Viewing Charts

Using charts, you can illustrate how many BOM parts there are based on their type, owning organization, state, or lead time. Typically, the charts feature is available in the My Engineering View, a part bill of materials, search results (when searching for a part), and the channel home page. Any users who has access to the My Engineering view can view the charts.

For more information, see Bill of Materials Charts.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: A list of parts

View Charts of All Parts

You can view charts for all the parts that are available to you. In the My Engineering view, you can view charts by state, organization, and lead time.

  1. In Engineering BOM Management, select My Engineering view. The most recently modified parts that you own are listed. To view additional parts, open the engineering dashboard and click the Parts value in the Items section. See About the Engineering Dashboard.
  2. Click the BOM Chart View icon.

View Charts for BOM Parts

You can view charts for parts in a BOM by state, type, and lead time.

  1. Search for and open the BOM part.
  2. Select the Engineering BOM > EBOM tab.
  3. Click the Parts Chart View icon.

View Charts in Search Results

You can view charts of all parts listed in search results by state, organization, and lead time.

  1. In the toolbar Search field list, select Engineering > Parts.
  2. In the Search field, enter the parts search criteria and click .
  3. In the search results, select the Parts Chart View icon, .
    The charts appear for all parts listed in the search results.

View Charts in the My Engineering Parts Widget

You can view charts of all parts listed in the My Engineering Parts widget In the Channel UI home page. Charts display the number of parts for each owning organization, state, and lead time.

  1. In the Channel UI home page, scroll down to Engineering Parts.
  2. Click the arrow next to Engineering Parts to expand the list of parts.
  3. In the upper-right corner of the Engineering Parts list, click the down arrow.
    A dialog box appears.
  4. In the View list, select Chart and click Apply.
    The charts appear for all the listed parts.

Modify a Chart

Select from the options below to modify a chart.

  1. Open the charts to view.
  2. Select from these options:
    • To include or exclude data in a column chart, click the values in the horizontal bar below the chart.
    • To display a value of a slice in a pie chart, hover the mouse over the slice.
    • To include or remove the value in a chart, click the category in the horizontal bar below the chart.