Teamcenter Preference Category(s) For Customer Changed Preferences

Customer Changed Preferences Get Over-Written When Running TEM

PreferenceCategorysForCustomerChangedPreferences.docx (1.13 MB)

Solution

Create Preference Category(s) For Customer Changed Preferences For Export/Import and Filtering

 

• Create Category

RAC

Edit -> Options

 

Enter New Category -> Create

 

To Create A -Sub-Category -> Select Parent Category -> Enter New Sub-Category -> Create

Utility

NOTE: Only system administrators can create new categories using the -mode=category option

NOTE: This will create category(s)/sub-category(s) only. Importing preferences from a file will create category(s)/sub-category(s) as well as assign preferences to the category(s)/sub-category(s)

preferences_manager -u=user-id -p=password -g=dba -mode=category -action=CREATE -categories=GTAC,GTAC.GTACSUB1 -delimiter=,

 

Result:

 

• Assign Category/Sub-Category

 

RAC

Find Preference To Change Category -> Edit -Change Category -> Save

Utility

Export Preferences to change category(s)/sub-category(s)

 preferences_manager -u=user-id -p=password -g=dba -mode=export -scope=site -out_file=c:\temp\GTAC_GTACSite_Preferences.xml

Edit XML File -> Change category name -> Add <preference xxxx>…</preference> into category

IS:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>

          <preferences version="10.0">

                <category name="GTAC">\

                                <category_description>No description ...         

                 </category_description>

                                <preference name="Fms_BootStrap_Urls" type="String"

                                array="true" disabled="false"

                                protectionScope="Site" envEnabled="true">

                                            <preference_description>Indicates

                                            ...

                                             http://hostabc:4447.

                                            </preference_description>

                                            <context name="Teamcenter">

                                                          <value>http://gtac1:4544</value>

                                            </context>

                                </preference>

                </category>

         </preferences>

 

WAS:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>

          <preferences version="10.0">

                <category name="General">\

                                <category_description>No description ...         

                 </category_description>

                                <preference name="Fms_BootStrap_Urls" type="String"

                                array="true" disabled="false"

                                protectionScope="Site" envEnabled="true">

                                            <preference_description>Indicates

                                            ...

                                             http://hostabc:4447.

                                            </preference_description>

                                            <context name="Teamcenter">

                                                          <value>http://gtac1:4544</value>

                                            </context>

                                </preference>

                </category>

         </preferences>

 

Import

NOTE: Importing preferences from a file will create category(s)/sub-category(s) as well as assign preferences to the category(s)/sub-category(s)

 

preferences_manager -u=user-id -p=password -g=dba -mode=import -scope=site -file=c:\temp\GTAC_GTACSite_Preferences.xml -action=OVERRIDE

 

Result

• Export Category/Sub-Category Preferences

 RAC

Edit -> Options

 

Search -> Export -> Select Location -> Select Category

 

Enter File And Location -> Export

Utility

Export Preferences to change category(s)/sub-category(s)

 preferences_manager -u=user-id -p=password -g=dba -mode=export -scope=site -mode=category -categories=GTAC -out_file=c:\temp\GTAC_GTACSiteExport_Preferences.xml

Result

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?>

          <preferences version="10.0">

                <category name="GTAC">\

                                <category_description>No description ...         

                 </category_description>

                                <preference name="Fms_BootStrap_Urls" type="String" 

                                array="true" disabled="false"

                                protectionScope="Site" envEnabled="true">

                                            <preference_description>Indicates

                                            ...

                                             http://hostabc:4447.

                                            </preference_description>

                                            <context name="Teamcenter">

                                                          <value>http://gtac1:4544</value>

                                            </context>

                                </preference>

                </category>

         </preferences> 

• Import Category/Sub-Category Preferences

 

RAC

Edit -> Options

Search -> Import -> Enter File Location -> Select To Location -> Select Modes -> Import

Utility

NOTE: Importing preferences from a file will create category(s)/sub-category(s) as well as assign preferences to the category(s)/sub-category(s)

preferences_manager -u=user-id -p=password -g=dba -mode=import -scope=site -file=c:\temp\GTAC_GTACSite_Preferences.xml -action=OVERRIDE

 

Result

 

 

Notes