Unit of Measure

The base unit of measure for the item displays. In most cases, the item's base U/M is defined on the Items or Multi-Site Items form.

On the Current Materials form, for job transactions the default unit of measure (U/M) is the base unit of measure for the item. However, you can change the unit of measure if these conditions are met:

  • The entered unit of measure is defined on the Unit of Measure Codes form.
  • There is a valid unit of measure conversion defined between the base unit of measure and unit of measure and the one being entered on the Job Materials form.
  • If the unit of measure is set on the Job Materials form, the cost and incremental price are displayed in the Job Materials form's Unit of Measure.

Select from the list of valid units of measure.

Note:  The above conditions for unit of measure also apply to material types: fixtures, tools, and others.

On the Consolidated Invoices Workbench form, the field displays the unit of measure specified for the current invoice line item in the Customer Order Lines form.

On the Customer Order Shipping Error Processing form, the unit of measure displays for the CO line item in the middle of the form. In the U/M field at the bottom of the form, enter the unit of measure. The unit of measure will default based on what you have set up for the CO line item.

On the Estimate Materials, Job Materials, Production Schedule Item Materials, and Production Schedule Release Materials forms, this field displays the unit of measure for the item. You can enter a different unit of measure than the default if a valid unit of measure conversion has previously been set up. The cost quantity and issued quantities will be shown in the material's unit of measure.

On the Item Warehouse Costs and Containers forms, this field is disabled.

On the Opportunities form, the base unit of measure displays when you add an item to the opportunity. You can use the drop-down list to change the unit of measure.

On the Production Schedule Complete Transactions form, this field displays the unit of measure for the item being entered.

On the Vendor Contracts form, the vendor's unit of measure displays in addition to the SyteLine unit of measure.

On the Engineering Board - New Header form, select the unit of measure for the new item.