Restricting the View for BOM Explosion 

Defining the Scope of the BOM Explosion

You can either display an entire BOM or a restricted-scope BOM. To determine the scope of a multi-level BOM explosion, set the Limited explosion indicator.

To determine the scope of the BOM explosion:

  • If you want to display the entire BOM, do not set the Limited explosion indicator.
  • If you want to restrict the scope, set the Limited explosion indicator.

If you do this:

    • Assemblies kept in stock are only displayed and not exploded.

Exceptions:

Assemblies that have special procurement key 50 defining them as phantom assemblies are always displayed and exploded. The explosion does not depend on the values of other attributes.

Assemblies that have special procurement key 52 defining them as produced directly are handled in the same way as phantom assemblies – displayed and exploded.

    • Items that are not kept in stock are displayed and exploded.

If you do not set any other indicator in the Restrict view dataset, the system displays all the components found.
However, if you only want to display specific items, you can enter the item status indicators and BOM item field values.

Filtering Items for BOM Display

You can either display all the items in the BOM you want to explode, or filter the BOM so that it only includes certain items. You can filter items according to item status indicators or by entering certain field values.

There are 2 steps to exploding a bill of material:

  1. The system explodes the entire BOM – irrespective of the selection criteria entered. This happens in the background.
  2. The system reads the selection criteria entered, such as the Item relevant to engineering/design indicator. This status indicator works as a filter. The explosion result that you see on the screen shows only the items that meet the selection criteria entered. For example, only the items that are relevant to engineering/design are displayed.

To filter items by item status indicators:

  • If you want to display all the items in the BOM, do not set any indicators in the Restrict view dataset.
  • If you only want to display only certain items in the BOM, set one of the following indicators:
  • Item relevant to engineering/design
    • Item relevant to production
    • Item relevant to plant maintenance
    • Bulk material
    • PM assembly

PM assemblies are not exploded down further in BOM reporting functions.

To select items by specific field values:

  • Item category

The system only displays items with the item category you enter.

  • Relevancy to costing

The system only displays items that are relevant (or not relevant) to costing.

  • Relevancy to sales

The system only displays items that are relevant (or not relevant) to sales and distribution.

  • Spare part indicator

The system only displays items that are allocated to a spare part group and that have a specific spare part indicator.

You define groups for spare parts in Customizing for Bills of Material.

  • Spare part selection

Items that have any spare part indicator

    • If you want to display all spare parts, enter X .
    • If you want to display spare parts that are relevant to production, enter 1 .
    • If you want to display spare parts that are not relevant to production, enter 2 .
  • Material provision indicator

Items that have a specific material provision indicator.

You define groups for materials to be provided in Customizing for Bills of Material.

  • Material provision selection

Items that have any material provision indicator

    • If you want to display all materials to be provided, enter X .
    • If you want to display materials that are provided by a customer, enter 1 .
    • If you want to display materials that are provided by a vendor, enter 2 .
  • Assembly

If you enter an assembly, the display is filtered so that you only see the data of the assembly.

  • Component

If you enter a component, the system displays a summarized BOM just for this component.