The function or process measure PO amount in base unit does not have a unit. You find the unit of the value in the function dimension or process dimension Base unit (purchase order).
When using this in evaluations, please note that various base units exist, such as "kilogram" or "liter". This means that if you evaluate processes and functions regarding the PO amount in base unit measure, and the processes contain purchase orders for materials A, B, and C, the measure value PO amount in base unit of material A may have the unit Pieces, the measure value of material B may have the unit Kilograms, and the measure value of material C may have the unit Liters.
Therefore, an evaluation based on the PO amount in base unit should always be performed in combination with the Base unit (purchase order) dimension. In most cases it might also be useful to add the Material dimension.
The function measure PO amount in base unit for the function Create purchase order item (create_purchase_order_item) is calculated as follows:
Yes: The value from the table field EKPO-MENGE is used for the measure.
No: The value of the table field EKPO-MENGE is multiplied by the value of the field EKPO-UMREZ and divided by the value of the field EKPO-UMREN.
If you select the first option, the PO amount already has the base unit. If you select the second option, the PO amount has a different unit and the PO amount must be multiplied with the conversion factor. The conversion factor is saved with numerator (EKPO-UMREZ) and denominator (EKPO-UMREN) for the purchase order document item.
The measure is calculated exactly as described above for the Cancel purchase order item function (cancel_purchase_order_item) and then negated.
To calculate the PO amount in base unit process measure, the sum of the PO amount in base unit measures of all functions is created. The default value is 0.0.
Following are two examples. The first shows the summed up process measure PO amount in base unit with the dimensions Material and Base unit (Purchase order). The second contains the same dimensions as the first plus the End time [By month] dimension.
Example 1
Example 2