WITH NewBOM AS
(
SELECT MODEL=COMPONENT_ITEM, [OPTION]=PARENT_ITEM
,[LEVEL], LEVEL_INDENTED, COMPONENT_ITEM, PARENT_ITEM, ITEM_TYPE
,[SORT]=CAST([LEVEL] AS VARCHAR(8000))
FROM SAMPLE_BOM
WHERE LEVEL = 0
UNION ALL
SELECT MODEL, [OPTION]=CASE b.[LEVEL] WHEN 2 THEN b.PARENT_ITEM ELSE [OPTION] END
,b.[LEVEL], b.LEVEL_INDENTED, b.COMPONENT_ITEM, b.PARENT_ITEM, b.ITEM_TYPE
,[SORT] + '/' + CAST(RTRIM(b.COMPONENT_ITEM) AS VARCHAR(8000))
FROM NewBOM a
JOIN SAMPLE_BOM b ON a.COMPONENT_ITEM = b.PARENT_ITEM
)
SELECT MODEL, [OPTION], [LEVEL], LEVEL_INDENTED, COMPONENT_ITEM, PARENT_ITEM, ITEM_TYPE, [SORT]
FROM NewBOM
WHERE [LEVEL] > 1
ORDER BY MODEL, [SORT];
You may need to play a bit with [SORT] to get the BOM displayed in exactly the order you want.
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My advice:
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