Change a Project Bill of Material

When you click BOM in the Project Maintenance (PSM) program, you can enter change, and copy a project bill of material, add a subassembly, add, copy, merge, and delete components. See Background and Road Map for more information.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Parent item no	The number of a parent item of an assembly
Item description	The item description
ECL	The Engineering Change Level of the parent item *: This ECL is entered the Current ECL field in the item's record when you click Inventory and then Branch.
Type	New: New item for this project Prj: An item from another project or an ECO Std: Item exists in your database

Select the parent item number and click Select.

Click Modify and enter the correct data. See Enter a Project Bill of Material for the field description.
Click Component to display the components on this bill of material.
Select the component you want to change and click Select.
Click Modify and enter the correct data. See Add a Component to a Project Bill of Material for field descriptions.
Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Change a field	Click Modify.
Delete this component	Click Delete. See Delete.
Exit without changing this component	Click Cancel.
Enter or change notes for this component	Click Notes. See Enter Notes or Change Notes.
Accept the data	Click OK.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To	Do This
Add another component	Click Add.
Delete the selected component	Click Delete. See Delete.
Copy a selected component	Click Copy. See Copy a Component in a Project Bill of Material.
Display the selected component	Click Select.
Display components from a specific component	Click Restart. The program prompts Comp item no and Part designator. Enter the first component you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first component in the file.
Print the component listing	Click Print. See Print.
Display the previous set of records in the file	Click Page up.
Display the next set of records in the file	Click Page down.
Merge components from another project BOM or for an item in your database into this BOM	Click Bill merge. See Merge Components from another Project Bill of Material.
Exit the components list	Click Exit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To	Do This
Add another parent or subassembly	Click Add. See Add a Subassembly to a Project BOM.
Delete the selected parent item	Click Delete.
Display the selected parent item	Click Select.
Display items from a specific number	Click Restart. The program prompts Parent item no and ECL. Enter the first item and ECL you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first item in the file.
Print the parent item listing	Click Print. See Print.
Display the previous set of records in the file	Click Page up.
Display the next set of records in the file	Click Page down.
Sort the item listing	Click Sort options. Click a sort option or click Cancel to use the original sort order.
Exit this bill of material	Click Exit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

Do This

Change a field

Click Modify.

Delete this project

Click Delete. The program prompts Do you want to delete this record?. Click Delete to delete this entire project or click No to retain this project.

Exit without creating this project

Click Cancel.

Display additional fields

Click Other info.

Enter notes for this project

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Enter an item, its branch information, and costs

Click Inventory and then:

Click	To enter a/an
Item	Item record. See Enter an Item for a Project.
Branch	Branch record. See Enter Branch Information for a Project Item.
Item cost	Cost record. See Enter Costs for a Project Item.
Back	End this action.

Enter quantities, profit, commission, and discount percents

Click Proj qtys. See Enter a Project Quantity.

Enter a bill of material

Click BOM. See Enter a Project Bill of Material.

Enter a routing

Click Routing. See Enter a Routing.

Enter a new customer

Click Customer. See Enter a New Customer.

This button displays only if you entered a new customer in the Customer number field.

Enter miscellaneous costs

Click Misc costs. See Enter Miscellaneous Costs.

Calculate costs for project quantities

Click Roll up.

Display the project and unit costs for project quantities

Click Summary. See Display a Project Summary.

Print documents for this project

Click Print and then:

Click	To print a project
Customer	Estimate for this customer. See Print or Reprint a Customer Project Estimate.
In-house	Summary for your use. See Print Project Summaries.
Cost report	Material cost report for your use. See Print a Project Indented Cost Report.
Back	End this action.

Transfer this project to your database

Click Transfer. See Transfer a Project.

Close this project

Click Close proj. See Close a Project.

Display the sales quote generated by this project or the sales order line if the sales quote has been transferred

Click Order. See Enter a Sales Quotation or Display a Summarized Sales Order.

This button displays only for a transferred customer project.

Accept the data and exit

Click OK.

When you click OK or Cancel, enter another project number or exit the program.