Sorting a Bill of Materials

You can sort the columns in a BOM table.

  1. Select a column.
  2. Choose Sort by column in the RMB menu.
  3. The values are sorted numerically and then alphabetically in ascending order.
  4. Sort the column a second time to sort in descending order.

You can manually edit any values in the BOM but any sorts have to be re-done to update the table.

Sorting works with indented and regular BOM's.

Sequential sorting is remembered across columns. Below is an example of two sequential sorts:

  1. First sort items alphabetically by name.

  2. Then sort numerically by Quantity.

  3. Result:

    1. Rows are put in ascending order according to Quantity
    2. Items with duplicate quantities are then put in alphabetical order according to their names. In the image below, items are sorted by Quantity (1, 2, 3). Then all items with a Quantity of 1 are sorted alphabetically.