A unit of measure code tells the system which units of measure and corresponding quantities are included in a price update. If you sell a product at a different unit of measure than that for which you buy it, the system uses the unit of measure code to calculate the update price according to the selling unit of measure on the product record.
For example, you sell widgets in units of each (ea = 1). The vendor sells widgets to you in units of C (100). You enter the unit of measure codes of ea = 1 and C = 100 to maintain the correct widget pricing for the price update.
Note: You must have a per quantity and per unit of measure (UOM) on a least one price sheet per product. By default, the system uses the default UOM from the price line and the lowest UOM.
To define unit of measure codes for price updates:
Display the character based system.
Note: The Auto Price Update functionality has not been incorporated into Solar Eclipse as of this release.
From the System > Printers menu, select Your Hold Entries to display the Spooler Control screen.
Select the update file, and use the Process hot key to display the User Defined Upload Processing screen.
In the Processing Type field, enter Auto Product Price Updating and use the Begin hot key to display the User Defined Auto Price Updating screen.
In the Work ID field, enter the appropriate work ID for the update file.
Use the UM Table hot key to display the U/M Code / Qty screen.
In the U/M Code field, enter all units of measure for products in this update, including units of measure you buy from the vendor and units of measure you sell. List units of measure from smallest to largest.
In the Qty field, enter the quantity for each unit of measure.
Press Esc to save the data and exit the screen.
See Also:
Defining Auto Price Update Parameters