The formula is a powerful mechanism in OpenBOM, which allows you to perform various calculations. OpenBOM supports formulas in both catalogs and BOMs. These formulas have different purposes and can be applied differently. Catalog formulas are useful to make calculations on a single item (eg. unit of measurement, cost, etc) and on an entire catalog (eg,…
In my article today, I will give a quick introduction to OpenBOM calculations and formulas. It is a powerful mechanism, which allows you to perform flat and structured calculations. Examples of calculations – to calculate a total cost of inventory, calculation total mass or total cost of the BOM. Another example of the calculation is…
Quick preview of a new and powerful feature – formulas in the catalog. Our customers asked us about these formulas a long time ago and we are happy to bring it to OpenBOM. It will be coming int the next release. The functionality of the formulas in the catalogs are very similar to Bill of…
One more preview of improved collaborative data synchronization between BOM levels, with roll-up formulas and catalogs. The same as a preview from yesterday – Catalog to BOM real-time collaborative updates, this improvement will provide instant data updates between levels, formulas, and catalogs. This change is part of our user experience improvements and an essential step…
Formulas are important. After all, Bill of Materials is a recipe of the product and calculation and rollups are big part of main BOM features. At OpenBOM we allow to create formulas that operates on text, number and currency properties. I’m excited to give you a very first and very early preview of what changes…