Conversion of alternate unit of measurement

Hi,
System will not allow to enter conversions of unit of measurements in decimal points. But is there any configuration or method, we can force system to accept conversions of unit of measurements in decimal points only? (For example 2.5kg = 1pc, base unit of measurement is 'PC' and alternate unit of measurement is 'KG')
Regards,
Sattuj

Hi,
For the given example of Alternate conversion you can use the following setting :
2.5 Kg = 1 Pc
Put the Values as :
25 Kg = 10 Pc
With this the objective of Decimal is achieved.
Please check the following posts for more info :
[Re: variable order unit]
[Re: Base Unit of Measure]
[Re: Issue in unit of measure]
Hope it helps,
Best regards
Amit Bakshi

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3.7 User Exit for Variables
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Enhancement: Alternate U.o.M.
DATA: g_aunit TYPE /bi0/oimat_unit.
***INCLUDE ZXRSRU01.
Enhancement: Alternate U.o.M.
DATA:
l_s_range TYPE rsr_s_rangesid,
l_s_var TYPE rrs0_s_var_range.
l_dummy(72) TYPE c. "delete
DATA:
l_factor TYPE f,
l_factor1 TYPE f,
l_factor2 TYPE f,
l_msgv1 LIKE sy-msgv1, "insert
l_msgv2 LIKE sy-msgv2, "insert
l_msgv3 LIKE sy-msgv3, "insert
l_material LIKE /bi0/pmaterial-material,
l_base_uom LIKE /bi0/pmaterial-base_uom.
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EXPORTING
input = l_s_var-low
language = sy-langu
IMPORTING
output = g_aunit
EXCEPTIONS
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EXPORTING
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ELSE.
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VALUES in the total line and knows right away that there is something
wrong. That way its easier to track inexistent conversion factors.
l_factor = 0. "delete
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e_meeht = l_base_uom. "insert
ENDIF.
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l_s_range-sign = 'I'.
l_s_range-opt = 'EQ'.
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ENDIF.
***INCLUDE ZXRSRF01.
*& Form get_factor
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FORM get_factor USING i_material TYPE /bi0/oimaterial
i_mat_unit TYPE /bi0/oimat_unit
e_factor.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ys_mat_unit,
material TYPE /bi0/oimaterial,
mat_unit TYPE /bi0/oimat_unit,
numerator TYPE /bi0/oinumerator,
denomintr TYPE /bi0/oidenomintr,
END OF ys_mat_unit.
DATA:
l_s_mat_unit TYPE ys_mat_unit.
STATICS:
s_t_mat_unit TYPE SORTED TABLE OF ys_mat_unit
WITH UNIQUE DEFAULT KEY.
CLEAR: l_s_mat_unit, e_factor.
READ TABLE s_t_mat_unit INTO l_s_mat_unit WITH KEY
material = i_material
mat_unit = i_mat_unit.
IF sy-subrc <> 0.
SELECT SINGLE * FROM /bi0/pmat_unit
INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF l_s_mat_unit
WHERE material = i_material
AND mat_unit = i_mat_unit
AND objvers = 'A'.
IF sy-subrc = 0.
INSERT l_s_mat_unit INTO TABLE s_t_mat_unit.
ENDIF.
ENDIF.
IF l_s_mat_unit-denomintr <> 0.
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ENDIF.
ENDFORM. " get_factor
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I am also facing the same problem for alternate units of measure...i tried to access the path
websmp201.sap-ag.de/~sapdownload/011000358700000488512003E/Howto_alternate_uom5.pdf
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