• All the required Windchill PDMLinkcomponents have been installed. Windchill ESI is installed and configured and is enabled for use.

• All the Windchill EAI components, including a JMS service are installed and configured correctly for Windchill ESI.

• The Windchill PDMLink products are installed on the same machine from which you will be accessing Windchill ESI.

• You are familiar with Windchill PDMLink and Info*Engine features such as the Windchill PDMLinkmethod server, Info*Engine Property Administration Utility and the LDAP browser. Refer to the documentation provided with these features, if you need information on how to access and use these features.