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The values defined in the Units of Measure window provide the list of values available in unit of measure fields in other windows.

Units of measure are not organization-specific.

Primary Unit of Measure

Prerequisites

   You must define at least one unit of measure class. See: Defining Unit of Measure Classes.

   To define a unit of measure:

1. Navigate to the Units of Measure window.

Attention: You should use the Oracle Assets or Oracle Order Entry versions of this window only when you use those products without Oracle Inventory or Oracle Purchasing. If you use Inventory or Purchasing, you should use their Units of Measure windows.

When using Oracle Assets, you need to set up units only if you use the units of production depreciation method.

2. Enter a unique name for the unit of measure.

3. Enter a unique abbreviation for the unit of measure with a maximum length of three characters.

For example, EA for each or HRS for hours.

4. Enter a unit of measure class.

5. Indicate if this is the base unit of measure for the unit of measure class.

6. Save your work.

   To delete a unit of measure:

• You can delete existing units of measure that are not base units of measure if no standard or item specific conversions are defined.

   To make a unit of measure inactive:

• Enter the date on which the unit of measure becomes inactive. As of this date, you can no longer assign standard or item-specific conversions to the unit of measure.

See Also

Overview of Units of Measure