Configuring source and target BOM Alignment columns

By default, the BOM Alignment page shows a matched source bill of materials (BOM) and target BOM table properties in separate panels. You can configure these panels to display different data, based on the item revision object type of the source and the target root nodes.

The default BOM Alignment column arrangement is based on the type of the root element in the structure. For example, if the root type is design, you see columns specific to design elements. If the root type is part, you see columns specific to part elements.

An engineering BOM (EBOM) configuration might include the following source root nodes:

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<Clientscope hostingClientName="" name="MbmOEbomManagement.Part Revision" uri="MbmOEbomManagement.Part Revision">
  <ColumnConfig columnConfigId="eColConfig_partRev" sortBy="-l" sortDirection="Ascending">
    <ColumnDef objectType="AwbOElement" propertyName="object_string" width="250"/>
      <ColumnDef objectType="AwbOConditionalElement" propertyName="awbOHasElementEffectivity" width="50" hidden="true"/>

A manufacturing BOM (MBOM) would include different target root nodes:

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<ClientScope hostingClientName="" name="MbmOMbomManagement.MfgOMfgAssemblyRevision" uri="MbmOMbomManagement.MfgOMfgAssemblyRevision">
  <ColumnConfig columnConfigId="mColConfig_mfgAsmRev" sortBy="-1" sortDirection="Ascending">
    <ColumnDef objectType="AwbOElement" propertyName="object_string" width="250"/>
       <ColumnDef objectType="AwbOConditionalElement" propertyName="awbOHasElementEffectivity" width="50" hidden="true"/>

Results

Once the xml file is updated with the required root object type and the source or target BOM are defined as in the above example, you can import this updated xml file using the import_uiconfig utility.

For more information on the utility, see the Configuring Active Workspace documentation on the Support Center. .