Transition Action Dialog Box

Specifies the full path to the executable (as seen from the client computer performing the transition), or the name of the executable if it is already registered in Windows (such as Notepad or WordPad). Specify the path as if launching the executable from the command line or Start > Run.

Suspends SOLIDWORKS PDM activity (for example, no other transition actions are run) until the program completes.

Exports data from SOLIDWORKS in XML format (for example, for use by an ERP system). Select an export script. See Export Rule Dialog Box.

Imports XML data (for example, from an ERP application). See Import Rule Dialog Box. Type the name of the XML file to import. You can use the * wildcard. To include system variables, click and select a variable.

Lists the user or group to receive the message.

Shows the data card variable to update. The read-only Type field shows the variable's data type.

Indicates the specific configuration tab of the data card on which the variable is to be updated.

To update all available configurations, leave this field empty.

Sets the variable value. To include system variables, click and select a variable. For example, if you type Checked by %user%, and the login name of the person performing the transition is Bill, then the variable is set to Checked by Bill.

You can also include a source configuration with the system variable. For example, if you select a variable Description, and add a source configuration, MyConfig1 with a delimiter, the Value field displays %var_Description@MyConfig1%. This sets the variable to the description from the source configuration.

Expand Mapped Approvers to see the roles, role members (Users), and number of approvers that are required to complete this transition.

For example, if you have created the roles Engineering and Manufacturing, the expanded list shows those roles and the users who are members of the roles.

When you select one or more users, SOLIDWORKS PDM stores their user and system data for use as the variable value.

When the selected user approves the transition, the software displays the value in data cards that contain the variable.

For more details, see Setting Parallel Approval Data Mapping.

To select this option, first expand Mapped Approvers.

When you select Override Approver Value, radio buttons replace the Users check boxes in the Mapped Approvers list.

This lets you select one user whose data is used for the variable value, irrespective of users who actually transition the file.

The software displays the selected user’s data in data cards that contain the variable.

For more details, see Setting Override Approver.