I have created a simple assembly.  I have assigned a number to the "Component Reference".  I intend to use this value for Item Bubble Annotations

Note that the "Yellow" items (I added the yellow) are SolidWorks Assemblies.

Here is how I configured the BOM Table.

This is an image of a drawing after I attempted to use "Auto Balloon" annotations leveraging the "Component Reference" Values

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