Symptom
When you are entering the adjustment for a vacation time account, an error occurs: 'Enter a valid unit of measurement'.
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to Time Administration work center.
- Go to Employees view.
- Select the relevant employee and click Edit button.
- Go to Time Account Balances tab.
- Select the Time Account and select sub-tab Adjustments.
- Click Add Row button and fill in the details.
- Click Save button.
The error 'Enter a valid unit of measurement' may appear.
Cause
The related Unit of Measure (DAY for example) is in status Blocked and needs to be activated in the Business Configuration.
Resolution
- Go to Business Configuration work center.
- Go to Implementation Projects view.
- Select the current project and click Open Activity List button.
- Go to Fine-Tune tab.
- Search for activity Quantities and Units of Measure and select the link to open it.
- Select link Create and Maintain Physical Units.
- Select the relevant unit of measure and change the status from Blocked to Released.
- Click Save and Close button.
Keywords
Unit of measurement, Adjustment, Time account Balances, Valid , KBA , SRD-HR-TLM , Time and Labour Management , How To
Product
SAP Business ByDesign all versions