RE: Find if a BOM Exists

[Khue Trinh]

Hi,

I don't really understand waht is your concern. Item BOM will have item type
as BOM.

Can you express more?
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Khue Trinh

"renaissance" wrote:

> I have a list of items ready to be created as new BOM, But before that I want
> to check if there is already a BOM with these items. IS there any standard ax
> function that takes in a group of items and returns if a BOM exists.
>
> Thanks

[renaissance]

In standard AX On Bom designer users can view components in the BOM. I have
code in the designer where users can remove/add componenents from the
existing BOM and choose to create(save as) a new BOM. My concern is before
they save or create the BOM, i want to check if a bom already exists with the
same components.

[Khue Trinh]

Hi Renaissance,

In this case, I would suggest to to print the report Where-Use of BOM to
check if your component is included in which BOMs.

Hope this help.

[M MCKNIGHT]

I came across this post while searching for help on this same issue. Our
company manufactures chemicals and are constantly developing new Blends. I am
also looking for a process in AX to compare/find existing BOMs (exploding
Sub-Boms to
raw material level) to ensure we aren't recreating an existing Item or
creating a new item that at raw material level is extremely close to an
existing item.

I wondered if you had found any resolution to your issue. The post
suggesting using 'Where Used' may be helpful in a situation where the item is
only used in a few BOMs. In our case the list would be in the hundreds and
then would have to continue down a list of 'next where used' ...and then
additionally consider the line quantities of the BOM.

Any help appreciated!