Challenges:
- Data contained in two disjointed systems (SolidWorks PDM & SharePoint)
- Difficult to expose data from both systems side-by-side
- Potential data and file redundancy, complications, and errors
- Prefers unified access and presentation
Solution:
- Expose selected SolidWorks PDM data and functionalities in SharePoint via an integration web part
Features:
- Supports SolidWorks PDM object queries from within SharePoint
- Query results presented in a SharePoint data table/grid
- View SolidWorks PDM object metadata in SharePoint
- Download and view SolidWorks PDM files in SharePoint
Benefits:
- Extend SolidWorks PDM to SharePoint users
- Leverages Microsoft Office Solutions for PLM Data (Project Management, Workspaces, Issue Management, etc.)
- Provides selected and focused SolidWorks PDM features in SharePoint—simplifies access to SolidWorks PDM data
- Familiar, intuitive, and customizable browser?based user experience
- Minimal SolidWorks PDM concepts and skill set required
- Facilitate business and engineering processes by combining data from both platforms in a single workflow, while maintaining data integrity
- Preserve and utilize existing data: no need for large scale data migration or duplication across platforms
- Exposes SolidWorks PDM data to mobile users
Additional/Upcoming Features:
- Statistics of SolidWorks PDM data and usage may be generated and displayed
- Supports SolidWorks PDM workflow responses (accept or reject) directly from within a SharePoint web part
