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Windchill Integrations for Embedded Software: Software Issues as Flexible Change Objects
Product: Windchill Integrations for Embedded Software
Release: 11.0 M020
Benefit
Software issues are now eligible for flexible change link conversion.
Additional Details
Software issues (WTSoftwareIssue) are now compatible with the flexible change link framework. This means that you can convert legacy software issues using the FlexibleChangeConverter utility. Once converted, flexible software issues can be managed through change association rules.
As part of this enhancement, the following changes are available in the user interface:
You can now set terminal states of software issues. To support this, the Canceled States and Completed States values are now available in the Type and Attribute Management utility:
A new out-of-the-box change association rule has been added:
When creating a defect, the Select Associations step now appears:
The Associated Process Objects and Associated Reference Objects also appear on the defect information page under the Details tab.
Related Information
For more information, see Flexible Change Link Conversion and Change Association Rule Administration.