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3532374 - Cannot select the correct UoM when create a new material

Symptom

There are two UoMs in the tenant. One is EA (the custom UoM) and the other is ea (the SAP standard UoM). When create a new material, try to select ea but the tenant automatically picks EA.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to Product and Service Portfolio -> Products.
  2. Click New -> Product.
  3. Click View All.
  4. In filed Base UoM, select ea.
  5. The system will pick UoM EA.

Cause

For a UoM, UoM Unit and UoM Symbol will be considered as the same. If the symbol of a custom UoM is the same as the Unit of a standard one, the system cannot distinguish these two UoMs. This is how system designed. 

Resolution

When create an new custom UoM, the symbol of the new UoM should be different from any existed UoM's Unit or Symbol. In the mentioned case of this document, EA can be changed to EA1 or EAZ to avoid the issue.

Keywords

Custom UoM, Symbol, Unit, Wrongly Pick , KBA , SRD-MD-PRD-PRD , Product , Problem

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions