Adding Components

1.	Right Click on the parent node and select ‘Add’ & then either ‘New’ or ‘Existing’

2.	Enter details if the component is a new component.

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If you choose ‘Existing’ component’ first enter search criteria. Use the ‘By Type’, ‘By ID Range’, ‘By Effective Date’ and ‘All Versions’ check boxes and enter the appropriate information for the search. You can further narrow down the search result by entering partial ID in the ID box. If you want to get back the entire search result back, enter ‘*’ in the ID box.

•	Double click on the component version you would like to add. The component versions should show up in the selected List. Multiple component versions can be selected.

Hit ‘OK’

The steps for inserting components are the same as those for adding components, with the exception that, ‘Insert’ has to be selected instead of ‘Add’. Besides, upon addition, the added component becomes the last child node of the target component, whereas upon insertion, the inserted component becomes the sibling node of the target component.

Cutting a component from the tree and pasting it under another node will delete the old set of nodes, whereas copying will retain the original set of nodes.

“Cut” Menu will be enabled for Assemblies, Manufactured Items, Purchased Item or other Items whose parents are not locked.

•	Removing option is available only for components whose parent has not been locked.

•	Removing a component node does not delete the component itself.(Refer to Deleting)

To remove a component from the tree, right click on the component and select “Remove”.

Nodes can be moved up and down (i.e. the tree order of the node can be changed) by right clicking on the node and selecting “Move Up” or “Move Down”.

[Note: If the parent component is locked, the child node’s tree order cannot be changed.]

•	Select the component node and go to the images tab. Use the “Attach” and “Detach” buttons to attach or remove images.

•	If there are multiple images, the drop down box can be used to change the image that is displayed.

[Note: If the parent component is locked, the child node’s tree order cannot be changed.]

Refer to the Component Editor cloning section. The difference between cloning a component in the component editor and the eBOM tree is that, cloning a component in the component editor will clone only that component, whereas, cloning in the eBOM tree will clone the component and along with it, will add all the child components below it.