BOM Comparison
The view where all data is displayed overlayed on top of one another on screen.
The BOM comparison screen is where you will ultimately spend most of your time
BOM row updates
BOM row updates can occur in the primary or secondary Data Source and is influenced by your settings for:
Property Mappings
Rules
BOM row updates are also influenced by whether the PROCESS checkbox is checked or unchecked. You can use the context menu of any given row's PROCESS cell to bulk check/uncheck the PROCESS checkbox of related rows and children rows.
Primary Source updates
When updating BOM rows the following table illustrates how updates occur at the primary source.
A primary source is typically a CAD or PDM or PLM system. For primary sources, quantity values are typically not updated.
Using the default color scheme for BOM comparison, you can expect the following results:
☑️
⬜ White
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Updated
N/A
N/A
☑️
🟩 Green
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Updated
N/A
N/A
☑️
🟨 Yellow
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Updated
N/A
N/A
☑️
🟥 Red
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Ignored
N/A
N/A
⬜ White
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Ignored
N/A
N/A
🟩 Green
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Ignored
N/A
N/A
🟨 Yellow
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Ignored
N/A
N/A
🟥 Red
N/A
Unchanged
Unchanged
Ignored
N/A
N/A
Secondary Source updates
When updating BOM rows the following table illustrates how updates occur at the secondary source.
A secondary source is typically an ERP or PLM system. For secondary sources, quantity values are typically updated to reflect the quantities of the primary source.
Using the default color scheme for BOM comparison, you can expect the following results:
☑️
⬜ White
Unchanged
Updated
Updated
Updated
Processed
☑️
🟩 Green
Created
Linked To Parent
Updated
Updated
Updated
Processed
☑️
🟨 Yellow
Linked To Parent
Updated
Updated
Updated
Processed
☑️
🟥 Red
Unlinked From Parent + Children Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
⬜ White
Unchanged
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
🟩 Green
Not Created
Not Linked To Parent
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
🟨 Yellow
Not Linked To Parent
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
🟥 Red
Link To Parent Kept + Children Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
Ignored
BOM Comparison Legend
Blue border - DS1 and DS2 values are different. Without user modifications
Blue & green border - DS1 and DS2 values are different. With user modifications
Green border - DS1 and DS2 values are identical. With user modifications
Orange border - Value did not pass display mapping rule (Warning)
Red border - Value did not pass display mapping rule (Error)
Red background - Component is missing from the DS1 BOM. Will be unlinked from the DS2 BOM
Orange background - Component is present in DS2. Will be linked to the corresponding DS2 BOM
Green background - Component is missing from DS2. Will be added to DS2 and linked to the corresponding BOM
Blue background- Row line type is drawing used to configure drawing types derivatives
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