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Summary Overview of BOM Files
PCN Process User Guide (301945-A)
Creating and Updating BOMs: 5-33
project
.profile
Output file. Generated information about the project: design part number, description,
new revision number, working area, and the user ID of the person who ran
bn_bomprocess
to generate the file.
project
_proto.diff
Output file. Describes differences between this revision and the previous: counts of
changes to checksums, ref des lists, quantities, unique parts added or deleted, part
revs, AVL-related information, and if any parts have ECOs pending.
project
.sap
Output file. The .
sap
file is a new file that EDA uses to upload the BOM data into SAP.
It contains project number and revision, plus, for each part, part number and
reference designators.
project
.saplis
Input file. Generated by the BOM process previously and used as a comparison basis
for the new BOM for the difference report that
bn_bomprocess
outputs as a .
diff
file.
Table 5-4. Table of BOM Processing Files
File Usage