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Usage

The function for exploding a document structure from top to bottom gives you a list of all the documents and text items contained in the structure.

Each document contained in a document structure can have its own document structure, as well as being a component in other assemblies. These document structures are exploded completely, level by level. The depth of the explosion levels is unlimited.

Integration

You can explode the document structure directly from the processing function for the document info record.

Prerequisites

If a document has a document structure, this is indicated in the document info record in the Document structure field .

Activities

  1. Choose   Environment   Document structure   Explode.  

  2. You see the Validity dialog box.

  3. In the Valid from field, enter the date for which you want to explode the document structure. The current date is displayed as the default value.

  4. Confirm your entry. When you confirm, the system checks whether the document structure is valid on this date.

    – If it is not valid, you see a message telling you that there is no valid data. This can indicate, for example, that the document structure is not valid on the date entered, or that there are no valid items.

    – If it is valid, you see the Explode BOM: Level by Level.

  5. On the Explode BOM: Level by Level screen, the system lists all the items that are valid on the date entered. The item quantities refer to the required quantity displayed in the list header.

  • All components on the first level (1) are listed first. The system uses different colors to make a distinction between the individual components.

  • Components that are assemblies have an indicator in the Assm.(Assembly) field. They are not yet exploded.

  • The individual explosion levels are separated by a horizontal line.

  • If a component is an assembly (that is, if it has its own document structure), the structure is exploded on the next level (2) in a separate block. All assemblies for components of the preceding level are displayed one after the other.

    Once all the assemblies have been listed for all the components of one level, the system goes to the next level.

  • If the authorization group of a component is not in your user profile, the assembly is not exploded further. If this is the case, you see a message in the component description line ( Component authorization group is not in user profile ).

Note Note

Document items that occur more than once in a document structure are listed each time they occur.

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