PS 4.5: Can I customize the BOM header entries?

[Anonymous]

If I follow Autodesk's recommendations for naming item properties and
include Item as the first word of the name (e.g. "Item Material" rather than
just "Material"), then Item shows up in all of my BOM column header entries.
Similarly, if I have an item property named "Item Manufacturer Part Number",
the header displays the full name on a single row rather than word wrapping
it onto multiple rows as appropriate for the column width. Which leads me to
ask:

Can I customize the BOM header entries?

I would like to be able to revise the header entry to drop the word "Item"
and substitute abbreviations (e.g. "P/N" for "Part Number"). I would also
like to be able to wrap long headers when they exceed the column width.

And since column width has come up, I have observed that AutoWidth tends to
truncate both the headers and the column entries. And if I turn AutoWidth
off, it is difficult to predict the effect manual column width adjustments
will impact printouts.

I realize I can export the BOM to MS Excel and adjust it any way I might
like, but I would prefer not to have to export my BOM every time I want a
useful hardcopy. So I am hoping that I have overlooked some features
included within Productstream to format BOM reports thereby allowing me to
generate useful printouts without my having to resort to another application
such as Excel.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Sincerely,

Michael

[Anonymous]

Sorry Michael - There is no way at this time to give the values an alias...

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Thanks,

Brian Roepke
Product Manager, MSD
Data Management