TVC 2019.5.0 Release Information

1. Structure Browser

1.1. Forms

1.1.1. Display Expression in ConnectField

It is now possible to define a display expression for the connected object on ConnectField in the structure browser form. It can be configured as below -

<Form>
  ...
  <ConnectField>
     ...
     <DisplayExpression>description</DisplayExpression>
     ...
  </ConnectField>
</Form>

If no display expression is configured, it will continue to show connected object name by default.

Figure 1. displayExpression in createConnectField

1.2. New Search Experience

1.2.1. Search With Action

searchWithActions can be used to search and perform custom logics on searched objects, using custom javascript function. searchWithActions keeps searchform open on left side and search results are displayed in right side allowing easy refinement of search results. The search result can be fetched from Exalead also. This feature can be initiated in the following ways:

Context menu of the table
Command in toolbar

Figure 2. Search Based Connect in Toolbar

Configuration

The new search with action is launched from command. The URL for new search with action is shown below:

${ROOT_DIR}/tvc-action/searchWithActions

This URL supports following parameters:

Parameters

Parameter Description Required Example

Parameter	Description	Required	Example
searchConfig	Name of the search configuration. It is used to configure behaviour of the search. For more details visit here	Yes	`<Param name="searchConfig" value ="tvc:searchv2:tvx:common/SearchV2Config.xml"/>`
pageConfig	Name of the page configuration. A page configuration is used to configure behaviour of the Structure Browser. For more details visit here	Yes	`<Param name="pageConfig" value="tvc:pageconfig:tvx:misc/MyParts.xml" />`
onSubmitJSFunction	Can be used to declare custom JavaScript code that is used to perform action on submit button	Yes	`<Param name="onSubmitJSFunction" value="javascript:var o=parent.frames['tableContentFrame'].tvcGetSelectedSelections(); top.close();"/>`
onCancelJSFunction	Can be used to declare custom JavaScript code that is used to perform action on cancel button	Yes	`<Param name="onCancelJSFunction" value="javascript:top.close();"/>`
submitLabel	Defines label for submit button, by default it will show Submit.		`tvc.structurebrowser.button.submit`
cancelLabel	Defines label for cancel button, by default it will show Cancel		`tvc.structurebrowser.button.cancel`

searchConfig

Name of the search configuration. It is used to configure behaviour of the search. For more details visit here

Yes

<Param name="searchConfig" value ="tvc:searchv2:tvx:common/SearchV2Config.xml"/>

pageConfig

Name of the page configuration. A page configuration is used to configure behaviour of the Structure Browser. For more details visit here

Yes

<Param name="pageConfig" value="tvc:pageconfig:tvx:misc/MyParts.xml" />

onSubmitJSFunction

Can be used to declare custom JavaScript code that is used to perform action on submit button

Yes

<Param name="onSubmitJSFunction" value="javascript:var o=parent.frames['tableContentFrame'].tvcGetSelectedSelections(); top.close();"/>

onCancelJSFunction

Can be used to declare custom JavaScript code that is used to perform action on cancel button

Yes

<Param name="onCancelJSFunction" value="javascript:top.close();"/>

submitLabel

Defines label for submit button, by default it will show Submit.

tvc.structurebrowser.button.submit

cancelLabel

Defines label for cancel button, by default it will show Cancel

tvc.structurebrowser.button.cancel

Example Configuration

<Command>
    <Label>SearchWithActions</Label>
    <URL action="searchWithActions" submit="true" target="popup" submitOID="true">
        <Param name="searchConfig" value ="tvc:searchv2:tvx:common/SearchV2Config.xml"/>
        <Param name="pageConfig" value="tvc:pageconfig:tvx:misc/MyParts.xml"/>
        <Param name="onSubmitJSFunction" value="javascript:var o=parent.frames['tableContentFrame'].tvcGetSelectedSelections(); top.close();"/>
        <Param name="onCancelJSFunction" value="javascript:top.close();"/>
        <Param name="submitLabel" value="tvc.structurebrowser.button.submit"/>
        <Param name="cancelLabel" value="tvc.structurebrowser.button.cancel"/>
    </URL>
</Command>

1.2.2. Search And Connect

Action searchAndConnect can be used to search and connect objects from search results to one or more objects in table. searchAndConnect keeps searchform open in the left side and displays results in the right side, allowing easy refinement of search results. In this Exalead based search is also possible. This feature can be initiated in the following ways:

Figure 3. Search Based Connect

Configuration

The new search based connect is launched from command. The URL for new search based connect command is shown below:

${ROOT_DIR}/tvc-action/searchAndConnect

This URL supports following parameters:

Parameters

Parameter Description Required Example

Parameter	Description	Required	Example
searchConfig	Name of the search configuration. It is used to configure behaviour of the search. For more details visit here	Yes	`<Param name="searchConfig" value ="tvc:searchv2:tvx:common/SearchV2Config.xml"/>`
pageConfig	Name of the page configuration. A page configuration is used to configure behaviour of the Structure Browser. For more details visit here	Yes	`<Param name="pageConfig" value="tvc:pageconfig:tvx:misc/MyParts.xml" />`
relationship	The relationship to connect with object	yes	`<Param name="relationship" value="EBOM" />`
direction	The default direction when connecting objects (i.e., from or to)	Yes	`<Param name="direction" value="from" />`

searchConfig

Name of the search configuration. It is used to configure behaviour of the search. For more details visit here

Yes

<Param name="searchConfig" value ="tvc:searchv2:tvx:common/SearchV2Config.xml"/>

pageConfig

Name of the page configuration. A page configuration is used to configure behaviour of the Structure Browser. For more details visit here

Yes

<Param name="pageConfig" value="tvc:pageconfig:tvx:misc/MyParts.xml" />

relationship

The relationship to connect with object

yes

<Param name="relationship" value="EBOM" />

direction

The default direction when connecting objects (i.e., from or to)

Yes

<Param name="direction" value="from" />

The target location of the command must be popup.

Example Configuration

<Command>
    <Label>SearchAndConnect</Label>
    <URL action="searchAndConnect" submit="true" target="popup" submitOID="true">
        <Param name="searchConfig" value ="tvc:searchv2:tvx:common/SearchV2Config.xml"/>
        <Param name="pageConfig" value="tvc:pageconfig:tvx:misc/MyParts.xml" />
        <Param name="relationship" value="EBOM" />
        <Param name="direction" value="from" />
    </URL>
</Command>

2. 3DDashboard

2.1. Support for search

All widgets in TVC now support the 3D Dashboard search.

Table data in the widgets can now be filtered in based on search in the current dashboard.

Figure 4. Result after search in 3dDashboard

2.2. Support for 6WTags filtering

Once table data is loaded in a widget all visible columns get added into preferences.

Figure 5. 6WTags Column Preferences

User can select the column and its category from preferences which needs to be shown under 6WTags.

Figure 6. 6WTags

Table data in the widgets can now be filtered on the basis of selected tag.

Figure 7. Filtered Data using 6WTags

Changing Table/View/Pagination etc.. from TVC menus is not supported yet.

3. Collaboration

3.1. Elasticsearch™

It is now possible to use Elasticsearch as an indexing engine (version 7.1.1 or higher) for indexing collaboration objects. It is enabled only for discussion at the moment and not for workflows. It can be configured as below -

tvc.collaboration.providerClass=elastic

tvc.collaboration.providerClass=config
tvc.collaboration.discussion.mode=elastic

3.2. Sorting of Assignee List

During the filling of assignee/user field in multiple use cases such as discussion and workflow creation, the list of users will now be displayed in ascending order based on the display name.

Figure 8. Sorted Assignee List