Windchill MPMLink is an add-on module to Windchill PDMLink and all Windchill MPMLink explorers are built using the Product Structure Explorer (PSE) infrastructure. Many of the customizations that can be done to Windchill PDMLink, in particular customizations affecting the PSE, are propagated to Windchill MPMLink. For more information on customizing Windchill PDMLink and the PSE, refer to the relevant sections in this guide.

Additionally, many aspects of the way Windchill MPMLink appears and behaves can be customized by using the Preference Management utility. Windchill MPMLink preferences are located in the Product Structure Explorer section of the Preference Management utility.

Any changes made to the XML configuration changes are applied when the Method Server is restarted. To avoid having to restart the method server after each configuration change, activate the following property using the Windchill Shell:

This property will automatically rebuild the jar that contains all XML configurations. However you will need to restart your applet, and clear your client Java cache.

Any error in an XML file will prevent the jar from being built properly. To enable logging in the Method Server console add the following line to the file_codebase\WEB-INF\log4jMethodServer.properties.