Parametric search

Parametric search is useful when you don't know a specific part number, but you know the parameters of what you're looking for.

Search Part Parameters

On the Parametric search page, you can begin in one of two ways:

Option 1: Use the Category search bar, which will populate common part categories as you type.

Option 2: Narrow your search using the Commodity options.

  1. Using one of the options above, begin your search.

  2. Once you have a Part Type and Category selected, click Search. This opens the Parametric Filters pane.

  3. Using the Parametric Filters pane, further refine your search using any of the attributes available.

  4. Use the top row of options to toggle the inclusion of discontinued parts, parts with or without distribution pricing information, or by environmental compliance.

  5. Use the Attribute Filters section below to refine by a specific attribute. Use the drop down to add additional technical attributes. All additional attributes can be searched, pinned, and you can select multiples from each list. Selected items will automatically appear at the top of the list and all selections can be cleared by clicking Clear in the bottom right corner.

  6. Once you are satisfied with the level of specificity, click Apply Filters in the upper right corner of the pane.

  7. If you wish to go back and edit the parameters again, simply click Open Filters.

 

Additional Options

Click Transpose to transpose the data grid by switching columns into rows and rows into columns. Column filtering, sorting, and hiding functionality that is applied in the traditional view is preserved when the data grid is transposed. Filter, sort, and hide columns before transposing the data grid. data grid layouts can be applied when the data grid is transposed.

The transpose option is a toggle. Click it to turn transpose mode off and on.

If transposition truncates rows so that the entire row title no longer appears, an ellipsis (...) appears in the row header. Hover the cursor over the header of a truncated row to display the row header name in a tooltip.

The default row and column data type can be set by using the > Search Settings menu option.

If your organization has loaded manufacturer preferences into BOM Intelligence, the following manufacturer preferences icons appear for parts where either the matched manufacturer or the unmatched imported manufacturer has an associated manufacturer preference. This icon indicates which part to pick in order to uphold the manufacturer preference levels in your organization:

Approved icon - Approved

Approval Required icon - Approval Required

Not Approved icon - Not Approved

Do Not Use icon - Do Not Use

Other icon - Other

None icon - None (if defined as such in the import file). You might set the status to None in your import file where you are only concerned about importing manufacturer names.

Hover your cursor over the icon to display the specific preference, and any comments in a tooltip.

For matched parts with a manufacturer preference, click the icon to display the Part Details modal window with the Manufacturer tab displayed. Hover over the Manufacturer Preference icon in the left navigation pane to display comments in a tooltip.

If your subscription includes the Supply Chain Add-on, that information will display here. Supplier name, type, status, location, and product type. Additionally, you can view a global map with supplier locations under the Suppliers Map tab.

For unmatched parts with an imported manufacturer name that matches an imported manufacturer preference, the icon is not active, as there is no matched part for which to display the Part Details modal window.

Add results from a parts search to the My Workspace: Workspace Parts tab.

  1. Perform a search (Simple, Parts, or Parametric), and then click the check box (Select Row) in the left-most cell of the part(s) to add.
  2. Using the toolbar above the results click Add > Add to Workspace.

Note: Regular users cannot add parts to workspace BOMs that they do not own.

Add Parts or Parametric search results to a BOM in the My Workspace: Workspace BOMs tab or to a BOM using the BOM Vault.

Users with Regular status cannot add parts to workspace BOMs that they do not own.

  1. Complete a Parts or Parametric Parts search. Then, in the results, click the check box (Select Row) in the left-most cell to select which part(s) to add.
  2. Using the toolbar above the results grid, in the top-left click Add > Add to BOM(s).

The Add to BOM(s) option is only active provided that at least one part is selected in the Search Results data grid.

  1. The Add Selected Parts to BOM(s) modal window appears, listing details about the parts to add.
  2. Click the arrow (Twisty collapsed) in the right side of either (or a combination of both) of the following to add parts to BOMs found therein:
    • Select BOM(s) from Workspace - if there are BOMs in My Workspace, this pane is automatically expanded. This option does not allow you to select an indentured BOM. Use the BOM Vault option below where you can select the specific indenture level of a BOM.
    • Select BOM(s) from the BOM Vault- this pane is automatically expanded when there are no BOMs in the Workspace. Parts can be added to indentured BOMs using only this option, where you can select the specific indenture level at which to add the part.
      Using the Select BOM(s) from the BOM Vault option, click Search BOM Hierarchy to display the BOM Tree Filter modal window where you type criteria for a contains-style search of folder and BOM names. When you press Enter or click Go, results appear in the pane in the right of the modal window, which you click to navigate to the desired item. Where the results in a given entry exceed the allowable space in the BOM Tree Filter modal window, hover your cursor over the entry to display the full path and name in a pop-up.
  3. Select the BOM(s) to add the selected part(s) to, and then click Add and return to results.
    Click Cancel and return to results to dismiss the modal window and return to the parts search.
  1. Using the data grid, click the check box next to the part search records to compare (Select Row). Select a minimum of two and a maximum of 10 records for comparison.
  2. Click Compare Selected.

    3. The Compare ... Parts modal window opens, and the part attributes for the selected records are displayed in a data grid. In the data grid, the attribute labels are the left-most column, followed by the first row you select in the results data grid, which is used as the baseline for comparison. The check box for the baseline part is selected in the data grid and its column header is highlighted.

    Attributes that differ from the baseline are also highlighted.

  3. For information on formatting and working with columns, see data grid features.

If comparing three or more parts, select the records and click Remove to delete them from the comparison data grid.

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