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Time Units of Measure

Support services must be defined in Oracle Inventory with a primary unit of measure from the 'time' class. Service programs must then be added to a price list in Oracle Order Entry/Shipping with the primary unit of measure. The same service program can be added to a price list a second or subsequent time, using another unit of measure from the 'time' class, because the conversions are made available to Order Entry.

To set up 'time' units of measure, use the Unit of Measure window in Oracle Inventory. Use the preferred class name 'time'. For a base unit, specify 'second'. Next, enter the subsequent corresponding units of measure used in Oracle Service: second, minute, hour, day, week, month, and year.

In the Unit of Measure Conversions window, use the 'Standard' conversion type. Using the suggested units of measure, the conversion from seconds to minutes are entered as:

Unit of Measure (Minute) Class (time) Conversion (60) Base Unit (Second)

The conversion is: Minute = 60 x Second. The suggested conversions are:

Unit of Measure Class Conversion Base Unit
Minute time 60 Second
Hour time 3600 Second
Day time 86400 Second
Week time 604800 Second
Month time 2592000 Second
Year time 31536000 Second

See Also

Overview of Units of Measure

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