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How to Change Item's Based Unit of Measure in Business Central

 It is quite frequent that user need to change the existing based unit of measure of an item to another scale in order to fit the operation requirement. But do take note that once there is remaining quantity in the item, an error message will pop up to prevent user from changing the unit of measure in Item Cards. Refer to the following scenario where the user need to change one of the item, from "Box" to "Pcs"  with quantity still sitting in it. User will need to setup a UOM conversion where 1 "Box" of Apple is equivalent to 50 "Pcs" of Apple. 1.     You will need to perform an negative adjustment on the item quantity. Generate the Inventory Valuation Report to c onfirm the total quantity that need to adjust out. This is to make sure that the adjustment will not impact the item valuation after the quantity adjustment, as it should remain the same value before and after the adjustment. Report Path: Search > Items > More Options > Report ...