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This section instructs you how to administer NX PCB Exchange Connect and update NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application.
How to find the app version numbers
NX PCB Exchange Connect has multiple components—services and the web app—that have different version numbers. Sometimes you need to know these versions for update instructions.

Administration
This section instructs you how to administer NX PCB Exchange Connect and update NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application.
- Populate the app database
  This procedure shows how to add PCB design files to the app database to access them from the NX PCB Exchange Connect web application.
- Modify app environment variables
  This procedure shows how to modify the system environment variables used by NX PCB Exchange Connect.
- Find the app log files
  This procedure shows how to find the NX PCB Exchange Connect log files.
- How to find the app version numbers
  NX PCB Exchange Connect has multiple components—services and the web app—that have different version numbers. Sometimes you need to know these versions for update instructions.
- User license management
  In NX PCB Exchange Connect, named user license management is done through an administrative command-line interface (CLI) executable, which lets you view current license assignments, and assign or remove a user license.
- Updating NX PCB Exchange Connect
  This guide includes steps to update both the NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application to a newer version.
- Configure Teamcenter server to integrate with the app
  When the NX PCB Exchange Connect services are configured to use the Teamcenter Security Services (TCSS) for authentication, a few configuration steps must be performed on the Teamcenter server to complete the integration.

How to find the app version numbers

NX PCB Exchange Connect has multiple components—services and the web app—that have different version numbers. Sometimes you need to know these versions for update instructions.

The versions are written in the name of the installation package ZIP files.

The version of the web app component is displayed on the Home page in the top right corner.

NX PCB Exchange Connect home page with web app version framed

The version of the services component is displayed in the top right corner of the NX PCB Exchange Connect services URL, which you get using the following steps.

In the web application, click Settings .
On the Application tab, under Controls, copy the URL path displayed in the NX PCB Exchange Connect Services URL box.
Paste the URL path in the browser and open it.

The NX PCB Exchange Connect services home page displays in the browser.

NX PCB Exchange Connect home page with web API version framed