Query on using relations in BOM table which is parametric

[Vinee]

Hi All,

My query is with reference to incorporating the relation in parametirc BOM table.

I'm working on assembly, which has close to 100 components, including the wire harness & hardwares. My BOM should call out for rpt.qty of each components, but for the wires i should show the qty in terms of total length of the wire, for ex 2 feet or so.

I tried to use IF relation to get it done, but couldn't succeed on it. I'm able to get the relations verified without any error, but when i try to evaluate the relations I'm not getting any result, it just shows error in output field (relation i used is given below in here for reference).

IF "asm_mbr_part_number" == "XXXX-001"

rpt_qty = "2FT"

ELSE

rpt_qty = rpt_qty

ENDIF

Any help is much appreciated...

Hope I'm able to make my query clear in here.

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[dcox-2 · Accepted solution]

I think you are on the right track, but there are just a couple of small changes you need to make.

1. Remove the quote marks from "asm_mbr_part_number"

2. You need to create a new variable to assign the quantity values to, you can't change rpt_qty (at least I don't think you can!). Call this new variable something like my_qty in the relation.

3. Because you want to use the units in the quantity variable (ie 2FT), it becomes a string variable, whereas the rpt_qty is an integer, so you need to convert that integer to a string when you add it to the my_qty variable, using the function itos().

So your relation should now become:

IF asm_mbr_part_number == "XXXX-001"

my_qty = "2FT"

ELSE

my_qty = itos(rpt_qty)

ENDIF

4. Change the report paramater in the table from rpt.qty to rpt.rel.my_qty.

And it should now work as you wanted. I hope this is a clear explanation, let me know if you have any more questions.

Disclaimer: I am not very familiar with using the cabling module, so there may be a better way to show what you want without using these relations, if anyone knows a better way please speak up!

David

[Vinee]

Thanks David.

Your suggestions helped me to solve it...My day is blessed