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Transaction is not generated or is empty for a change notice and the Release To Manufacturing workflow hangs on Post_Release robot in Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration

Modified: 06-Sep-2023   


Applies To

  • Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration 12.1.0.0 to 12.1.0.2
  • Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration 12.1.1.0 to 12.1.1.5
  • Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration 10.0 F000 to 12.0.2.3

Description

  • Transaction is not generated or is empty for a change notice and the Release To Manufacturing workflow hangs on Post_Release robot when setting Enforce Changes To Resulting Objects preference to Yes.
    1. The ECN's resulting part objects are associated with multiple distribution targets which are pointing to ECC and HANA S/4 SAP ERP systems
    2. When publishing a BOM, some parts and ECN objects are published successfully, and some parts and ECN objects fail. When republishing the ECN, the failed part objects will generate new ReleaseActivity objects but the failed ECN object will not generate new ReleaseActivity
    3. When publishing a BOM, some parts and ECN objects are published successfully. All the part objects are published successfully. Some ECN objects failing. When republishing the ECN, The failed ECN objects will not generate new ReleaseActivity
  • A new transaction will be generated for succeeded ECNs when setting Enforce Changes To Resulting Objects preference to No
  • Sometimes it throws error message in the Windchill Method Server log: Nested exception is: java.lang.NullPointerException 
  • If the ECN related WTPart objects have been associated with multiple distribution targets and some distribution targets are succeeded but other distribution target are failed, during republishing it will throw error message: The selected object "xxxxxx" has not changed since it was last successfully published
  • The ECN related WTPart object has been published. Publishing the ECN fails. Republishing the ECN a second time generates a blank transaction.
  • If the ECN related WTPart objects has been associated with multiple distribution targets and some distribution targets are succeeded but other distribution target fail. Republishing the ECN a second time generates a blank transaction.
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