Units of Measure
A unit belongs to a dimension and carries a factor to that dimension’s base unit, so any two units of one dimension convert without anybody declaring anything.
Where to find it
- Module: Supply Chain
- Group: Master Data
- Section: Units & Packaging
- Screen: Units of Measure
Address in the console: /scm/units-of-measure
List · 10 columns · 19 fields on its form · 3 of them required · 1 action
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Code | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Symbol | Code | symbol |
| Measures | Status | dimension_name |
| In base units | Number | factor_to_base |
| Base unit | Yes or no | is_base |
| Decimals | Number | decimals |
| ISO | Code | iso_code |
| Items | Number | item_count |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code required | Text | What appears on a line: EA, KG, PLT. | |
| Name required | Text | ||
| Plural | Text | ||
| Symbol | Text | What is printed on a label. | |
| Measures required | Choice | Configuration list | Two units of the same dimension convert by arithmetic. Two of different dimensions convert only per item, because that is a fact about the thing. |
| Worth this many base units | Number | A pound is 0.45359237 kilograms. The base unit itself is 1. | |
| This is the base unit for its dimension | Yes or no | Exactly one per dimension. Two makes every conversion through it ambiguous. | |
| Decimal places | Number | Ordering 2.5 pallets is a data entry error; 2.5 metres of cable is not. This is the only thing that knows the difference. | |
| Rounding | Choice | half_up, half_even, up, down, none | |
| UN/CEFACT code | Text | KGM, MTR, LTR. What a customs entry wants. | |
| UNECE code | Text | ||
| Is also a container | Yes or no | ||
| May be bought in | Yes or no | ||
| May be sold in | Yes or no | ||
| May be stocked in | Yes or no | ||
| May be produced in | Yes or no | ||
| Sort order | Number | ||
| Active | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
What you can do here
Convert
Convert a quantity
Asks for: Quantity* From unit* To unit* For item
* required
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.