Enabling Mass Updates
To enable the ability to mass update in Windchill MPMLink you must perform the following post-installation instructions:
1. Expose the Mass Update action for parts and documents:
a. Navigate to and open the following file:
codebase\config\actions\DocumentManagement-actionmodels.xml
b. In the section <model name="docs row actions toolbar" menufor="wt.doc.WTDocument"> add the following:
<action name="launchFromInfoPage" type="massUpdate"/
c. Navigate to and open the following file:
codebase\config\actions\PartClient-actionmodels.xml
d. In the section <model name="more parts actions" menufor="wt.part.WTPart"> add the following:
<action name="launchFromInfoPage" type="massUpdate"/>
2. Expose the Mass Update action in HTML search pages:
a. Navigate to and open the following file:
codebase\config\actions\search-menu-actionmodels.xml
b. In the section <model name=" search_resulttable_file_menubar "> add the following:
<action name="launchFromSearch" type="massUpdate"/>
3. Expose the Mass Update action in Folder pages:
a. Navigate to and open the following file:
codebase\config\actions\FolderManagement-actionmodels.xml
b. In the section <model name="folderbrowser_toolbar_actions"> add the following:
<action name="launch" type="massUpdate"/>
4. Enable the Mass Update action for managers only
a. To access the Mass Update action in a profile, navigate to and open the following file:
Windchill/codebase/roleaccessprefs.xml
b. Locate the </product> tag.
c. Just ABOVE that line, paste the following entry:
<!-- Mass Update -->
<uic name="MASS_UPDATE_TOOL" order="1130" enabled="true" defaultAll="false"
defaultManager="true" defaultGuest="false" managerEnabled="true"
guestEnabled="false"/>
d. Locate the </library> tag.
e. Just ABOVE that line, paste the same entry as above:
<!-- Mass Update -->
<uic name="MASS_UPDATE_TOOL" order="1130" enabled="true" defaultAll="false"
defaultManager="true" defaultGuest="false" managerEnabled="true"
guestEnabled="false"/>
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The value for the attribute <order> determines where the action will be located in the profile management interface. Ensure that you are using a value that is not already present in that section of the file (<product> or <library>).
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At this point, any user playing a manager role for a product or library will have access to the Mass Update action. To prevent the granting of a manager role to a user, you can also create a profile specific for the MASS_UPDATE_TOOL action and associate it to a user.
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5. Enable Mass Update logs:
a. Navigate to and open the following file:
codebase\WEB-INF\log4jMethodServer.properties
b. Add the following:
log4j.logger.com.ptc.windchill.massupdate=INFO
