Empower BOMs
Empower BOMs
Overview
Empower can be used to manage structured BOMs. BOMs are managed by associating Part List items to parent Items in Desktop.
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OmniBOM can also be used to create and manage generic BOMs which are not associated to parent items. OmniBOM generic BOMs can be created/updated using OmniBOM.
Empower BOMs
To open an Empower BOM, select the Open toolbar button. This will invoke the Open/Load/Import BOM slide-out panel.
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To open an Empower BOM, expand the Open an Empower BOM section.
You will be able to search for the desired BOM:
By default, the system will display the active revisions of BOMs. You can view all revisions, by checking the All Revs checkbox.
To load/open an Empower BOM, click the part number link.
OmniBOM BOMs
To open a stored OmniBOM BOM, select the Open toolbar button. This will invoke the Open/Load/Import BOM slide-out panel.
To open an OmniBOM BOM, expand the Open an OmniBOM BOM section.
All BOMs will be displayed. To load/open an OmniBOM BOM, click the name link.
You can remove OmniBOM BOMs from the system by selecting the Manage OmniBOM/Database BOMs option from the OmniBOM Home Page.
To remove an OmniBOM BOM select the Remove icon.