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Hi Everyone,

I am looking for a clarity on ''Decimal precision'' that is available in the ''units'' and I am working on quantity field in the purchase orders, especially when the value of decimal precision is 4.

I understand this functionality on how the decimal precision value of 0 and 2 are working but when its 4 I don't get the exact output. Kindly check the below example and share me your thoughts on 4 decimal precisions.

Is there any limitation that is provided by Microsoft on this decimal precision? or how does it work if the value is more than 2 in decimal precision?

For example,

0 decimal precision - 1.4578 > 1.00

2 decimal precision - 1.4578 > 1.46

4 decimal precision - 1.4578 > 1.4578 (In this case the system is showing the value in qty as 1.46)

Note: Currently in the environment we have the ''Quantity'' field with just 2 decimal places.

I would appreciate if you can provide any Microsoft documentation links or practical insights that gives a detailed information.

Regards,

Vijitha P

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Hi Vijitha P,

You can read through the following two Microsoft documents to get an idea of decimal precision usage.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/extensibility/decimal-point-precision

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/pim/tasks/manage-unit-measure

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Burhan

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Hey,

as it says in MS learn:

Manage units of measure - Supply Chain Management | Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Learn

"Decimal precision – Specify the number of decimal places that values that are specified for the current unit or converted to it should be rounded to."

2 decimals are always displayed, however, in the background there are more decimals.

Imagine you are converting one unit to another. You may want the system to round up to 6 decimals, then you change the decimal precision to 6.

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Hi Vijitha,

It seems like you created a duplicate question on the forum with another user account. Please don't duplicate your questions. This question already has the suggestion to extend the number of decimals mentioned by Burham. The first like provided in that answer tells you which data types should be extended for the number of decimals. A developer is capable of making that change in Visual Studio. In case you want to extend the number of decimals and need help, please ask here instead of duplicating the question and leave out the fact that you already got the answer here.

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