Set a compound property on a BOM line

If you want to set a compound property on a BOM line object in Structure Manager that displays an in-context value or incremental change value, you must use the BOMLineAbsOccCompProperties global constant. You can also create a compound property directly on a BOM line object, but it does not display the value of in-context edits (that is, the absolute occurrence value) or incremental change edits of the source property.

Procedure

1. Set a value on the BOMLineAbsOccCompProperties global constant to create a compound property for use on a BOM line, for example:

   FORM::IMAN_specification::BVRSyncInfo::PROPERTY::BVRSyncInfo::last_sync_date::Absocc Last Sync Date
   

   This sample compound property displays the value of the last_sync_date property; Absocc Last Sync Date is the display name of the property.

2. Save the data model and deploy to the rich client.

3. To verify the compound property, perform the following steps in the rich client:

   1. Create a simple structure and send it to Structure Manager.

   2. Right-click the top line and select Set In Context.

   3. Click the Show/Hide Data Panel button in the toolbar.

   4. Select the child object in the structure and choose File → New → Form. Do this in context mode because the expectation is to display it only when the parent is loaded.

      The form is created as an attachment to item revision with the specification relation. The Context Line column in the Attachments tab of the data pane shows the context of the created form.

   5. Open the form and edit the attribute values.

   6. In Structure Manager, right-click the column headers, choose Insert Columns, and select the property you added using the global constant. The display name is the last item in the constant, for example, Absocc Last Sync Date.

      The column is added, and the value for that property is displayed in the column.