Reset "do not populate" and "exclude from bom" flags for whole schematic

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In a schematic I set some components as “do not populate” and “exclude from bom”.
I’m able to restore those flags editing the properties of each component.

Is there a way to reset the flags for all the components at once?

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 8.0.5-8.0.5-0~ubuntu24.04.1, release build

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	Date: Sep  6 2024 21:35:42
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It’s always helpful to write which version do you use.
This helps also future readers to contextualize the answer in relation to the different kicad version.

Kicad v8:
You could try the symbol fields table. Be sure to have “Scope==entire project” selected. From the Presets (bottom left corner) choose the “Attributes” Preset.
You have to experiment a bit with the selection behaviour, that needs a bit improvement.
First select one attribute-cell, change that cell to the desired state, copy that cell with"CTRL+C".
Then select the complete column, and paste the copied state to all these cells.

Kicad v9:

  • use the approach above
  • or utilize the new selection filter (this method works only for one schematic sheet page at a time, so maybe not so comfortable for schematics with hundreds of subsheets):
    • open one schematic sheet
    • enable the properties manager (View–>Show properties manager)
    • together with the properties manager a selection filter is displayed → enable only symbols
    • select all (hotkey “CTRL+A”) on the sheet → due to the selction filter all symbols on the sheet are selected
    • look in the properties manager panel - at the bottom you have 4 rows with the attributes (DNP/exclude)
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There’s no need for copy-paste.

First make sure you have ${DNP} and ${EXCLUDE_FROM_BOM} fields. Use the Attributes preset as mf_ibfeew said. (I have edited the Label cells.)

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Now use the Group By checkbox: clear all other Group By checkboxes and tick only the Exclude from BOM box. Now you will have at most two rows in the Fields Table: those which have “Exclude from BOM” selected and those which don’t.

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You can now just click the tickbox at right, and all will get either selected or deselected.

Do the same with DNP.

With a little bit of creativity you can even create rudimentary schematic variants: create a new field called DNPVariant. Give some components a numerical value for it. Now you can group by the DNPVariant field only, and make for example all components with Variant 1 to be DNP with one click and Variant 2 to be not-DNP with one click.

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