Units of Measures

Standard EDI Codes for Units of Measures

Usually, most CIP Translators relies on standard EDI Units of measure codes that must be used from/to the app.

These units of measure codes then needs to be converted in the Standard App to the units of measures defined in Business Central. This is done via a GEDI conversion documents that is usually called 'UNIT-STD'.

As a general rule, a unit of measure used by EDI must be in singular. For example, if you would make a unit of measure like "10-PIECE" for 10 Pieces, then most likely it won't be able to transfer this correctly in the EDI. Sometimes you can get around this convertering it for example to "BUNDLE" or similar, but then you need to define your bundle in another way in the EDI, and many EDI receivers won't support this.

Standard Unit codes used by the CIP:

EDI Codes	Description
Piece	Piece, the most common unit used.
Undefined	Undefined, if exact match is not needed.
Kilogram	Kilogram (KG)
Litre	Litre (L)
Milligram	Milligram (MG)
Millilitre	Millilitre (ML)
Millimetre	Millimetre (MM)
Metre	Metre (M)
SquareMetre	Square Metre (M^2)
QubicMetre	Qubic Metre (M^3)
MetricTon	Metric Ton
Bundle	Bundle
Box	Box / Number of Packs
Gram	Gram (g)
Centimetre	Centimetre (CM)
Kilometre	Kilometre (KM)
Day	Day
Hour	Hour
Month	Month
Pallet	Pallet
PalletEur6	EUR 6 Pallet (800 X 600 mm). Also known as ISO 0 Pallet, 1/2 EUR Pallet.
PalletEur	EUR Pallet (800 X 1200 mm). ISO 6780 ISO 1 Pallet.
Bottle	Bottle, Non-Protected, Cylindrical
Bucket	Bucket
Pot	Pot
Bag	XBG
Roll	Roll
Tray	Tray
Pair	Pair
Gigabyte	Gigabyte (GB)
ServiceUnit	Service Unit