Parts - Supplier Data

The Parts database was optimized for performance and speed. However if you can tolerate the reduced performance and have a fast internet connection you may want enable the supplier data options in Altium. See Bug Crunch #388: BOM Generation Takes Eternity

Note that using Supplier Solutions in the Bill of Materials and displaying Supplier Data in the Libraries Panel degrades performance as Altium searches the web for supplier data.

To view Supplier Details open the Part Backend and rename these two fields:

Supplier to Supplier 1 
Supplier Part Number to Supplier Part Number 1

See the Video:  YouTube (8 min)

Screen shot for database library with Supplier 1 and Supplier Part Number 1 fields.

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Note, you may need to enable Parts Providers in DXP Preferences > Data Management.

That's it !