Generating Advanced AVL Report

The Approved Vendor List (AVL) report gives a list of vendors for standard parts. All manufacturer equivalent parts (MEPs) and supplier equivalent parts (SEPs) for the enterprise parts in the Bill Of Material (BOM) are listed. The AVL report is essentially the BOM report, but included for each enterprise part in the BOM are the equivalents parts and the vendors who can supply them. You can generate either single or multiple-level AVL reports using the links in the BOM Actions Reports. These reports are configurable by a Business Administrator in addition to, or optionally in place of, the existing BOM and Multi-Level BOM reports. You cannot sort the columns.

Before you begin: Access the Bill of Materials for the part you want to view. See Viewing Part Bill of Materials in Engineering Central User's Guide.

  1. From the page toolbar, click Advanced AVL Report.



  2. The Approved Vendor List Report page appears, expanding on EBOM relationships from the current selected part level. For report details, see Advanced AVL Report

  3. You can filter the list using the Company/Location and Ref Des filters at the top of the page.

    1. To filter by location, click and select a location. By default, the filter value is Corporate. When the location is Corporate, then the location-specific columns are blank and the Edit Location icon is not displayed.
    2. By default, the Reference Designator value is displayed as it was entered when the BOM was created. You can use the format of Reference Designators to collapse or expand the BOM display.
    3. Click Filter.

      The AVL report shows filtered data specific to the location and format chosen.