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Reports > Generate Bill of Materials

Commandline: bom

Explanation

Before a Bill of Materials (BOM) report can display data, that data must first be generated. We generate Bill of Materials data with a Snapshot Name. The report that you run will group be Snapshot Name.

You can choose which items to count in the BOM and refine your counts by creating filters.

One of the most common misunderstandings with the BOM generator is how it deals with cable lengths. The generator sums all lengths of a give Cable Type. But what if you have specified a pre made cable of 2 meter length? In this case we don't want to total the length but rather the quantity. To handle pre made cables take the following steps:

1.Create a new Cable Type with the cable length in the name. For example an of the shelf 2 meter HDMI cable might be named: OTS HDMI 2m. This will show up in the Cable Type field of the Cables table and further in your BOM.

2.When entering the cable Length for pre made cables enter the Length as 1.

In the BOM you will then see a count of your OTS HDMI 2m cables.

Prerequisites

1.You will need an active project with SysNames and Cable data.

Form Options

•Snapshot Name - Name is something unique that you will remember. Preset by the Default BOM Snapshot Name in the Project Settings panel.

•Include Equipment, Include Cable Types, Include Connector Types - What to include.

•Filter Equipment - Apply a filter to the set. Click the [...]