Specifying the order of BOM entries

If you have an element of the same name in more than one BOM entry, you can control which element to use.

About this task

The business object model (BOM) defines a path to a set of BOM entries. These BOM entries can be in the current rule project or in a referenced rule project.

If you have several BOM entries, an element in the first BOM entry in the path overrides any other element with the same name in the other BOM entries. You can modify the order of the BOM entries in the path to control which element is selected at run time.

Procedure

To modify the order of BOM entries:

  1. In the Rule Explorer view, select the rule project and, on the Project menu, click Properties.
  2. In the side pane of the Rule Project Properties dialog, click Business Object Model to display the list of BOM entries in the business object model.
  3. Click the Order tab.
  4. On the Order page, select a BOM entry and then use the Up and Down buttons to change the order in which they are listed.
  5. Click Apply and Close.

    The order in which the BOM entries are found in the business object model path is now changed.