Update Item with Item Revision

Last modified: December 22, 2025

Introduction

The Update Item and Item Revision integration allows you to generate the domain model and microflow to update an Item with ItemRevision or their specializations in Teamcenter. The resulting microflows implement the Update Properties action from the Teamcenter Connector.

This document takes you through a use case of updating the properties, such as description, of CAE 3D Analysis Revision Reports in Teamcenter. CAE 3D Analysis Revision business objects are used to manage files associated from a 3D simulation study, such as CFD or Structural.

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Make sure you have set up your credentials on the Settings tab before following these instructions. For more instructions on how to configure your settings, follow the steps in the Settings Tab section of Teamcenter Extension.

  2. Click the Update Item and Item Revision button on the home page to start configuring your integration.

  3. The Import Mapping page is displayed. This determines what data is retrieved from Teamcenter, and what type of objects are created in Mendix. Click one of the placeholder entities to start import mapping.

  4. In the object mapping panel that opens, follow these steps:

    1. The left side shows all Teamcenter objects retrieved from the Teamcenter instance. These can be out-of-the-box or custom. For this use case, you want to update CAE 3D Analysis Revision, so look for CAE 3D Analysis.
    2. The right side shows the Mendix entities that can serve as input parameters for the microflow to update an Item with Item Revision. If you create your own entity here, you can ensure that additional attributes are set in Teamcenter upon creation. As such, select TcConnector.Item.
    3. Select the Create new specialization of selected entity checkbox. The entity is automatically named CAEAnalysis after the Teamcenter Object name, but it can be renamed here if required.
    4. Click OK to finish the object mapping and close the object mapping panel.

  5. For this use case, you also want to update CAE 3D Analysis Revision, so repeat this process to select CAE 3D Analysis Revision with another specialized entity.

  6. Double click any of the boxes to display the Properties window. You want to update the description attribute, which is already selected. As such, do not select any additional attributes.

  7. Click the Generate button to generate the appropriate domain model and microflows.
    Once the generation is complete, you are redirected to the History tab, which displays a summary of what has been generated.

Result

The following sections describe the resulting domain model and microflows.

Domain Model

The extension generated the following entities in your domain model:

  • CAE3DAnalysis – This is an entity representing a CAE 3D Analysis from Teamcenter.
  • CAE3DAnalysisRevision – This is an entity representing a CAE 3D Analysis Revision from Teamcenter.

Microflows

The extension generated the following microflows in your project:

  • CAE3DAnalysis_UpdateItem – This microflow implements the logic to update properties of CAE 3D Analysis. The microflow takes two input parameters: CAE 3D Analysis and ConfigName. It returns one output variable named CAE3DAnalysis_Updated_Cast.
  • CAE3DAnalysisRevision_UpdateItemRevision – This microflow implements the logic to update properties of CAE 3D Analysis Revision.