diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py b/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py
index 6b55b18..0dd0eb8 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_bom.py
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ def partnumbers2list(
     return [p.str_list for p in partnumbers if p]
 
 
-def bom_list(bom):
+def bom_list(bom, restrict_printed_lengths=True):
     entries_as_dict = []
     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)
 
diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_cli.py b/src/wireviz/wv_cli.py
index ac4d8cb..7f10e5b 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_cli.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_cli.py
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ def cli(files, formats, prepend, output_dir, output_name, version, use_qty_multi
         )
         shared_bom = ret["shared_bom"]
 
+    # TODO: move shared bom generation to a method?
     if "shared_bom" in output_formats:
         shared_bom_file = (_output_dir / "shared_bom").with_suffix(".tsv")
         print(f'Generating shared bom at {shared_bom_file}')
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ def cli(files, formats, prepend, output_dir, output_name, version, use_qty_multi
             for bom_item in shared_bom.values():
                 bom_item.scale_per_harness(qty_multipliers)
 
-        shared_bomlist = bom_list(shared_bom)
+        shared_bomlist = bom_list(shared_bom, False)
 
         shared_bom_tsv = bom2tsv(shared_bomlist)
         shared_bom_file.open("w").write(shared_bom_tsv)
diff --git a/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py b/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py
index d039b18..f184663 100644
--- a/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py
+++ b/src/wireviz/wv_dataclasses.py
@@ -268,8 +268,6 @@ class BomEntry:
     category: Optional[str] = None
     ignore_in_bom: Optional[bool] = False
 
-    scaled_per_harness = False
-
     # Used to add all occurence of a BomEntry
     designators: [List] = field(default_factory=list)
     per_harness: [Dict] = field(default_factory=dict)
@@ -277,6 +275,10 @@ class BomEntry:
     # Used to restrict printed lengths
     MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION: int = 40
     MAX_PRINTED_DESIGNATORS: int = 2
+    restrict_printed_lengths: bool = True
+
+
+    scaled_per_harness = False
 
     # Map a bom key to the header
     BOM_KEY_TO_COLUMNS = {
@@ -289,7 +291,7 @@ class BomEntry:
     }
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        f'{id}: {self.partnumbers}, {self.qty}'
+        return f'{id}: {self.partnumbers}, {self.qty}'
 
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.partnumbers, self.description))
@@ -344,7 +346,7 @@ class BomEntry:
     @property
     def description_str(self):
         description = self.description
-        if len(description) > self.MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION:
+        if self.restrict_printed_lengths and len(description) > self.MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION:
             description = f"{description[:self.MAX_PRINTED_DESCRIPTION]} (...)"
         return description
 
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ class BomEntry:
             return ""
 
         all_designators = sorted(self.designators)
-        if len(all_designators) > self.MAX_PRINTED_DESIGNATORS:
+        if self.restrict_printed_lengths and len(all_designators) > self.MAX_PRINTED_DESIGNATORS:
             all_designators = all_designators[: self.MAX_PRINTED_DESIGNATORS] + ["..."]
         return ", ".join(all_designators)