Teamcenter FAQ

How does the Teamcenter integration work?

Violet operates in a hub-and-spoke architecture: Violet is the hub, and each integrated app is a spoke.

First, a persistent connection is established between Violet and an app. This connection can be made in a variety of ways depending on the app:

• Basic authentication (username and password)

• API token

• OAuth (via Single Sign-On or Client ID & Secret)

Once connected, Violet fetches data from the app on a user-specified time interval (for example, every hour). Violet structures all data in a Violet Data Language and stores it in its own SQL database.

Upon each fetch, if there are any changes in the data, Violet updates the database. In doing so, Violet maintains a history of all data changes over time.

What's needed in order to connect to an on-prem instance of Teamcenter?

We’ll need to set up a couple things to enable the connection:

• Violet will need access to your Teamcenter server, which is either via simple whitelisting or VPN.

• Let us know if you have any Custom Item Types or Custom Properties in Teamcenter.

• We’ll need a read-only Violet user account for your Teamcenter instance, and access to Active Workspace if you have it.

Complete instructions are provided here.

What's needed in order to connect to Teamcenter X?

In order to connect to Teamcenter X, your instance will need to have the Expanded API Support provided by Siemens. This option is available for any tier/plan of Teamcenter X.