Understanding Preference Master Setup

The system displays all preferences in logical groups on the Work With Preference Profiles form. You use the Preference Master Revision form to specify where a preference appears on this form and whether effective dates and quantities are a part of the preference.

If you activate quantities for a preference in the master preference information, no unit of measure conversions take place. Therefore, the system searches only for a preference with the same unit of measure as the unit of measure entered on the order.

For example, if you set up a preference with the unit of measure as liters (LT) and enter a sales order in gallons, the system does not select the preference because it does not convert the gallons to liters when searching preference records.

If you need the effective quantity fields active for a particular preference, you must create separate preferences for each unit of measure that can be used as the sales order transaction unit of measure.