Configuring Settings

You can change values of properties that are used to configure Change Management.

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Configuring Properties
  1. Create or open the text file to contain customized properties. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.
  2. To enable the PDF report on the change request list page, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object 

      EnterpriseChangeMgt.Change.ViewPdfSummary=false

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements:

      • true - adds the PDF Report tab to the change request list page.
      • false - removes the PDF Report tab from the change request list page.

  3. To enable users to configure how many days old change objects are to be shown in "My Change Widget", follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object 

      EnterpriseChangeMgt.WidgetPreference.DefaultNoOfDays=60

    2. To set the value for this property depending on your business requirements, enter an integer greater than 0.
  4. If Adlib Express is installed, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object 

      EnterpriseChangeMgt.RenderPDF=false

    2. Must be set to true if Adlib Express is installed for creating PDF files.

      • true - Required if Adlib Express is installed.
      • false - Set if Adlib Express is not installed (this is the default).

  5. To set applicability types, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object 

      emxEnterpriseChangeMgt.Effectivity.EffectivityTypes = Unit,FeatureOption,ContextDate,ProductRevision

    2. Set the value for this property depending on your business requirements. This setting is used in UnresolvedBOM \ XBOM.

      Use one or more of these values, separated by commas:

      • Unit
      • FeatureOption
      • ContextDate
      • ProductRevision

  6. To define the symbolic names of types used with X-CAD Design Management, follow these steps:
    1. Add or edit this line in the file used to import properties into a page object 

      EnterpriseChangeMgt.Integration.NonCDMTypes = type_MCADDrawing,type_MCADDrawingTemplate,type_MCADVersionedDrawing,type_ECADModel,type_IDFModel,type_IDFVersionedModel,type_MCADModel,type_MCADModelTemplate

    2. Set the value for this property based on your business requirements:

      • type_MCADDrawing
      • type_MCADDrawingTemplate
      • type_MCADVersionedDrawing
      • type_ECADModel
      • type_IDFModel
      • type_IDFVersionedModel
      • type_MCADModel
      • type_MCADModelTemplate

  7. When finished updating the text file with all properties you want to modify, including the ones shown here, use the text file to modify the EnterpriseChangeMgt.properties page object. For more information, see Editing Properties Using MQL.