bill of materials report not showing web

[alex.perezMSQ4H]

Hello again,

I have a problem when I generate a bill of material report, and that is that the terminals do not show me the website, it does exist and is placed in the database, also when I check the catalog within the component edition it takes me directly to the web, but the report does not display it

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[galashkina]

What is the name of the report field in which you display the website?

[alex.perezMSQ4H]

I attach a screenshot, the field I use is "weblink" and as I told you, it does work when I check the website in the component edition, since it opens the page in the browser.

I have tried to test the "user3" field but they are 100 characters long and half of the pages do not fit.

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I attach the report, where I only filter the tag and the weblink, and as you can see I see the websites of other components but not of terminals. I have tried to try and create those symbols in other tables where they are seen and they are still not seen. I don't understand

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thank you so much

[galashkina]

It is unclear to me how the weblink field is displayed in the report?

I can change the format of the report, but there is no weblink field in the Available Fields window.

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[alex.perezMSQ4H]

I get all these, I don't understand why?

I was looking in the forums to see if it was possible to change the number of characters in each field, but a fellow forum expert did not recommend it because it could fail and create big problems in the software, I think it was @rhesusminus 

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[galashkina]

I think you have added Xdata VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK for components.

The Xdata values are displayed in the Weblink field in the report.

VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK terminals are not assigned.

[alex.perezMSQ4H]

Sorry but I don't understand this well, could you help me a little more?

[galashkina]

I have opened 002.dwg of the IECDEMO project.

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 I chose transformer T1

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I ran the Data Editor again and selected terminal X4:GND

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VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK is missing from the XData list.

[galashkina]

Click User Attributes.

In the dialog box that opens, I entered:

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I saved the iecdemo.wda in the project folder.

I have created a report on drawing 002.dwg

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The WebLink field for terminal X4:GND is empty.

[galashkina · Accepted solution]

I ran the Data Editor again and selected terminal X4:GND

I added VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK

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I generated the report again.

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The WebLink values for terminal X4:GND and transformer T1 are displayed.

[alex.perezMSQ4H]

Thank you very much, we are moving forward, but I have a problem, when I create the VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK, then the value is not updated. Question, should I edit the terminal symbol that I use by integrating that value VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK so that it is automatically taken in all the drawings? How would that be done?

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[galashkina]

How did you manage to display the Weblink value for components G1...G5, F1, QA1?

[galashkina]

I propose the following technology:

1. Add a hidden WEBLINK attribute to the symbol

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2. In the catalog database, enter in the TEXT VALUE field:

WEBLINK = (copy of the TEXT VALUE field)

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[alex.perezMSQ4H · Accepted solution]

Hello again, sorry for the delay, I think I have solved it, obviously with your great help.
First, we need to add Xdata VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK.
Second, we have to update the project with the AEUPDFROMCAT command "component update from catalogue"
with the weblink box checked and then all the web pages will appear in the reports. I think it is not necessary to add "text value" with the web page,
When you can, check it and tell me if it works for you too.
many thanks for everything.

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[rhesusminus]

Another question is... Why does this information need to be on the symbols, as they already exist in the parts database?

I just don't get the logic here.

Part description etc. is extracted from the catalog when the report is being generated. Why can't weblink also?

[alex.perezMSQ4H]

Hello @rhesusminus, the problem I have is that when generating the report, the websites linked to the terminals come out empty, it doesn't happen with the components but it does with the terminals.
I almost always use the "VT0002" terminal.

[galashkina]

The VIA_WD_WD_WEBLINK value is not passed for the project terminals.
AEUPDFROMCAT helps, but not always.
Of course, using Xdata is a better solution.