UoM conversion issue in SAP APO DP Planning Book

[Former Member]

Hi All,

The BUoM of a product is CS and the different conversion factors are maintained but in APO DP planning book - we can change to un-defined unit also. How it is possible ?

Litre and KG is not defined in Product Master but I can convert from CS to KG and L.

Please suggest.

Regards,

Prabhat

[rupesh_brahmankar]

Hello,

For a certain key figure, field "UOM" is checked in planning area setting (transaction /SAPAPO/MSDP_ADMIN), so that it could be displayed in product's base UOM in the planning books.

Please refer SAP note on it,

429131 - Consultation: Units of Measure and

959610 - Unit of measure conversion in interactive planning

The conversion, the system decides whether the conversion occurs in the application (simple conversion) or in the liveCache (aggregated conversion) as described in the following:
•A simple conversion occurs if

1. the units of measure are in the same dimension (for example, mass: KG -> TO) or

2. a product is selected or

3. several products are selected for which you have maintained the same conversion for the corresponding unit in the product master

Best Regards,

R.Brahmankar

[Former Member]

Thanks Brahmankar for your reply. Need to check the notes but I am having issue in UoM conversion

[rupesh_brahmankar]

Hello,

Please read the SAP notes carefully.

In /SAPAPO/MSDP_ADMIN select your planning area, double click on that which will display list of key figures, go to key figures tab, click on details, you can see a column UoM with check indicator.

Best Regards,

R.Brahmankar

[Former Member]

Hi Brahmankar,

In MSDP_ADMIN under KF details - I think the check indicator is needed if the PA UoM and BUoM of product is different and the check makes it happen to use BUoM from product master.

In my case - the PA UoM and Product BUoM is same - i.e. CS.

Today I noticed that the conversion is using the gross weight and volume to convert from CS to KG and CS to L respectively.

If I maintain conversion b/w CS and KG then system takes this factor (if not maintained then conversion happens using gross weight).

Can we disable this functionality or only option left is to delete the gross weight and volume ?

Please share your thoughts.

Regards,

Prabhat

[rupesh_brahmankar]

Hello,

For the conversion of the base unit of measure e.g. KG (dimensions) or liter (volume) the gross unit of measure or volume unit of measure is used.

If BAdI /SAPAPO/SDP_UOM_CONV is implemented, you can control your Unit of Measure conversion to DP Planning Books

Best Regards,

R.Brahmankar

[Former Member]

Hi Brahmankar - Do we have some sort of option to ignore gross weight or volume ?

How to implement this ?

I also see some notes related to the problems faced post this BAdI Implementation.

Regards,

Prabhat