Multilevel BOM Report hyperlinks

Question

How can I add hyperlinks to the Multilevel BOM report so that the Part Numbers in the table are clickable links that would open that part in another tab?

jmadrid · Answer

Sure, its a bit complicated to explain but I'll do my best. I implemented PLM's existing ability to create a link to an ItemType. For example in a part record, if you navigate to the top task-bar and select File > Properties > Copy Link. This is a shareable link that can be sent to someone that opens that ItemType in another PLM tab. For a part this link ends in: /?StartItem=Part:2C04A166013F4A819CC2EA7C829DEC32. Additionally, this link opens another browser tab to let the user know that the link worked, and that was messing things up in PLM. To overcome that, I created an iframe as such: