Customizing a Bill of Materials

The bill of materials has two empty columns, PRICE and COST. Use custom properties and equations to fill the columns.

  1. Select the PRICE column by moving the pointer just above the column and double-clicking when the pointer changes to .
  2. On the pop-up toolbar, select Column Property . In the dialog box:
    1. Select Custom Property under Column type.
    2. Select Price under Property name.

      The price for each component has been saved in the parts. The column populates with the price of each component.

    3. Click outside of the dialog box to close it.
  3. Select the COST column.
  4. In the pop-up toolbar, click Equation .
  5. In the dialog box:
    1. Under Precision, select .12.
      {2} appears. Place the cursor after {2}.
    2. Under Columns, select manual explode/QTY.
    3. Type * (for multiplication).
    4. Under Custom properties, select Price.
    5. Click .
    The equation appears as {2}'manual explode/QTY.'*'Price'. The equation calculates the quantity of each component multiplied by the price per unit, to give the total cost of the component.