What is Site in Teamcenter organization?

What is the site?

A site describes an individual installation of Teamcenter and comprises a single database. all users accessing that database any additional non-Teamcenter resources such as hardware, networking capabilities, and third-party software applications (tools) required to implement Teamcenter at the site.

Important Points :

1. Site definitions are consist of an ID and name.
2. Both the site name and ID must be unique.
3. while exporting Teamcenter objects are exported the site ID is used internally by each Teamcenter site to identify itself to other sites.
4. The site name is also used internally and is stored in the database as a user-defined character string.
5. To share data among sites, each Teamcenter database must store a definition of all of the sites in your enterprise.
6. Site names are generated automatically at the time of installation but it can be modified

   Alert :     

Never change the site ID of a database after it is established. The site ID is used to generate internal identifiers for Teamcenter objects that must be unique throughout your enterprise. Never reuse a site ID when creating a new database. For this reason, never use the database's import and export functions to replicate a database; always use Teamcenter import and export capabilities.

How to create a site in Teamcenter?

1. Select the top-level Sites node from the Organization List tree.
2. Type a descriptive name for the site in the Site Name box.
3. Type a unique site ID in the Site ID box. The unique site ID must be an integer.
4. (Optional) Type the site node identifier in the Site Node/URL box. If you are using Multi-Site Collaboration, and this site is configured to provide object directory services (ODS), select the Provide Object Directory Services checkbox. Otherwise, select the Is A Hub checkbox.
5. (Optional) Type the service-oriented architecture (SOA) URL in the SOA URL box. This URL is used for SOA calls to this site. The URL is used for HTTP-based Multi-Site Collaboration.
6. (Optional) Type the Platform Extensibility Configuration URL in the TcGS URL box.
7. (Optional) Type the geographical location of the site in the Geography box.
8. Click Create.