RE: Release 7 - Ability to fully explode BOM inside Browser

Ann

Here is what we say in our R7 enhancements document (minus the color picture) 
...

Power Expand
An overview is a very handy way to display complex data, such as a PO, a CO or 
a bill of material. Sometimes you want to display an entire branch of the 
overview, so you open each node all the way down. This can require a lot of 
mouse clicks on little plus signs.

In R7 you can right-click to use the Power Expand feature. One more click and 
you open them all. Alternatively, you can use the second click to open a preset 
number of levels. If you want to open the entire structure just move to the top 
of the overview and Power Expand the whole thing.
 
In R6 an overview was pre-set to open the top level and one level down. In R7 
you can customize the initial expand for an overview, so it will open as many 
levels as you want when you first display it.


So yes this feature and many more are in R7.  

Robert Russell
Paragon SI

-----Original Message-----
From: Ann Neal [mailto:aneal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 2:05 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Release 7 - Ability to fully explode BOM inside Browser


Dale - (or anyone who has tested or at Release 7),

We are told by the hotline that the ability to fully explode the BOM
(instead of opening each and every + sign), and use the Export to Clipboard
or text file option is available now in Release 7.  Have you by chance
tested this feature?  Our users need this function for reporting,
decision-making, and calculating throughput dollars.  Additionally, we are
trying to retire the old, expensive, not real-time application being used
for reporting if we can export our (large) BOMs to Access or Excel from the
MAPICS Browser.

I am not really questioning the hotline, just trying to make sure what we
asked is what they understood we were asking...

Thanks,
Ann

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