How to include Distributor fields into BOM?

[Piotr]

With KiCad V7 or V8 (I don’t know) the cooperation with database was added (I also don’t know how).
As I had the need like you when KiCad was V4 I just copied my solution I was using for years with Protel.

I have described my way here (read also previous posts):

Purchasing Libraries

So here it is: BomGen.zip (39.5 KB) You start with BomGen containing only Elem and Bom sheets. In zipped file you have also Test sheet you get at the end. In zip there are: Test.zip - Archived KiCad Project (I have just did to bug-report something from other thread), Test.csv - KiCad generated BOM from Test project schematic, BomGen.ods. How to get BOM from that: In schematic - Tool-Generate BOM… with bom_csv_grouped_by_value_with_fp - you get Test.csv in BomGen: insert new sheet (Test…

This description was for V7. With V8 it became even easier. I need not to go through file. Just at schematic Tools-Generate BOM window I can select all (by Ctrl+A) and copy it by (Ctrl+C) and then paste it in my spreadsheet.
For each element I then have as many alternative parts listed as I want.

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