Summary of Changes for Windchill REST Services 1.1
Changes in Windchill REST Services 1.1 are described in this section.
Getting Information About Windchill Constraints
You can get information about the constraints applied to an entity property. The new function GetConstraints() returns information related to constraints for an attribute. The function has been added in the PTC Data Administration domain.
Getting the Value of a Nonce Token
You can get the value of a Nonce token. The new function GetCSRFToken() returns the nonce value. The function has been added in the PTC Common domain.
Entity Information for PTC Document Management Domain and PTC Common Domain
A new entity ContentInfo has been added to the PTC Document Management domain. It contains information about content that will be used in Stage 3 document upload.
The following entities have been moved from PTC Document Management domain to PTC Common domain:
• ContentItem
• ExternalStoredData
• URLData
• ApplicationData
New Domains
The following new PTC domains have been added:
• PTC Dynamic Document Management Domain, which provides access to the dynamic document capabilities of Windchill.
• PTC Quality Domains, which provides access to the Quality Management Services of Windchill.
• PTC Info*Engine System Domain, which provides access to the Info*Engine tasks of Windchill.
• PTC Factory Domain, which provides access to manufacturing data management capabilities of Windchill.
Support for $filter expression for Navigation and Expansion
The $filter expressions are supported for filtering navigation and expanded navigation properties.
Support for Using DateTimeOffset Attribute in Filter Expressions
Windchill REST Services supports the OData attribute type DateTimeOffset. This release enables you to query with date in $filter expressions.
Support for OData Prefer Header
Windchill REST Services supports odata.maxpagesize preference in headers. The preference sets the value for the number of items to be returned in a collection for a response.
Support for Separate Configuration Paths for Domain Authors
Domain authors can now maintain their configurations in folder paths separate from PTC configurations.
Support for FilterRestrictions Annotation on Properties that Impact Performance
The framework now automatically annotates properties that impact performance. For this, the FilterRestrictions annotation from Capabilities Vocabulary in OData is used.
Entity properties that are nonpersistant or are calculated by Windchill are automatically annotated by the framework.