed information about loading various objects supporting Product Family and Options and Variant capabilities in Windchill from an XML input file using the Windchill LoadFromFile command-line utility. The user who has read-write access to these object types, can run this utility. For more information about this utility, see Using the LoadFromFile Utility.
Loading Objects using LoadFromFile
You can use the LoadFromFile utility to perform the following operations:
• Create a Product Family, Product Model Group, Product Model, or Managed Variant Specification
• Create usage links between Product Family Member objects
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The term Product Family Member refers to the following objects:
• Product Family
• Product Model Group
• Product Model
• Variant Specification
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• Assign a configurable module object to a Product Family or Product Model
• Convert a standalone variant specification to an organized variant specification
• Change the LifeCycleTemplate or LifeCycleState value of a variant specification
• Create manual selection rules
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You can use a data loader to do a bulk load of objects used in Options and Variants.
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The following sections provide information on loading objects for Options and Variants and product families.