diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py b/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py
index 20291db..d68afd5 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py
@@ -34,22 +34,33 @@ def partnumbers2list(
     return [p.str_list for p in partnumbers if p]
 
 
-def bom_list(bom, restrict_printed_lengths=True):
+def bom_list(bom, restrict_printed_lengths=True, filter_entries=False):
     entries_as_dict = []
+    bom_columns = []
     has_content = set()
     # First pass, get all bom dict and identify filled columns
     for entry in bom.values():
         entry.restrict_printed_lengths = restrict_printed_lengths
-        has_content = has_content.union(entry.bom_defined)
-        entries_as_dict.append(entry.bom_dict)
+        entry_as_dict = entry.bom_dict_pretty_column
+        entries_as_dict.append(entry_as_dict)
+        for k in entry_as_dict:
+            if k not in bom_columns:
+                bom_columns.append(k)
+            if entry_as_dict[k] is not None and entry_as_dict[k] != "":
+                has_content.add(k)
 
-    first_entry = list(bom.values())[0]  # Used for column manipulation
-    keys_with_content = [k for k in first_entry.bom_keys if k in has_content]
-    headers = [first_entry.bom_column(k) for k in keys_with_content]
+    headers = bom_columns
+    if filter_entries:
+        headers = [k for k in bom_columns if k in has_content]
 
     entries_as_list = []
     for entry in entries_as_dict:
-        entries_as_list.append([v for k, v in entry.items() if k in keys_with_content])
+        entries_as_list.append([entry.get(k, "") for k in headers])
+
+    # sanity check
+    expected_length = len(entries_as_list[0])
+    for e in entries_as_list:
+        assert len(e) == expected_length, f'entries {e} length is not {expected_length}'
 
     table = [headers] + entries_as_list
 
diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py b/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py
index ffd36a7..acb5c72 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py
@@ -342,15 +342,19 @@ class BomEntry:
             if not isinstance(self.qty_multiplier, str):
                 self.qty *= float(self.qty_multiplier)
 
+    def restrict_length(data, max_len):
+        return f"{data[:max_len]} ..."
+
     @property
     def description_str(self):
         description = self.description
         if (
-            self.restrict_printed_lengths
-            and len(description) > self.MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION
+            not self.restrict_printed_lengths or
+            'href' in description or
+            len(description) < self.MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION
         ):
-            description = f"{description[:self.MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION]} (...)"
-        return description
+            return description
+        return f"{description[:self.MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION]} (...)"
 
     @property
     def designators_str(self):
@@ -406,6 +410,10 @@ class BomEntry:
             return self.partnumbers.BOM_KEY_TO_COLUMNS[key]
         raise ValueError(f"key '{key}' not found in bom keys")
 
+    @property
+    def bom_dict_pretty_column(self):
+        return {self.bom_column(k): v for k, v in self.bom_dict.items()}
+
     def scale_per_harness(self, qty_multipliers):
         if self.scaled_per_harness:
             logging.warn("{self}: Already scaled")
diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_harness.py b/src/wireviz/wv_harness.py
index f48fb54..bc187cf 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_harness.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_harness.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class Harness:
                 key=lambda x: (x[1].id,),
             )
         )
-        # from wireviz.wv_bom import print_bom_table ; print_bom_table(self.bom)  # for debugging
+        from wireviz.wv_bom import print_bom_table ; print_bom_table(self.bom)  # for debugging
 
     def connect(
         self,
@@ -386,8 +386,8 @@ class Harness:
         if "gv" in fmt:
             graph.save(filename=filename.with_suffix(".gv"))
         # BOM output
-        bomlist = bom_list(self.bom)
         if "tsv" in fmt:
+            bomlist = bom_list(self.bom, restrict_printed_lengths=False)
             bom_tsv = bom2tsv(bomlist)
             filename.with_suffix(".tsv").open("w").write(bom_tsv)
         if "csv" in fmt:
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ class Harness:
             print("CSV output is not yet supported")
         # HTML output
         if "html" in fmt:
+            bomlist = bom_list(self.bom, filter_entries=True)
             generate_html_output(filename, bomlist, self.metadata, self.options)
         # PDF output
         if "pdf" in fmt:
diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_output.py b/src/wireviz/wv_output.py
index 9ad21d0..3ff6f6a 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_output.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_output.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def generate_shared_bom(
         for bom_item in shared_bom.values():
             bom_item.scale_per_harness(qty_multipliers)
 
-    shared_bomlist = bom_list(shared_bom, False)
+    shared_bomlist = bom_list(shared_bom, restrict_printed_lengths=False, filter_entries=True)
 
     shared_bom_tsv = bom2tsv(shared_bomlist)
     shared_bom_file.open("w").write(shared_bom_tsv)
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ def generate_titlepage(yaml_data, extra_metadata, shared_bom, for_pdf=False):
     }
     generate_html_output(
         extra_metadata["output_dir"] / extra_metadata["titlepage"],
-        bom=bom_list(shared_bom),
+        bom=bom_list(shared_bom, restrict_printed_lengths=False, filter_entries=True),
         metadata=Metadata(**titlepage_metadata),  # TBD what we need to add here
         options=Options(**titlepage_options),
     )