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Question : Creating Add/Edit forms for levels of BOM assemblies in Access
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I'm working on a BOM in Access 200 from an example downloaded from from the web. The sample database contains three tables, Assemblies (the list of items needed to assemble any assembly), Components (the list of items recognised by the Assemblies Table) and Output (a table used to display the BOM from a chosen assembly).
It works fine but there are no forms. For a user to edit or create a BOM, should there be a form for each assembly of the BOM? Can you have Access automatically generate forms depending on the number of subcomponents or assemblies, because they will vary depending on the product?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
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Answer : Creating Add/Edit forms for levels of BOM assemblies in Access
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Thanks Aziz re: the Output table ... guess this is what threw me:
Output (a table used to display the BOM from a chosen assembly).
To me, a BOM would be used as the basis to build an Assembly ... IOW, I'd build many differnt BOMs that would contain the actual types/quantities of other raw/assembled materials need to complete the structure, then when it came time to actually create inventory, I'd (a) select the correct BOM (which would then let me know those types/quantities needed), (b) build the actual Item and (c) place that item into inventory (with relevant links back to the BOM so I could determine what components/subassemblies were used in construction). I'm guessing then that the Output table would be the table in my (c) where I would transfer the actual completed Item (not the BOM) when I finished it ... or something like that
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