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Exporting Indented Bills of Materials

You can preserve the indented structure of an Enterprise PDM computed bill of materials (BOM) or a saved BOM when you export it to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. When prompted, choose to add a Level column to the output file. The added column contains a numerical representation of the BOM’s levels.

To preserve the indented structure of a BOM:


  1. In Windows Explorer, select a vault assembly.
  2. On the Bill of Materials tab, click BOM Display - Indented tool_indented.gif.
  3. Click Open As CSV tool_directcsvexcel.gif.
  4. When prompted to create a Level column in the CSV file, click Yes.

    A Level column, with numerical values representing the BOM structure, appears as the first column in the spreadsheet. You can use the column to sort the exported BOM.



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