3780458 - Unexpected Rounding of Quantity in Manage Direct Activity Allocation App

Quantities in financial accounting are limited to a precision of 3 decimal places. This limitation becomes evident in the "Manage Direct Activity Allocation" app when attempting to process or allocate quantities with higher decimal precision, such as those supported in SD Billing (up to 5 decimal places).

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Open the Manage Direct Activity Allocation app.
2. Create a new activity allocation.
3. Enter a quantity with decimals (for example, 1234.567).
4. Save the document.

The limitation to 3 decimal places for quantities in financial accounting is due to the definition of the quantity fields within the financial applications of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. These fields are systematically restricted to three decimal places for consistency across all finance-related modules and processes. While customizing settings for ‘units of measure’ allow up to 14 decimal places to be defined, this cannot override finance-specific restrictions, ensuring streamlined accounting operations.

To address situations where higher precision is required, a workaround can be implemented by defining new units of measure that represent a fraction of the original unit of measure. For example, if additional precision is required, smaller units (such as "centimeters" instead of "meters") can be created to accommodate the desired level of detail when handling quantities.

• refer to: Direct Activity Allocation in decimals
• refer to: Note 3198494 - Maintain decimal field for standard Unit of Measurement
• refer to: Note 931971 - Decimal places in stocks and stock postings
• refer to: Note 358245 - Decimal places in documents
• refer to: Note 389760 - Decimal places in Logistics applications
• refer to: Note 95869 - Decimal places for quantity fields (type QUAN)

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