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RickP
Creator I
7 years ago
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Can't create BOM with multiple parts through method

Hello, I'm having problems creating part relationships through a method. I have an array of arrays containing data that I want to use to generate a number of parts and their BOM relationships. The ...
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  • cogres's avatar
    cogres
    7 years ago

    Hi Rick,

    It looks like all you are doing in that loop to parent is add children to it. If that is the case, you might want to create the relationship items directly and not as part of a Relationships node in a parent item:


    var bomItem = inn.newItem("Part BOM","add");
    bomItem.setProperty("quantity",data[2]);
    bomItem.setProperty("sort_order",data[1]);
    if (data[3] == "Yes")
    {bomItem.setProperty("alt_part",true);}
    bomItem.setProperty("source_id", parent.getID());
    bomItem.setProperty("related_id", child.getID());
    var bomResult = bomItem.apply();

    This should work pretty straightforwardly, since it is a very simple item creation everytime you loop through, no "setRelatedItem()" or "addRelationship()" stuff. 
    I know that doesn't address why your code does not work as intended, but for now it's a way you can solve your problem, I believe.

    Hope this helps.

    Cheers,

    C

cogres's avatar
cogres
Creator III
7 years ago

Hi Rick,

It looks like all you are doing in that loop to parent is add children to it. If that is the case, you might want to create the relationship items directly and not as part of a Relationships node in a parent item:


var bomItem = inn.newItem("Part BOM","add");
bomItem.setProperty("quantity",data[2]);
bomItem.setProperty("sort_order",data[1]);
if (data[3] == "Yes")
{bomItem.setProperty("alt_part",true);}
bomItem.setProperty("source_id", parent.getID());
bomItem.setProperty("related_id", child.getID());
var bomResult = bomItem.apply();

This should work pretty straightforwardly, since it is a very simple item creation everytime you loop through, no "setRelatedItem()" or "addRelationship()" stuff. 
I know that doesn't address why your code does not work as intended, but for now it's a way you can solve your problem, I believe.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

C

  • RickP's avatar
    RickP
    Creator I
    7 years ago

    It worked, thank you for the advice! I thought I hade to use an edit action on the parent part since you have to unlock it to add BOMs when you do it manually through the relationship grid, but this worked perfectly!

    /Rick