Change Object Effects Units of Measurement?

I just worked on an Indesign file I didn't create and opened the object effects window. I saw all the measurements for setting a drop shadow were in pixels instead of inches, which I believe is the default.
Where in the preference can I change the units of measurement for these object effects? Thank you.

Change unit of measure in Preferences, by right-clicking on the ruler intersection, or with a KB shortcut (Command-Option-Shift-U on Mac).

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Change of characterstics ( Unit of Measurement)

Dear All
Can we change chartestics( Unit of Measurement) of Measuring point if yes please explain ?
Regards
Jitender
Edited by: Jitender Suhag on Apr 2, 2009 2:40 PM
Edited by: Jitender Suhag on Apr 2, 2009 2:56 PM
Edited by: Jitender Suhag on Apr 2, 2009 2:59 PM

Hi
Changing data directly in the table is not advisable, as this will disturb the data in the other tables as well.. using the debug functionality in SE16N you can chnage the UOM .
There are so many dependencies that you certainly step into the one or other problem
See this OSS note : especially the last sentence:
From OSS note 138767
Within the material master record maintenance, you want to change the base unit of measure (base unit). During the change, the system performs extensive checks in order to avoid inconsistencies in the applications which use the material master.
In particular, the following checks are performed:
The base unit must not be defined as an alternative unit of measure for the material
No International Article Number must be assigned to the base unit
No proportion/product units must be defined for the material
No configurable material must be assigned
The material must not be used as a configurable material
Stock must neither exist for the previous period nor for the current period
No physical inventory must be active
No reservations or dependent requirements must exist for which the deletion indicator is not set
No planned orders must exist
No purchase requisitions, purchase orders or scheduling agreements must exist for which the deletion indicator is not set
No WM transfer requirements, no WM quants or no WM posting change notices must exist
The material must not be a bill of material
The material must not be contained in a bill of material
The material must not be used as a production resource/tool
The material must not be used in task lists
No standard cost estimate must exist for the current or future period
No production orders must exist
No planned independent requirements must exist
No run schedule headers must exist
If the base unit has dimensions, no serial number profile must be assigned
No sales and distribution documents must exist which have status Not processed or Partially processed.
Solution
If necessary, all reasons mentioned above must be eliminated by archiving the objects listed
Regards ,
Rahul.

While making changes in alternate Unit of measure CAR it makes changes

While making changes in alternate Unit of measure CAR it makes changes in other alternate Unit of measure KAR.
Both are having same ISO unit CT.Please suggest why it is happening.

your units have probably a conversion rate to the SI unit in its definition.
you can see this in CUNI, open your unit in detail and look at the lower left part

Changes in Base Unit of Measure

Hi,
We got an issue,User tried to change the Base unit of Measure from NO to KG.
1.For this material we dont have stock in unrestricted and quality,But it has reservations. 2.It has got Scheduling agreement,3.This material is used In BOM.
So if i cancel reservations,then remove this item from scheduling agreement and delete it from BOM.Will it work further to change the Base Unit of Measure.
Please Do help me in this matter
Thanks and Regards

1) You can only change the base units of measure under the following circumstances
No stocks are available for the material.
There are no existing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, or scheduling agreements for the material.
At present, no purchase orders or purchase order items are being created or changed.
Item is not linked in any BOM as chield part
If requests for quotations, purchasing info records, or contracts are available for a material, the system emits a warning while changing base unit of measure. Still if you want to change unit of measure specify in a dialog box the factor for converting the base unit of measure into the new base unit of measure. The purchasing info records are then, if necessary, updated.
2) Solution
   As system is not allowing changing base unit of measure there will be either stock of this material or existing purchase document
1) If there are stocks in the previous period, you can clear them as follows:
a) Post the stock in the previous period to the current period (for example, using movement type 561) so that the stock for the previous period is the same as the stock for the current period.
b) Clear the stock with the posting date in the previous period (for example, using movement type 562).
2) If there are Open purchase requisitions, purchase orders, or scheduling agreements for the material.complete all P2P cycle for open orders (purchase requisitions, purchase orders, or scheduling agreements) and then close it.
3)Delete item from BOM
Then
1.     Run Trnx MM02 (Change Material Master immediately.
2.     Overwrite the old base unit of measure with the new one in basic data screen.
3.     Save the change.
3) System checks
If a change criterion (Trnx. code MM02) is meeting all necessary prerequisites (as mentioned in point 1).System allows changing base unit of measure. Otherwise it displays warning or error. U can display the reason for this, by choosing Display Errors (ctrl+F1)

