Peculiar UOM issue

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I have a peculiar issue which I am not able to solve. A solution would be welcome.

I have a chemical for which an Item Master is defined.

Now the consumption of the acid in manufactory process is in milliliter. And 1 milliliter is 1.71 grams.

This item is generally purchased in 1 kg bottles.
Hence the Purchase UOM is set a Kg.
Default UOM is milliliter.

Now my problem is in defining the UOM section if item master where all three uom is defined.

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The first two rows are clear. But what should be the value of the third row for Kg.

Can someone help with this ?

2

Shouldn’t KG be 1,000 times the gram value (1,710)?

3

That is what my confusion is. Does the conversion factor for the third row, depend on the First row or the second ?

4

I thought it was related to the default UOM. I have not tested conversions much.

5

the setup on screenshot is correct.

so now if you initially input 1000 mL and then change the UOM to kg, the quantity should auto update to 1.

6

Have not used conversions with UOMs but also wondering as we deal in materials / something similar… Shouldnt a qty of 1000 ml weigh 1.71 kg - 1710g? Also the question is whether the conversion occurs for every g to kg (1/1000) or from ml to kg?

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Really?? If “1 milliliter is 1.71 grams“??

This is where confusion might become outright dangerous, depending on which and how such chemicals are used/processed and in which way the UI is not clearly understood or even not understandable without additional documentation (which might exist – or not).