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Filtering Colorways
When you are using the BOM editor, you can filter the set of colorways (SKUs) that are visible.
If the colorway count exceeds a certain threshold when you are creating or editing a BOM, a prompt appears, asking which colorways you would like to work with. After you select a subset of colorways, those colorways are visible as columns and in the Variations lists in the BOM editor.
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If the threshold is not exceeded, the BOM editor loads normally, without the prompt.
This threshold is defined in lcs.properties in the com.lcs.wc.flexbom.BOMEditor.ColorwaysChooser.threshold=<value> property. The value of this property setting is any whole number, which represents the number of colorways you want displayed when viewing the BOM.
To select a new set of colorways, click Retrieve BOM. If you have not saved your changes, a message appears to inform you that your changes are lost if you continue. Click OK to continue.
If a season was selected at the time the BOM editor session was started, only those colorways applicable for the season are available as options. If you select a new season in the header and load the BOM with that new season, the editor session changes the set of colorways to those applicable for that season.