Changing Base Unit Of Measure (Material Master)

Hi
1. How to check this? (Any successful changes in material master only took place when there is no open document from SD, PP, MM & FI for that material. )
2. Base unit of measurement cannot be changed. The reason being material movement history is there in table - MSEG mainly which otherwise create inconsistency in reporting. -
Is this line applicable for current period or previous period in current year or previous period previous year???
3. There are no existing purchase requisitions, purchase orders, or scheduling agreements for the material. -
is this means open / pending purchase orders or the the PO's created in system with respect to material where the GR and IR is already done
4. You can change the base unit of measure if there is no stock of the material during current and previous period----
is this means the term " previous preiod" is previous period in the current finacial year   or its applicable for the previous preiod in previous financial year
5. Post the stock in the previous period to the current period - -
how can we do this???
Vijay

See this OSS note : especially the last sentence:
From OSS note 138767
Within the material master record maintenance, you want to change the base unit of measure (base unit). During the change, the system performs extensive checks in order to avoid inconsistencies in the applications which use the material master.
In particular, the following checks are performed:
The base unit must not be defined as an alternative unit of measure for the material
No International Article Number must be assigned to the base unit
No proportion/product units must be defined for the material
No configurable material must be assigned
The material must not be used as a configurable material
Stock must neither exist for the previous period nor for the current period
No physical inventory must be active
No reservations or dependent requirements must exist for which the deletion indicator is not set
No planned orders must exist
No purchase requisitions, purchase orders or scheduling agreements must exist for which the deletion indicator is not set
No WM transfer requirements, no WM quants or no WM posting change notices must exist
The material must not be a bill of material
The material must not be contained in a bill of material
The material must not be used as a production resource/tool
The material must not be used in task lists
No standard cost estimate must exist for the current or future period
No production orders must exist
No planned independent requirements must exist
No run schedule headers must exist
If the base unit has dimensions, no serial number profile must be assigned
No sales and distribution documents must exist which have status Not processed or Partially processed.
Solution
If necessary, all reasons mentioned above must be eliminated by archiving the objects listed
1) SAP checks this for you. A new button will appear in MM02 and after you click this button to check the error log, you will see which documents exist.
2) I have not seen that an existing movement will restrict the change of a BUoM.
3) No purchase requisitions, purchase orders or scheduling agreements must exist for which the deletion indicator is not set
       it is not caring about GR done or IR done. it telling you that the deletion indicator has to be active. As a deletion indicator can be reset easily, you probably have to archive the documents
4) the previous period is the period before the current period.
   today we have February, hence the previous period is January.
5) first make sure your current stock is higher than the stock of the previous period. if it is lower, then you have to create inventory in current period first e.g. with 202 movement with current date.
Then you issue the previous period stock with 201 movement and previous period date (make sure periods are open in OB52 and MMRV allows posting to previous period).
Finally you issue the left stock in the current period with 201 and current date.
Now previous period and current period stock is zero. After the change of the base unit you have to get the stock back into the system
Edited by: Jürgen L. on Feb 2, 2010 3:58 PM

Change a Unit of measurement

Dear Experts
How to delete valuation of material . Want to change Unit of measurement for particular material.system is displaying message while changing UOM.
Regards
Raj

From OSS note 138767
Within the material master record maintenance, you want to change the base unit of measure (base unit). During the change, the system performs extensive checks in order to avoid inconsistencies in the applications which use the material master.
In particular, the following checks are performed:
The base unit must not be defined as an alternative unit of measure for the material
No International Article Number must be assigned to the base unit
No proportion/product units must be defined for the material
No configurable material must be assigned
The material must not be used as a configurable material
Stock must neither exist for the previous period nor for the current period
No physical inventory must be active
No reservations or dependent requirements must exist for which the deletion indicator is not set
No planned orders must exist
No purchase requisitions, purchase orders or scheduling agreements must exist for which the deletion indicator is not set
No WM transfer requirements, no WM quants or no WM posting change notices must exist
The material must not be a bill of material
The material must not be contained in a bill of material
The material must not be used as a production resource/tool
The material must not be used in task lists
No standard cost estimate must exist for the current or future period
No production orders must exist
No planned independent requirements must exist
No run schedule headers must exist
If the base unit has dimensions, no serial number profile must be assigned
No sales and distribution documents must exist which have status Not processed or Partially processed.
Solution
If necessary, all reasons mentioned above must be eliminated by archiving the objects listed.

