Incoming 850 purchase orders may contain units of measure that the system does not recognize. Handle unknown units of measure in one of the following ways:
Replace the unknown unit of measure with the default selling unit of measure defined for that product in the system.
Convert the unknown unit of measure to a system unit of measure set up in a UOM cross-reference table.
Convert the unit of measure for each line on purchase order documents the system sends to a vendor to the unit of measure the vendor requires. Likewise, the system converts the customer's unit of measure in a sales order to the corresponding system unit of measure.
Important: EDI Support must customize the mapper to use the information you define for unknown units of measure. |
Use the EDI Pricing UOM Conversion Table control maintenance record to set up which EDI units of measure map to system units of measure for pricing purposes.
To define unknown UOM processing:
Display the record for a trading partner displayed on the EDI Trading Partner Profile Maintenance screen.
Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.
Use the Edit Tables hot key and select UOMs to display the EDI Unknown UOM Processing screen.
In the Method field, press F10 and select one of the following processing options:
Method |
Description |
Default Selling UOM |
Replaces the unknown unit of measure with the default selling unit of measure defined for the product. Note: Selecting this option overrides settings previously entered using the TP Specific UOM Table option described below. |
TP Specific UOM Table |
Displays the UOM Cross Reference screen, where you can set up a cross-reference list of the customer units of measure and the corresponding system units of measure.
Press Esc to save the cross reference table. The system converts the unknown unit of measure to the cross-referenced system unit of measure. |
Press Esc to save the information and return to the EDI Trading Partner Profile Maintenance screen.
See Also:
Creating Trading Partner Profiles