BOM Form

Overview

The BOM Form is the main BOM import, editing, and exporting form. The BOM Form is a spreadsheet-like editing form.

You can launch the BOM Form from the OmniBOM Home Page by selecting either the Import BOM, New BOM, or Open Empower BOM links.

Slide-out/Editing Panels

The BOM Form contains "Slide-out" panels for most editing functions. The slide-out panels will appear to the left of the BOM grid when invoking editing commands.

To close/cancel a slide-out panel, you can click the Close Dialog link or click the close title bar button.

BOM Grid

The BOM Grid displays all BOM data. You can edit any cell by clicking on the cell.

You can apply the editing change by hitting the Enter/Return key or by clicking on another cell.

Fields/Columns

When launching the BOM Form, the system will read the OmniBOM Option file to determine the default columns/fields.

You can add columns by clicking the Fields button on the toolbar. This will present the Columns/Fields slide-out panel.

Adding Columns

To add a column, expand the Add Columns section.

You can define the column name and then click the Add Field button to add the column.

Removing Columns

To remove a column, click the Delete Column icon in the Fields list.

Deleting Blank Columns

You can delete all blank columns by expanding the Delete Blank Columns section.

To remove the blank columns, click the Yes, delete blank columns button.

OmniBOM will check the data in each field/column, and if all rows in that field are blank, the column will be removed.

Changing Column Names

To modify a column name, set the desired name in the Fields list and then click the Update Columns button.

Splitting Columns

OmniBOM can split a column into multiple columns based on a delimiting character. To split a column, expand the Split Column section.

From the Split Column panel you will be able to select the column you wish to split.

You can then specify the character to split the field on (field delimiter) as well as the new column prefix.

To split the column, click the Split Selected Column button.

Split column example (before the split):

After the split:

Merging Columns

OmniBOM can merge multiple columns into a single column. To merge columns, expand the Merge Columns section.

From the Merge Columns panel you will be able to select the columns you wish to merge.

You can then specify the delimiting character as well as the new column name. Optionally, you can choose to remove the merged columns.

To merge the columns, click the Merge Checked Columns button.

Merge columns example (before the merge):

After the merge:

Parent Part Number Column

OmniBOM can create a column that represents a Parent Part Number column based on a defined "Level" field. The "Level" column must have a numeric value that represents the level of indention.

To create a Parent Part Number column click the Update Parent Column section header.

From the Create/Update Parent Column panel you will be able to select the "Level" and "Part Number" columns as well as the Parent Part Number column name. You can optionally define a Top level Part Number that will be assigned as the parent to "Level 1" items

To create/update the columns, click the Create/Update Parent Column button.

Parent Column example (before):

After:

Rows

When launching the BOM Form, the system will read the OmniBOM Option file to determine the default columns/fields as well as the number of rows to create.

You can add rows by clicking the Rows button on the toolbar. This will present the Modify Rows slide-out panel.

Adding Rows

To add a row or rows, specify the number of rows as well as the location and then click the Add Rows button.

Inserting Rows

To insert a row, click the Insert icon in the actions field of any row.

Removing Rows

To delete a row, click the Delete icon in the actions field of any row.

Deleting Blank Rows

You can delete all blank rows by expanding the Delete Blank Rows section in the Modify Rows panel.

To delete blank rows, click the Yes, delete blank rows button. OmniBOM will check the data in each row, and if all fields in that row are blank, the row will be removed.

Expand Rows/Items

OmniBOM provides you with commands to automatically expand (create multiple BOM items from a single BOM item) and consolidate (condense multiple BOM items into a single line item) items. When expanding items, OmniBOM will look for delimiting characters in an individual field, then create multiple rows for each individual section found in that field.

To expand items, select the Expand Items section from the Modify Rows panel.

The Expand Items section contains the following options/settings:

Option	Description
Expand based on data in field	Select the BOM field that contains the strings you wish to expand on
Separation character	The character to search the field for to determine item count
Reset quantities in column	For expanded items, if a quantity field is present, OmniBOM can automatically set the quantity field to 1.
Expand dashes	Expand items where a dash is used to specify multiple items (numerically compressed) such as reference designators. e.g.: 1-4, would represent 1, 2, 3, and 4
Maintain original/expanded item	For items that are expanded, OmniBOM can optionally remove (or keep) the BOM item it expanded.

To expand the rows, click the Expand Items button.

Expand items example (before expanding):

After expanding:

Consolidate Rows/Items

OmniBOM provides you with commands to automatically expand (create multiple BOM items from a single BOM item) and consolidate (condense multiple BOM items into a single line item) items. When consolidating items, OmniBOM will search the entire BOM for matching items in a defined field, and condense the duplicate items into a single BOM item.

To consolidate items, select the Consolidate Items section from the Modify Rows panel.

The Consolidate Items section contains the following options/settings:

Option	Description
Search for matches in field	Select the BOM field that you want OmniBOM to search to find matches
Concatenate data in columns	Check the fields that you want OmniBOM to condense field data when matches are found.
Separation characters	Characters you want OmniBOM to use when concatenating field data
Sum quantities in field	Select the current Quantity field

To consolidate the rows, click the Consolidate Items button.

Consolidate items example (before consolidating):

After consolidating: