Enter, or click to select, a parameter ID of up to 15 alphanumeric characters. Choose characters for your parameter ID that help identify the type of selections you made on the screen, such as PERIOD or QUARTERLY.

When you save your record, all the selections made on the screen are stored with the parameter ID. Later, you can retrieve the parameter using Query.

You can use the parameter to run the process more efficiently because you can select the parameter ID with its previously defined screen selections. After the default selections display on the screen, you can override the defaults.

Enter, or click to select, a parameter description of up to 30 alphanumeric characters.

Enter, or click to select, the alternate file location where the input file is located. Alternate file locations are set up in the Manage Alternate File Locations screen.

Enter, or click to select, the name of the input file.

Use the drop-down list to select the format in which the file will be saved. Options are:

• Delimited: Select this option to process files with fields separated by a pre-defined delimiter (either by commas or another specified character). Make your delimiter selection in the File Delimiter field.
• Fixed Length: Select this option to process the file with no field delimiters. If you select this option, the values in the file are determined by their location. You must fill in every position in a fixed-length input file format with either an appropriate character or a space. It is not necessary to zero fill numbers; you can use spaces to maintain the proper format. Right-justify numeric fields; left-justify character fields. You do not need to fill the entire line with spaces. End every row with a carriage return and a line feed.

If you selected Delimited in the File Format field, use this drop-down list to select a file delimiter. Options are Comma and Other. If you select Other, you must enter a delimiter in the field to the right.

If you select this check box, the program does not update the input file record if warning messages are generated.

Select this check box to allow MBOMs to be set to a Released status. If you select this check box, the application uses the Component Release Flag (entered in Component Released column of the Manage Manufacturing Bills of Material/Manage Engineering Bills of Material or Release Manufacturing Bills of Material/Release Engineering Bills of Material screens) in the input file to determine the status of the BOM line. Proposal BOMs (PBOMs) have separate validation criteria, as outlined in the Detailed Table Specifications section.

If you select this check box and do not enter a Component Release Flag, the Component Release Flag (the Component Released column of the Manage Manufacturing Bills of Material/Manage Engineering Bills of Material screen) will be set to Y (Released) in the MBOM/EBOM table. However, if you do not select this check box, the Component Release Flag will be set to N (Unreleased) for all new lines. The application displays a warning message if you try to change the status to Y (Released) with this checkbox cleared. Similarly, the application displays a warning message if you try to change the status of an existing, unreleased MBOM/EBOM line to Y (Released).

Select this check box to allow updates to BOM lines that have been released. You can modify or delete an existing, released MBOM/EBOM line (the Component Released check box is selected in the Manage Manufacturing Bills of Material/Manage Engineering Bills of Material or Release Manufacturing Bills of Material/Release Engineering Bills of Material screens) only if you select this check box. If you do not select this check box, any input record that modifies or deletes a released MBOM/EBOM line will be in error and will not be processed.

Select this check box to load any of the component part's BOM text to the BOM line.

If you select this check box, the application checks each new MBOM/EBOM line that is added (not changed or deleted) for item text. Any BOM standard text that is linked to a component part is assigned to that component’s BOM line. Standard text codes are established on the Manage Standard Text screen in Costpoint Product Definition, and can be assigned to parts on the Assigned Standard Text subtask of the Manage Parts screen. 

Use this drop-down list to select either of the options to delete active or inactive BOM lines. The deletion process is discussed in detail in the Changing and Deleting BOM Rows section of the MBOM and EBOM Processing topic.

• Physically Delete MBOM/EBOM Lines: Select this option to physically delete any MBOM/EBOM lines flagged for deletion.
• Make MBOM/EBOM Lines Out of Effectivity: Select this option to mark any MBOM/EBOM lines for deletion out of effectivity. The line is not physically deleted from the table, but the component effectivity end date is set to the current date (unless the end date is already earlier than the current date).

Select this check box to create new provisional parts during processing. The application displays a warning message if a component or assembly part/revision in the input file does not exist in the PART or PROV_PART tables. If you choose to process records that have warnings, the application creates a new provisional part.  

Enter, or click to select, an existing provisional part type to be used as a default when creating new provisional parts. This field is enabled only if you select the Create New Provisional Parts check box. The field to the right displays the provisional part type description.