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Reducing No of Decimal places fo UOM

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Posted on by markmj 584

HI All

When our system was setup most of the UOM;s were set to 4 or 5 DP (even grams), Virtually all of our items are setup with a grams as the inventory UOM, but a different UOM for purchasing (e.g. gallons), with a conversion specified by up to 5 DP.

Now we;re having big issues trying to post things because UI only shows 2dp. For example, system shows I have 21.25g of item A in Loc B. I try to move it and get an error saying I don't have enough quantity because there's really only 21.2485g.

The business gave us the OK to reduce the units of measure for grams to 2 DP.. When we try, we get this error:

The decimal precision cannot be changed because activated cost prices using this unit of measure exist.

I have 2 questions:

  1. is there a way to display more than 2 dp
  2. how can I get past this issue to change the UOM to 2 "The decimal precision cannot be changed because activated cost prices using this unit of measure exist."

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  • Aparisi82 Profile Picture
    Aparisi82 2,188 on at

    Regarding your 2 points

     1 - as far as I am aware it is not possible, the system will show always 2 decimal places even though on the DB is more ( I never understood why is this way)

     2 - the activated cost for these products should have a cost reactivated for a price with 2 decimal places, in that case the ERP system should allow you to apply the change.

  • markmj Profile Picture
    markmj 584 on at
    [quote user="Aparisi"]

    Regarding your 2 points

     1 - as far as I am aware it is not possible, the system will show always 2 decimal places even though on the DB is more ( I never understood why is this way)

     2 - the activated cost for these products should have a cost reactivated for a price with 2 decimal places, in that case the ERP system should allow you to apply the change.

    [/quote]

    Thanks for reply Alessandro


    The issues isn't the decimal places in the price, its the decimal places in the Unit "Grams"

  • Aparisi82 Profile Picture
    Aparisi82 2,188 on at

    Could you screenshot one of the activated costs that is throwing error (point 2) ?

  • markmj Profile Picture
    markmj 584 on at

    Here's where we get the error (trying to change DP from 4 to 2)

    Costing-Error.png

  • Aparisi82 Profile Picture
    Aparisi82 2,188 on at

    Ok , I think the only way to do this is to run a stock count, get all the stock with more than 2 decimal places and round up to 2 then post again , this should allow you to then change the setup.

    Of course, you should be trying this in a TEST environment ..

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