Article - CS31708
What are the minimum access rights needed to allow a user to create and update parts using the action "Import From Spreadsheet" in Windchill PDMLink
Modified: 09-Nov-2025
Applies To
- Windchill PDMLink 9.1 to 13.1
- Windchill Supplier Management 11.0 to 13.1
Description
- Failed to update parts using Import From Spreadsheet
- What access control permissions needed to Import From Spreadsheet
- What are the minimum access rights needed to allow a user to create / update and parts using the action Import From Spreadsheet
- Import from Spreadsheet action is updating BOM and Parts when users do not have Modify or Revise permissions
- Users are not able to import product structure using Import From Spreadsheet
- Is it possible to set permissions for a regular User to be able to Import From Spreadsheet without having Product Manager rights?
- Import BOM from spreadsheet preview shows blank after validation step
- What access control permissions needed to use Import From Spreadsheet action for Non Admin users
- When user of Sourcing Administrator group tries to load the AML link data via Import from spreadsheet gives a error "User need to have modify permission to part to make changes"
- User is in Member role cannot upload data by Import From Spreadsheet
- When importing a spreadsheet, Validate Spreadsheet passes validation, but the spreadsheet does not import.
- Import From Spreadsheet results in the error:
"Attention: Secured action. You do not have the necessary authorization for the this operation. Contact your administrator if you believe you have received this message in error."
- The following error is thrown in the Method Server log:
ERROR : wt.access.evaluation.report - "<user>" does not have Create permission for "Import Job - 0" in Administrative Domain "<domain>"
- Import From Spreadsheet results error:
Sheet 1 "WTPart-Sheet": Type: : Error Row: : <number> Description: : null
- Method Server logs:
DEBUG [DataSource Task Executor-139] com.ptc.windchill.ixb.importer.part.PartSheetImporter <user> - Found part master 328094-401, GASKET 2020-11-20 02:28:29,389 DEBUG [DataSource Task Executor-139] com.ptc.windchill.ixb.importer.ImportHndHelper <user> - Ufid object id = wt.part.WTPartMaster:155975246, Ufid guid = 158374154-1028822927778-4354748-191-120-145-161, Ufid domain id = <hostname>, Part object id (long) = 155975246 2020-11-20 02:28:29,397 DEBUG [DataSource Task Executor-139] com.ptc.windchill.ixb.importer.StandardImportService <user> - StandardImportService -> doSameTypeSheetImport() : ImportSheetType :part java.lang.NullPointerException at com.ptc.windchill.ixb.importer.part.PartSheetImporter.updateVersionInfoElement(PartSheetImporter.java:514) at com.ptc.windchill.ixb.importer.part.PartSheetImporter.updatedDocWithActor(PartSheetImporter.java:432) at com.ptc.windchill.ixb.importer.part.PartSheetImporter.getExistingPart(PartSheetImporter.java:395) at com.ptc.windchill.ixb.importer.part.PartSheetImporter.validateSheetTypeAttributes(PartSheetImporter.java:639
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