Tracking changes
Changes to the requirements in a document or the document itself can be tracked in the requirements tool as well as in Windchill Requirements Connector. Changes to a document will always be tracked by Windchill Requirements Connector and documented in the diff.htmlfile available after completion of the update.
Windchill Requirements Connector Diff View
The diff.html file is created during the update and is always available after the update has been finished. If set in the preferences via Window > Preferences > Windchill Requirements Connector > Roundtrip configuration > Show difference view before update operation, the diff.html is shown during the process before the actual update is executed and the user has the opportunity to cancel the update.
Tool Diff View
Windchill Requirements Connector can create a view in the requirements tool named PTC Connector Changes, which is created when the update is complete. The PTC Connector Changes view is created in the requirements tool only when the checkbox Track Changes is selected at the Import Configuration tab.
The PTC Connector Changes view contains the following information:
• The identifying attribute of the requirement.
• The name and text of the requirement.
• The text attribute "PTC Connector Changes".
The PTC Connector Changes attribute holds detailed records about changes made to the requirement. A record consists of:
◦ Timestamp, when the update has been applied to the requirement.
◦ A number of records displaying the changes made to the requirement, which can be:
▪ Changes to the requirement itself, such as moving it to a different place in the document.
▪ Changes to values of attributes of the requirement. Each record displays the name of the changed attribute and the changes made to the value.
Windchill Requirements Connector is able to reset the value of this attribute to an empty value before the update, in which case only the last change is recorded.
• The Enumeration type attribute "PTC Connector Diff". The PTC Connector Diff attribute indicates what kind of change was last made to the requirement. The attribute can be set as follows:
◦ Created
◦ Updated
◦ Moved
◦ Deleted
◦ Undeleted
◦ Linked
◦ Unlinked
◦ Should be deleted
Windchill Requirements Connector is able to reset the value of this attribute to an empty value before the update, in which case only the last change is recorded.
Should be deleted is set if the object should have been deleted during an update but couldn’t because of incoming links or other reasons
• The text attribute "PTC Connector Conflict".
The PTC Connector Conflict attribute holds detailed records about conflicts made to the requirement. A record consists of:
◦ Timestamp, when the conflict has been applied to the requirement.
◦ Changes to values of attributes of the requirement and each record displays the name of the changed attribute and the conflict made to the value.
Windchill Requirements Connector is able to reset the value of this attribute to an empty value before the update, in which case only the last change is recorded.
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