Add-FLCAttachment

Adds an Attachment to an existing Item in Fusion Lifecycle.

Syntax

Add-FLCAttachment -Workspace <String> -ItemId <Long> -Path <FileInfo> [[-Title] <String>] [[-Description] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Add-FLCAttachment -InputObject <PSObject> -Path <FileInfo> [[-Title] <String>] [[-Description] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Parameters

Type	Name	Description	Optional
String	Workspace	The name of the workspace that contains the Item	no (optional when InputObject is used)
Long	ItemId	The ID of the Item for which the attachment should be added	no (optional when InputObject is used)
Item	InputObject	The Fusion Lifecycle Item for which the attachment should be added. The argument accepts pipeline input	no (optional when Workspace and ItemId are used)
FileInfo	Path	The Path to the file which should be uploaded and attached to the item.	no
String	Title	The title to use for the attachment. If no title is provided, the filename without extension will be used.	yes
String	Description	A description for the uploaded attachment	yes

Return type

Attachment ← on success.
empty ← on failure. Exception/ErrorMessage can be accessed using $Error.

Remarks

The -Path arguments accepts all file types to be uploaded as attachment although only specific file types can be viewed with the Viewer in Fusion Lifecycle.
A list of the file types that can be viewed in Fusion Lifecycle can be found here.

When an attachment with the same Title already exists on the item a new version of the attachment is added.
Optionally with the -Title argument you can upload the same attachment using a different title.

Once the attachment is added to an Item the Title and Description can not be changed anymore.

Examples

To use the examples below a Fusion Lifecycle PLM demo Tenant is required:

Add an Attachment to an Item

Connect-FLC -Tenant 'your_tenant_name' -ClientId 'your_client_id' -ClientSecret 'your_client_secret' -UserId 'your_email@example.com'

$attachment = Add-FLCAttachment -Workspace 'Products' -ItemId 8684 -Path 'C:\Temp\Injection Molding Machine.dwf'

Add an Attachment using a specific title

Connect-FLC -Tenant 'your_tenant_name' -ClientId 'your_client_id' -ClientSecret 'your_client_secret' -UserId 'your_email@example.com'

$item = (Get-FLCItems -Workspace 'Documents' -Filter '"Final Assembly Installation"')[0]

$item | Add-FLCAttachment -Title 'Instructions' -Path '.\Documents\C300NO678S.pdf' -Description 'Documentation for Installation'

<#
Title       : Instructions
ItemId      : 8644
Workspace   : Documents
#>

Error handling, analyze why adding attachment failed using $Error

Connect-FLC -Tenant 'your_tenant_name' -ClientId 'your_client_id' -ClientSecret 'your_client_secret' -UserId 'your_email@example.com'

$attachment = Add-FLCAttachment -Workspace 'Suppliers' -ItemId 5839 -Path 'C:\Temp\Picture.png'

if(-not $attachment){
   $Error[0].Exception #Returns "FORBIDDEN: User Qpdb4: access ADD_ATTACHMENTS denied..."
}