The propagate functionality is available for creating change requests, change notices, problem reports and variances. In the create window of these change objects, the Set Attributes step contains a Propagate information check box. When you select the check box, the following information is copied from the existing to the new change object:

The propagation functionality reduces the data entry to create the new change object.

The visibility of the Propagate information check box is controlled by the Change Information Propagation preference. Only an administrator can configure the preference settings.

When creating a change request from a change request or change notice, the Complexity list is not displayed by default. To enable the display of the Complexity list, an administrator should add the Complexity attribute in the Layouts tab of the Change Request type in the Type and Attribute Management utility. The complexity value is propagated to a new change request irrespective of the settings of the Propagate information check box. You can edit the complexity value, if required.

To propagate the attachments from a change request to a change notice when using a change notice template, configure the wt.change.propagateAttachmentForCNTemplate.enabled property in the wt.properties file. The wt.properties file is located at <Windchill>\codebase\wt.properties. By default, the property is set to false. When set to true, the attachments are propagated from a change request to a change notice.