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Configuring STEP Based Data Exchange
These are the common properties used for configuring STEP-based data exchange
Name
Required
Default Value
Description
wt.stepdex.database.location
Yes
<WT_HOME>/edm-home/edm_database/
EDM database folder location
The actual value honored in run time is location + suffix of <protocol> used during import/export.
wt.stepdex.database.name
Yes
user
Name of EDM database
wt.stepdex.login.user
Yes
superuser
User name to access EDM database
wt.stepdex.login.password
Yes
user
Password to access EDM database.
It can be either a plain string or can have encrypted value. To configure encrypted password refer to installation guide for more details.
wt.stepdex.converter.selector
No
-
Selector to pick the user-specific step converter implementation.
User can perform some pre/post conversion operation on source as well as target EDM model through a delegate implementation. In such cases user can specify the delegate selector entry here.
A selector is required. No default value is defined as no pre/post converter are available OOTB. See the customization section for more information.
wt.stepdex.validate.model
No
false
Property to enable or disable express schema-specific validation for source and target EDM models.
wt.stepdex.suppported.businessfield.exchange.types
No
WCTYPE|wt.part.WTPart, WCTYPE|wt.part.WTPartMaster, WCTYPE|wt.part.WTPartUsageLink, WCTYPE|wt.occurrence.UsesOccurrenceUserIBAs, WCTYPE|wt.doc.WTDocument, WCTYPE|wt.epm.structure.EPMMemberLink
Identifies the types (soft/model) for which business field-related data exchanges take place.
User has to specify the complete type information here
wt.stepdex.validation.log.level
No
FULL_VALIDATION
Enable logs related to validation process. See Log Levels for information on various supported values.