Find parts or assemblies in the EBOM or MBOM

You can search and find parts and assemblies in a source BOM (typically an engineering bill of materials, or EBOM) or a target BOM (typically a manufacturing bill of materials, or MBOM).

Procedure

1. Open the BOM Alignment page.

By default, you are searching by item ID.

2. In the EBOM or MBOM panel, select an assembly.

3. (Optional) To filter the search to a specific part or assembly of the MBOM, select that part or assembly and in the MBOM toolbar, click Focus .

Note In focus mode, you can search only from the MBOM toolbar.

4. In the EBOM or MBOM toolbar, click .

By default, the command searches the EBOM or MBOM for a specific keyword or text string.

5. To search only the assembly you selected, select the Find within check box.

Note If you:

Select the root node or part in the EBOM or MBOM, the Find within check box is not available.

Align domain subassemblies using change management or align separate MBOM subassemblies to an EBOM using the Focus command from the MBOM toolbar, the EBOM search is unavailable.

Search with focus enabled from the MBOM toolbar, the Find within check box is grayed out in the Find in MBOM panel and the search includes parts and assemblies within the focused assembly only.

6. For more options click Advanced Search and select a different search option.

Item ID searches for a full or partial part or assembly item ID.

Item Revision searches for a full or partial part or assembly item revision name.

Quick locates the first matching item in the tree and lets you jump between next and previous results.

7. In the Find in EBOM or Find in MBOM panel, type the search term that you want to find in the EBOM or MBOM.

Tip As in any standard search, you can use asterisks or wild cards to obtain multiple similar results.

Example Type bolt_* to locate bolt_1, bolt_2, and so on.

8. In the Results list, select any preferred part or assembly.

Each selection highlights the selected object in the EBOM or MBOM.

9. (Optional) If the search brings multiple results and you want to review them individually, select a result and in the Results subtab, click any of the following buttons.

If the item is associated with a 3D model, shows the selected search result only in the 3D viewer panel.

Shows only the most recent results of structures that are not yet indexed.

Goes to the next or previous item in the search results.

Selects all search results (closes the search and selects all item results in the EBOM or MBOM tab).

10. (Optional) To perform EBOM or MBOM commands related to search objects:

Select objects in the search results.

Select commands in the EBOM or MBOM.

11. Close the panel.