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Customize Component Import Behavior Parameters

Digital Factory managers can customize the availability, description and order of Component Import Behavior parameter options by changing lookup tables in the User Guided process group of the PCBA Digital Factory: The lookup tables contain the Variable Name and Description for each option. As applicable, the tables also contain the option Display Order:

  • tblBadData – Defines the options that are available for the Cost and Source Bad Data and Physical Bad Data parameters.
  • tblCostAndSourceInfo – Defines the options that are available for the Cost and Source Information parameter.

  • tblPhysicalInfo – Defines the options that are available for the Physical Information parameter.

    Caution:

    Do not modify Variable Name for any option.

Note:

Adding options requires additional cost model work.

Customize the Parameters

To customize the description, availability, or display order of the Component Import Behavior parameters:

  1. Open one of the lookup tables, from the aPriori home page menu bar:

    1. Select Tools > Digital Factory Toolset

    2. Select Digital Factory Manager > aPriori PCBA.

    3. Eexpand the User Guided node and then the Lookup Tables node.

    4. Select the lookup table of interest. For example, to open the lookup table that defines the options that are available for the Cost and Source Information parameter, select tblCostAndSourceInfo (Component).

  2. To change the option:

    1. Availability – Click any cell in the row that contains the option, and from the drop-down menu, select Delete Rows.

    2. Description – Click and update the text in a Description cell.

    3. Order – Click and update the numeric character in the Display Order cell.

    The display order for each option must be specified as a unique integer and the maximum integer value must be equal to the number of options.

    Customize the Default values populated based on Component Classification

    To customize the pin count, mount type, and unit cost used for a component when it is not available in the BOM or Component Library:

  3. Open one of the lookup tables, from the aPriori home page menu bar:

    1. Select Tools > Digital Factory Toolset

    2. Select Digital Factory Manager > aPriori PCBA.

    3. Expand the User Guided node and then the Lookup Tables node.

    4. Select the lookup table of interest. For example, to open the lookup table that defines the options that are available for the Cost and Source Information parameter, select componentClassificationDefaults (Component).

  4. To change the defaults for an existing option:

    1. Availability – Click any cell in the row that contains the option, and from the drop-down menu, select Delete Rows.

    2. Pin Count, Mount Type, Unit Cost – Click and update the text in a Description cell.

    3. Search Order – It is not recommended to modify existing search order.

  5. To add a new option

    1. Right click on componentClassificationDefault table and select Add new Lookup Table Entry…

    2. Populate Search Index, Component Classification Includes, Pin Count, Mount Type, Unit Cost, and Unit Type with appropriate values

    Search Index is important to get correct – aPriori will compare the Component Classification Includes field to the UDA PCBA – Classification in the order of the Search Index field.  For example, if you wish to add defaults for another classification for Capacitor, that search index must be less than the search index for Capacitor, otherwise the Capacitor option will always be used

  6. To add a default values that will always be used, even when a match between Component Classification Includes and the UDA PCBA – Classification is not found

    1. Right click on componentClassificationDefault table and select Add new Lookup Table Entry…

    2. Populate Search Index, Component Classification Includes, Pin Count, Mount Type, Unit Cost, and Unit Type with appropriate values. Search Index should be greater than any other search index in the table. Component Classification Includes must be Default Value

      Note:

      This is a very broad default applied with no intelligence about the component and is not recommended for all use cases.  Depending on the types of components on your company’s boards this option may or may not make sense.