Material Master Unit Of Measurement Changes Clarification

Hi
We have a material master with base unit of measurement as FT in basic data 1 view.
For this we have already some purchsing documents like PO's and PR's
But currently we dont have any open PO (or) PR and stock in system.
Still we could not change the base unit of measurement from FT to M..
Why?
Vijay

Hello All,
The error shows some of PR's and PO's numbers.
when i check the material in table MBEWH i can see some of the stocks for previous period like year 2009 and the period 06 and some of the previous year like 2008 and 2007 also having some stocks.
Now advise.
Vijay

Changing Base Unit Of Measure in Material Master

Dear All,
We need to change the base unit of measure of certain materials who have been assigned inspection plan. We have deleted the material from Inspection Plan and later even the plan. But still the system not allowing to change the BASE UNIT OF MEASURE. The error thrown by the system is : Material is assigned to inspection Plan.
Please guide in this regard as changing the material for us will be a very cumbersome act.
Regards

Hi Rohan,
Please check 'display errors' in MM02 when you are trying to change the BUoM. It will say what prevents you from doing that.
Please check:
http://www.sap-img.com/materials/change-base-unit-of-measure.htm
BR
Csaba

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Terence
Thanks for your answer to my question. I have tried what you suggested and 'metric' was already set as the default so unfortunately, it has not solved my problem which is when I set the dimensions for the print size before printing, I have to change from 'inches' to 'cms' for each photo every time. I was hoping that I would be able to set 'cms' as the default.
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Change base unit of measure

Hi,
Its me again. I need to change the base unit of measure of a material but a task listw as created via QP01. I tried to delete this via QP02 but i still cannot change the base unit of measure. Is there any way except for deleting the task list via CA98?
Thanks.
Elen

Ellen,
Unfortunately the answer to your question is no..You have to use a transaction like CA98 or QSR6 to delete the Inspection plan from Database. Please take necessary authorisation and delete this plan.
Alternately set this material to with deletion flag and client & plant level status, so that you cannnot use this material any longer. Now create a new material with correct Base unit of measure and use this material.
Regards,
Prasobh

Changing of base unit measure

Hi Experts,
I have problem regarding the changing of base unit of measure, I already closed all documents of related material, but still it can not be changed
Error message given as
The base unit of measure cannot be changed.
The reasons for this are:
Material staging requirements already exist.
Reserv.No. Item
No Data
awaiting for your valuable answer.
Rakesh

Dear,
Message no M3 189?
Activating the deletion flag or completing the production order technically is not sufficient if you want to exclude the production orders from the check since you can cancel these statuses at any time.
The solution is to set the deletion indicator for the affected orders with the help of Transaction CO78 and to archive afterwards.
Please refer OSS Note 95491and 138767.
Regards,
R.Brahmankar

Unit of Measure issue - Need to be changed from volume to no dimention.

Hi Experts,
           I have a unit of measure as TB, which is tube. This is a volume unit. The user want to change this as "Pls have this be corrected as a non-dimensional unit of measure ". For this what is impact on system.
          Precautions to be taken to change this unit of measure. what are all we have to do. like closing all open POs, PR, RFQ,SO , production order, planned orders etc.
          And what about the stocks for these materials which are using these UOM.
          Please suggest me, what are all we have to do, before going for a change.
Thanks & Regards,
Poorna.

