Article - CS353293

"Cascading Attributes" rule doesn't fill the "enumeration value" in Windchill PDMLink

Modified: 13-Oct-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.1 to 13.0

Description

  • Cascading attributes rule doesn't take the value as default
  • Is it possible to automatically fill the value for diverin attribute if only one value is available according to the Cascading attributes rule defined
  • Is it possible to remove the blank line of the drop down list for diverin attribute if only one value is available according to the Cascading attributes rule defined
  • Scenario:
  1. Create two global enumerations, each one contains more than one value(Enum1 = [Value1, Value2, Value3], Enum2= [Value21, Value22,Value23]
  2. Create two global string IBAs(Attribute1 and Attribute2), it's not type-specific, choose whatever type
  3. Add first enumeration to the first IBA and the second enumeration to the second one
  4. Add a new rule to the Type(Agenda): If Attribute1=Value2 => Attribute2=Value23
  5. Create new object(Agenda) >> choose Attribute1=Value2 => Attribute2  is empty(need to expand the dropdown to pick up Value23)
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