Unit of Measure (ICM_IM09)

• Products in the Products (ici1.im13) view.
• Suppliers in the P/O Purchasing Information (ibis_popi.po13) view.
• Price lists in the Price Lists by Product (ibis_icplp.im18) view.
• Future price lists in Future Product Price Lists (ibis_im21) view.

Units of Measure codes are used as follows:

• As stock keeping unit of measure codes describing the way in which product quantities are expressed. Examples include: quantity on hand, quantity on reserve, or quantity on back order. Customer order quantities are expressed in this unit of measure. Inventory balances are reported or displayed using this unit of measure.

• As purchasing unit of measure codes describing the way in which the 'on order' quantity of a product is expressed. For example, Purchase Order quantities are expressed in this unit of measure.

• As price per codes describing the way in which the purchase or selling price of a product is expressed. Each code is assigned a price factor used to extend an Invoice, Purchase or Sales Order detail line.

The following list defines every field available in the unit of measure (icm) table in alphabetical order:

• Company - the company field is available when you create a new record. The company defaults to the company assigned to your user id in the Session Parameters view. You can change the default company during the creation process only. Once the record is created, the company to which the record is associated displays in the General section (at the top of the view).

• Created On - displays the name of the user who created the record you are viewing or maintaining. May not be overridden.

• Created By - displays the date on which the record that you are creating or maintaining was created. May not be overridden. May also represent the creation date of the records you are attempting to retrieve.

• Description - enter a description of the unit of measure. You can enter a maximum of 25 alpha-numeric characters in this field.

• Modification Counter - this field is not maintainable. The date and time the record was last modified.

• Modified By - this field is not maintainable. The user or system process that last modified the record.

• Modified On - this field is not maintainable. The date on which the record was last modified.

• Pricing Factor - enter a value that is assigned to a unit of measure code and is used to extend the invoice, purchase or sales order detail line. The pricing factor is designed to convert the selling/purchase price into a price that matches the selling/purchasing units. The default value for this field is '1'. For details on calculating the line extension, please see the Calculate the Line Extension topic.

• Secondary Description - enter a description of the unit of measure in a second language such as French. You can enter a maximum of 25 alpha-numeric characters in this field. This is an optional field.

• UOM - enter a unit of measure code. You can enter a maximum of 4 alpha-numeric characters in this field.

For the functionality of each action (i.e. button) available on this view, refer to the About the Actions topic.