Article - CS179676

How to Check In or Update an object that has been uploaded to Windchill PDMLink when preference "Allow Upload with Numbering Conflicts=yes" is set

Modified: 12-Dec-2025   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 10.2 to 13.0
  • Windchill ProjectLink 10.2 to 13.0
  • Windchill PDM Essentials 10.2 to 12.0
  • Pro/INTRALINK 8.x + 10.2 to 11.1
  • Pro/ENGINEER and Creo Elements/Pro Wildfire 5.0
  • Creo Parametric 2.0 to 12.4
  • Windchill Workgroup Manager

Description

  • How to Check In or Update objects that:
    • Have been uploaded to the Windchill server using Universal Upload feature (CS165246 or CS145351) enabled via preference Operations > Upload Operation > Upload > Allow upload with numbering conflicts=yes  in Windchill 
    • Or, show the following Conflict Information:
      Error: The document with the filename "xxxx" has been assigned a temporary number in your workspace due to a numbering conflict.
      Renumbering this document will be required for check-in.
      Error: A document with the filename "xxxx" already exist in "yyy", folder "zzz". A rename of one of these documents is required for check-in.

Screenshot

 
  • Update of an object fails with an Error message:
    Error: Can not update the object, it is new to the workspace.

    Screenshot
  • When an object has been uploaded to the Windchill server via Universal Upload, how to replace the temporary object in the Workspace with the Commonspace version of the object
  • Is it possible to Check In an object that has been uploaded to the Windchill server via Universal Upload so that Windchill uses the next iteration of the original object
  • How to resolve file name conflicts with Commonspace objects while working with new and imported objects
  • Fails to update the CAD object which is saved as new from local space to Workspace after performing upload, if CAD Document with the same filename exists in Windchill
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