Standalone BOM Transformer

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You can launch a BOM Transformer session in standalone mode from the folder page only. Click Actions > Open > BOM Transformer to open a standalone BOM Transformer session.

In this BOM Transformer session, no parts are present in the upstream and downstream tree structure. You can click Tools > Open Part as Upstream BOM to open a part structure.

You can create a desktop shortcut to launch BOM Transformer in Firefox and Google Chrome browsers. The desktop shortcut will always launch a standalone BOM Transformer session. Use the following options to create a desktop shortcut to launch standalone BOM Transformer:

• In a BOM Transformer session, click

view site information icon and using a drag action, drop the icon on a Windows desktop.

• Right-click a blank space on Windows desktop and select New > Shortcut. Paste the URL of the BOM Transformer session in the Type the location of the item field and complete the subsequent steps.