How to avoid getting "<Not Specified> in BOM Table Cells

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I have a BOM table in a drawing. One of the columns is for a configuration specific custom property. In this case, my custom property is named “REMARKS” though that’s not significant. In some cases, that customer property in the components has a text value, in some cases it’s blank, and in other cases the custom property may not even exist.

In my drawing BOM drawing, I sometimes get “”.

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Of course, this is not what I want. If the custom property does not have a value or if it does not exist int he component, I want the cell to be blank.

Does anyone know why “” is appearing in my table instead of just leaving the cell blank?

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It could be the part template that was used to make the part. The only way that I get data to show up in the BOM is to have that data in the properties in the part.
I would also check the property tab builder input data if that is used that will add data to the parts if it is set to auto populate data if a user does not specify.

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So… Just to close the loop here, it appears you figured out that this is caused by use of the “Configure Feature” or “Configure Component” functions, right?

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