Exporting a Bill of Material Structure to an XML Document

  1. Open the Export Routing BOM form.
  2. Select the type of BOM to be exported from the drop down list in the From field. Available options are Standard BOM, Current BOM, Estimate Job BOM, or Job BOM.
    • If From is Estimate Job or Job, then specify a job and suffix, which is validated.
    • If From is Standard BOM or Current BOM, then specify an item, which is validated.
  3. Click Files to open the File Maintenance form and specify the logical folder where the XML document will be saved, or accept the default Import/Export Logical Folder that was specified on the Inventory Parameters form.
  4. Click Export to generate the XML document and place it in the logical folder.
  5. Click Files to open the File Maintenance form again.
  6. Select the XML document and click Download; then select the local drive and folder where you want to place the XML file.
    If an item selected for an export contains special characters in its name, those are removed from the XML's file name. The correct item name (including special characters) remains in the exported XML document. If you export two items containing special characters, and after special character removal, the name of the files become identical - the second XML file will overwrite the first one. For example, if the first item FA"10*000 is exported, the name of the XML file for this item is FA10000. If the name of the second item exported is FA>100"00, the name of the XML file for the second item is FA10000 which is the same as the first one. The first XML file will be overwritten with the second.