Dear,
The base unit of measurement for a material cannot be changed due to movements history exists. This will result to inconsistency in reports and data.
Suggested to create similar new material with new user desired UOM.
Please find the SAP HELP on this as below:
Diagnosis: You wanted to change the base unit of measure. However, you can do so only under certain circumstances, including the following:
- If there are no stocks of the material in the current period and in the previous period.
- If there are stocks in the previous period, you can clear them as follows:
a) Post the stock in the previous period to the current period (for example, using movement type 561 Posting date 30.06.XX ) so that the stock for the previous period is the same as the stock for the current period.
b) Clear the stock with the posting date in the previous period (for example, using movement type 562 Posting date 30.05.XX).
- If no purchase requisitions, purchase orders, or scheduling agreements exist for the material.
Procedure : Choose Display errors to see why you cannot change the base unit of measure for this material.
The pushbutton Display errors appears only in dialog mode, not in data transfer or in mass maintenance. If this message appears in data transfer or in mass maintenance, and you want to know why the base unit of measure cannot be changed, access the material in dialog mode using the relevant transaction below, try to change the base unit of measure as required, and then choose Display errors:
Lastly, you can considered an Alternate Unit of Measure to do the Conversion from KG to Liter. You then could use your Alternate Unit of Measure as your
Purchased UoM and PLant UoM.
Given the level of activity sometimes required to change the base UOM, it often makes more sense just to add an alternative UOM on the material master.
Maintain the relationship between the Base UOM and the new UOM on the material master and then continue to procure the material in the new UOM rather than the base UOM. If stocks exist I would think it is unlikely that their existing UOM is incorrect as they must have been receipted in that UOM at some point.
Regards,
Syed Hussain.

Change unit of measure

Hi SAP MM gurus,
I am trying to change the base unit of measure of the part and got error says that PR,PO Sale order exists.
Third party order already created. I have deleted purchase requisition and Purchase order.
When I try to delete the third part order it gives me an error reference Po already exists even PO got deleted alreday.
Could you please help to resolve the issue. How to delete the sale order?
Regards,
Senthil

Hi,
You can change UOM only
1.No stocks are available for the material.
2.no existing PR,POs or scheduling agreements for the material. And material is not link to BOM .
For more clarity please refer the below links.
Change unit of measure
Changes in Base Unit of Measure
Hope its helps you.
Thanks.

To Change Basic Unit of Measure

Dear Sappers,
With refernce to my previous posted thread, below I am giving the detailed copy of *PERFORMANCE ASSISTANCE*
The Performance Assistance is giving me solution to proceed but for proceeding further is not possible. As max no of sessions are 2.
Also massege is generated by MM02 & solution given is also same MM02.
Please find below pasted Performance assistance.
The base unit of measure cannot be changed; choose "Display errors"
Message no. M3189
Diagnosis
You wanted to change the base unit of measure. However, you can do so only under certain circumstances, including the following:
If there are no stocks of the material in the current period and in the previous period
If there are stocks in the previous period, you can clear them as follows:
a) Post the stock in the previous period to the current period (for example, using movement type 561) so that the stock for the previous period is the same as the stock for the current period.
b) Clear the stock with the posting date in the previous period (for example, using movement type 562).
If no purchase requisitions, purchase orders, or scheduling agreements exist for the material
Procedure
Choose Display errors to see why you cannot change the base unit of measure for this material.
The pushbutton Display errors appears only in dialog mode, not in data transfer or in mass maintenance. If this message appears in data transfer or in mass maintenance, and you want to know why the base unit of measure cannot be changed, access the material in dialog mode using the relevant transaction below, try to change the base unit of measure as required, and then choose Display errors:
Industry
Proceed
Retail
Proceed

Dear Friend,
Please do the following:
1. MM02 + material number, select basic view 1
2. Change the BUoM + press enter
3. A button called 'Display error' will appear between the description of the transaction and 'basic view 1' tab. ( left from 'Additional data' button ) > please click on it
4. Examine the message
If you have question please come back!
BR
Csaba

Can we change Base unit of Measure ?

Hello,
I got a requirement to change the name TO(tonne) base unit of measure in MM01 into MT. Is it possible to achieve this if ys share me the procedure.
In short when i click F4 help in base unit of measure in the place of TO i want to change it into MT.
Thks

If u want to change the base unit of measure... firstly do the conversion method... MM02 (If the material is a finished or semi finished) -> Work Scheduling View -> Put the UNIT OF ISSUE (MT) and then give the conversion factor unit measure.... and save...
if u want to change the base unit of measure... Change the MRP PRofile and then change the Base Unit of Measure...
It is better to consult PP and MM Consultant....
I think you got the solution... Give me the point....
With Regards,
Debopriyo

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