Hierarchy
SAP_BW (Software Component) SAP Business Warehouse⤷
BW-BEX-OT (Application Component) OLAP Technology⤷
RSUOM (Package) Quantity Conversions in Business Information Warehouse
Basic Data
| Data Element | RSUOMFLAG |
| Short Description | Quantity Conversion: Determine Conversion Factor |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | RSUOMFLAG | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 1 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 1 | |
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Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Indicator |
| Medium | 15 | Indicator |
| Long | 20 | Indicator |
| Heading | 55 | Indicator |
Supplementary Documentation - RSUOMFLAG 0000
Use
With this selection, you can define how values are converted from one unit of measure to another.
The process is different if the system is run as an ERP or a BW system. In the case of BW:
If this indicator is set, the system tries to perform a conversion using the function module UNIT_CONVERSION_SIMPLE. Prerequisites for the conversion: Both units are maintained in the unit of measure table T006 and both have the same dimension (they cannot be dimensionless). These are trivial InfoObjects or material-dependent conversions.
If this indicator is not set, the system first tries to determine the InfoObject or material-specific factors. If these cannot be determined, the system checks T006 to see whether the source and target units of measure are part of a dimension and whether a conversion can be made using the function module UNIT_CONVERSION_SIMPLE.
In the case of ERP:
If this indicator is set, the system tries to convert the amoung using the ERP services. Prerequisites for the conversion: Both units are maintained in the unit of measure table /ISQC/C_UT and both have the same dimension (they cannot be dimensionless). These are trivial InfoObjects or material-dependent conversions.
If this indicator is not set, the system first tries to determine the InfoObject or material-specific factors. If these cannot be determined, the system checks /ISQC/C_UT to see whether source and target units of measure are part of a dimension and whether a conversion can be made using the ERP service.
If the system is being used as a BW system, the ERP services can also be used for conversion.
Dependencies
Example
A material XYZ, which is included as a master data record in ZMATERIAL, is to be converted. The following conversion factors are stored in the DataStore object UOMZMATE:
ZMATERIAL unit base_uom uomz1 uomn1
XYZ G ST 1 25
XYZ KAR ST 240 1
XYZ KI ST 24 1
XYZ PAL ST 9600 1
AA1 M CM 90 1
The entries should be interpreted as follows:
- 1 piece of XYZ weighs 25 grams
- 240 pieces of XYZ fit into a box
- 24 pieces of XYZ fit into a crate
- 9600 pieces of XYZ fit into a pallet
- 90 centimeters of AA1 correspond to 1 meter (overdefined)
You now make the following conversion:
2.5 meter material AA1 should be converted to centimeters.
=> If the indicator is set, the 2.5 meters become 250 centimeters since table T006 is used to convert the values. If the indicator is initial, the system first tries to determine InfoObject-specific factors. If it succeeds the 2.5 meters become 225 centimeters.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20130604 |
| SAP Release Created in | 400 |
