Units of Measurement

Purpose

Units (of measurement) are used for production and performance measurement, and as the issuing unit for purchases in stock transactions.

How to... View Units of Measurement

1. Click Shared Configuration - Units of Measurement then Browse.
The Units of Measurement browse window opens.

Business rules

The Unit of Measurement Code is case sensitive to conform to ISO standards; this means that use upper and lower case characters can be used to describe different Units (of measurement).

Unit of Measurement - Header and Details tabs

Data fields

These data fields appear in the Unit of Measurement - Header tab.

Field	Description
Code	A unique code that identifies the Unit of Measurement. For example “KL”.
Description	A description of the Unit of Measurement. For example “Kilolitres”.
Site	The Site where this Unit of Measurement is used. A User with access rights to this Site can view and use this Unit. Select a Site from the lookup list.
Active	Ticked if the Unit of Measurement is active and available in a lookup list.

These data fields are captured on the Unit of Measurement - Details tab.

Field	Description/Setting
Base Unit	Ticked if the Unit is a Base Unit of measurement. This applies if a “family” of Units, for example litres and kilolitres, is used as the Unit of measurement.
Based on Unit	Only if Base Unit is not ticked. The Unit is based on a Base Unit of measurement. Select the Base Unit on which this Unit is based. For example, “Litre” is the Base Unit for “Kilolitre”.
Conversion Factor	Only if Base Unit is not ticked. The factor that is used to convert this Unit into the Base Unit of measurement. For example, the factor is 1000 to convert one Kilolitre to Litres.