topic Re: Search Component Data Builder customization in Windchill Customization

Search Component Data Builder customization

JulienBlais — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:22:01 GMT

Version: Windchill 12.0

Use Case: Performing Global Search on "Name & Number" only behavior, without Index Search when users select a check box added next to global search Field

Description:

Hello PTC Community !

I'm looking for a way to implement the use case requested by my client on Windchill 12.0.2.7 and Windchill 13.0.2.6 (upgrade in progress).

At first I proposed to automatically set following user's preferences values when he checks the box:

Enable Index Search to "No"
/com/ptc/windchill/enterprise/search/includeIndexGlobalSearch
Keyword Search Behavior to "Name & Number" (3)
/com/ptc/windchill/enterprise/search/controlKeywordSearchBehaviour

But this solution implies to save previous users's values to reset them whhile unchecking the box and the client wants that we study a way to implement the use case without impacting those preferences.

So, I tried to override the ootb DATA_ONLY component builder: com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.builders.SearchDataBuilder with following class added in codebase/config/mvc/custom.xml as we do for some other MVC Component Builders customizations.

Please find below an abstract of the code:

package com.client.search.builders; import com.ptc.mvc.components.OverrideComponentBuilder; import com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.builders.SearchDataBuilder; @OverrideComponentBuilder public class ClientSearchDataBuilder extends SearchDataBuilder { }

But once deployed, I've this error raised in MethodServer:

org.springframework.beans.factory.NoUniqueBeanDefinitionException: No qualifying bean of type 'com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.builders.SearchDataBuilder' available: expected single matching bean but found 2: com.ptc.windchill.enterprise.search.mvc.builders.SearchDataBuilder#0,com.client.search.builders.ClientSearchDataBuilder#0

I tried many things in addition to make Spring configuration working, but it's still running like if @OverrideComponentBuilder annotation was not taken into account here.

FYI, OOTB SearchDataBuilder is defined like this:

@ComponentBuilder(value = {"search.default.searchResults"}, type = ComponentBuilderType.DATA_ONLY) public class SearchDataBuilder extends AbstractJcaDataSourceComponentDataBuilder

Thanks in advance for your help/advices/other solutions...

Regards,

Julien

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

HelesicPetr — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:59:26 GMT

Hello @JulienBlais

Have you changed a mvc Search-configs.xml configuration ? ("\Windchill\codebase\config\mvc\Search-configs.xml")

I guess that there is still the original class and there should be yours new one.

Try to update the xml file configuration and will see if it helps

PetrH

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

JulienBlais — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:41:54 GMT

Hello @HelesicPetr,

Thanks for pointing out this config file !

I updated the class name to reference mine, AND removed definition of my class in custom.xml one and it worked !

For me that was feasible without modifying ootb configuration files, but only custom.xml one. Do you know why it's specific here and don't you think I could do some configuration working only using the custom.xml file ?

Thanks !

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

HelesicPetr — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 08:50:31 GMT

Hi @JulienBlais

I understand but I just think that the original configuration is not overwritten by the custom.xml file in this case and that is a reason of the error.

Why? who knows 😄

PetrH

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

JulienBlais — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:04:07 GMT

Yes I guess you're right, 😄 that could be raised in a ptc case later..

I continue working on it, and let you and community know about the final configuration to close the topic.

Thank you for your quick answers !

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

plmcore — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:32:22 GMT

This should be an OOTB functionality and should not be a customization. But sadly we have to do as a customization

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

HelesicPetr — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:03:37 GMT

@plmcore

That happens all the time 😄

PetrH

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

JulienBlais — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:49:36 GMT

Hello @plmcore,

you already implemented such use case ?

Otherwise, while continuing the customization, I don't find, as of now, where the value of the preference "Keyword Search Behavior" (/com/ptc/windchill/enterprise/search/controlKeywordSearchBehaviour) is used in the code, does someone has insights ?

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

HelesicPetr — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:21:38 GMT

Hi @JulienBlais

It is used in two classes

IndexSearchUtils.class

SearchConstants.class

PetrH

Re: Search Component Data Builder customization

JulienBlais — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:35:32 GMT

Yes Thanks @HelesicPetr , just found it also in //, while debugging it I see that static method IndexSearchUtils.getKeywordBehaviorPreference() is called in a loop from WhereClauseHandler.filterAttributeByType...