IEdmBomCell::GetVar config parameter is always returning an empty string?

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Has anyone tried GetVar and was able to a proper value from the config parameter?

It has always returned an empty string for me.

https://help.solidworks.com/2019/english/api/epdmapi/EPDM.Interop.epdm~EPDM.Interop.epdm.IEdmBomCell~GetVar.html

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I put together a quick program from the available documentation and my config variable returned an empty string for each column. I even tried playing around with how the BOM columns are set up in the PDM Admin Tool and couldn’t get anything to show up for configuration.

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Thanks for reproducing this error.

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Hi @AmenJlili;

object poValue = null;
object poComputedValue = null;
string pbsConfiguration = "";
bool pbReadOnly = false;

ppoRow.GetVar(ppoColumns[2].mlVariableID, ppoColumns[2].meType, out poValue, out poComputedValue, out pbsConfiguration, out pbReadOnly);

Can you try with the this codes?
My results were not null

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So pbsConfiguration is not null

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I don’t understand. Do you want the configuration to be empty? value is not empty in the code I shared

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Can you send the assembly and the bom layout you are using (cex file)?

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Can you send the assembly and the bom layout you are using (cex file)?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S-fEG2oBi0KwyTYyjmJTqi88LYmjCICV/view?usp=drivesdk

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This what I got from API support:

Yes, I think you are correct. This particular parameter is Null for me as well. But that said -

  1.  For the computed BOM, you are already giving the configuration name in the >GetComputedBOM Method (IEdmFile7) via the bsConfiguration.. so the configuration >is already known for this BOM

  2.  For the derived BOM, I think this parameter could be useful but if you already >have a column type i.e. col.mbsCaption as EdmBomCol_Configuration, I think you >can get the configuration of that particular cell as well.
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