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When I generate the BOM in my Altium project, the programm puts for no obvious reason two different kind os resistors and a DC Connector into one row in my BOM. The components have completetly different parmeters and i seem to not find the solution to this on the Altium website.

The following Components were in one row:

  • R1, R3, and R4 are 4k7 Resistors
  • R2 is a 1k Resistors
  • X7 is a DC Power Jack

What am I missing?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Can you clarify "been on"? I researched the problem, I didn't find any explanation on the Altium website, and then I came here and to asked my fellow Engineers \$\endgroup\$
    – Lyoner
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 13:11
  • \$\begingroup\$ Been on = visited. \$\endgroup\$
    – Andy aka
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 13:35
  • \$\begingroup\$ As I mentioned: The Altium Website. I didn't find anything on other forums. \$\endgroup\$
    – Lyoner
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 13:44

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Altium lets you choose which columns are used to group components. Check your BOM export settings.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Exactly right. I generally group mine by part number and a custom parameter called notes, which is where I specify if the part is DNP \$\endgroup\$
    – DerStrom8
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 12:12
  • \$\begingroup\$ Thank you! I will try it out and let you know. \$\endgroup\$
    – Lyoner
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 13:15
  • \$\begingroup\$ I updated my post. I was able to generate a sorted BOM but my active BOM seems empty. Do you possibly know the reason why? \$\endgroup\$
    – Lyoner
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 13:42
  • \$\begingroup\$ ActiveBOM is a complete tool in itself, and is different from your original question. What do you have in the "Columns" tab? I have not had the opportunity to work much with ActiveBOMs so far, so I suggest exploring the tool (maybe watch some tutorials) and see what you can find \$\endgroup\$
    – DerStrom8
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 16:07
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Lyoner I agree with DerStrom8 here. If the original question has been answered, please accept. I haven't used ActiveBOM either, so I'm not in a position to answer that part at the moment. \$\endgroup\$
    – Armandas
    Commented Feb 15, 2022 at 23:35

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