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About Units of Measurement and Product Definitions

For products that use a unit of measurement, you must select the appropriate value in the Unit of Measure field in the Administration - Product, then Product Definitions view.

However, Siebel Forecasting can use units of measurement such as kilometer, meter, and mile that are not available in the Product Definitions view. For such units of measurement, the values must be defined for both the LOV Type UNIT_OF_MEASURE, and the LOV Type UOM_CD. For example, to define values for kilometer, meter, and mile, navigate to the Administration - Data, then List of Values view, and create the following records for Type UNIT_OF_MEASURE: