In Windchill, global configuration works differently for parts and change artifacts.
With OSLC Connect for Windchill, we consider that a Windchill product can have at most one component,
with several Windchill Contexts that can contain a collection of Windchill Parts. A Windchill Context
can then participate to a Global Configuration in the GCM application. We say that Windchill
products are Global Configuration participant for the Architecture Management domain, which is the closest supported OSLC domain for Product Lifecycle Management.
First, you will need to Enable OSLC Configuration Management on the Windchill product. If you don't, Windchill users won't be able to create links from Parts to ELM Applications with Configuration Management enabled.
Then, you can Create Windchill Contexts of the Windchill product. We do not allow direct use of Windchill Contexts within Windchill. To make use of a product Windchill Context, it must be added to a Global Configuration. See how to Configure GCM with a Windchill Context.
With these steps done, it is now possible to create or display OSLC links from a Windchill Part in the context of any GC of your choosing.
It does not make sense to have different versions of a change artifact, but OSLC Connect for Windchill makes possible to create
OSLC Links to OSLC-enabled applications that do. We say that Windchill products are Global Configuration compatible
for the Change Management domain.
This is done by allowing the association of the change artifacts to maximum 2 GC, identified by labels
Found in global configuration and Planned for global configuration.
By having this association, a Windchill Change Management artifact can be linked to remote versioned artifacts,
depending on the 2 GC associated; the OSLC Link type is used to determine which GC is applying. To add the global configuration capability on a
Windchill Change Management artifact you need to care of:
If you don't apply this configuration, Windchill users won't be able to create outgoing links from Change Management artifacts to ELM Applications with Configuration Management enabled. By applying it, Windchill users will still be able to create outgoing links from Change Management artifacts to ELM Applications with Configuration Management disabled.