About Using Contextual menu in BOM

This section gives the information about use of Right-Click option in product BOM.

The use of Right-click to add existing materials into the Bill of Material page of a product from either the seasonal library associated with that product or from the materials available to the user in the library. This increases the efficiency and usability as the need to navigate away from the Bill of Material page of a product to perform common tasks like coloring a fabric is reduced. Only users assigned with role Apparel Designer, Footwear Designer or Technical Designer role can edit components of a BOM using right-click.

Based on the existing functionalities in the product, the following restrictions apply:


  • For finishing materials, only the Upload Sketches action will be available to the user in the Contextual menu.
  • For packaging and Label material, the Add Alternate Source and Replace with existing Alternate Source actions are available to the user.
  • For components governed by style specific policy, only the Upload Sketches action is present on the Contextual menu.
  • Washes and Prints are displayed on the Apply Seasonal Colors search results page only if the raw material is a fabric.
  • For Raw materials with multiple color positions, the Apply Seasonal Color and Apply Vendor Color actions are not available in the Contextual menu.
  • Add New Alternate Source action is available to Fabrics/Trims only if their article number attribute is not empty.