Standard Units

This screen allows you to maintain Standard Units. Standard Units are used:

•	Against Items and Descriptors to define a base Unit

•	Against Items where the Item can be Purchased, Sold and Stocked in multiple Units.

•	Against Labour Codes to define the Unit of Time

Entry and Display fields

Unit: Enter the Name of the Standard Unit. For Example:-

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Case

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Pack

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Box

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Day

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Ltr

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Mtr

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Each

Duplicate Unit Names are not allowed

Description: Enter a short description of the Unit. No checks are made on this entry

Is Time Unit: If this is a Time Unit then ‘check’ this checkbox. If this is ‘checked’ then:

•	It will not be available to the drop-down list in the Item or Descriptor screen

•	It will only be available to the drop-down list in the Labour Code screen

Time Per Hour: If this is a Time Unit then the entry here will convert the Time Unit to a base unit of Hour. For example: If the Time Unit is ‘Day’ then the entry here will be 24.

Data Display Options

Field Position - On this screen you can move the field position by dragging the column heading left or right to the position where you want it to appear.

Buttons

Close: This will close the Standard Unit screen. If you have any unsaved data then you will be asked if you wish to save it before the screen is closed.

Add: This will send the cursor to a new line for entry of a new Standard Unit.

Save: This will save the current data without exiting the screen

Cancel: Any changes made since the line was actioned or the last time the ‘Save’ Button was pressed will be lost.

Delete: This removes the current highlighted Standard Unit.