TheWindchill ESI business logic contains a custom error-handling process. This process is called in-line after an error is detected by the TIBCO BusinessWorks application. Once started, the process evaluates the type of error and determines the action needed to handle the error including whether to:

The logging flags determine whether an error is logged. The severity of an error is determined via the error handling codes. An error code that stops all processing will have a severity of 0 (fatal). Severity 0 errors will always be logged. An error code that continues processing will have a severity of 1 (error). Severity 1 errors will be logged if the appropriate logging flags are enabled.

Windchill PDMLink users are actively notified and given the opportunity to fix the source of failures. However, in cases where there is not enough data to provide these notifications, presenting a possible risk of inconsistencies in the data betweenWindchill PDMLink and the distribution target, a higher-level customized notification such as an email message to the administrator or a call to a pager can be sent.

Once the error is handled, the process thread for that error terminates naturally. The error handling process uses the ESIError schema as an input. It must be populated with the required information when the error-handling service is invoked. For more information on the ESIError schema see XML Schemas.