Domain catalogue Reference data on SAP S/4HANA

Units of measure on SAP S/4HANA

Units and their conversions as one governed list, with the item-specific conversions that purchasing, sales and planning rely on.

SOURCES, READ IN PLACESAP S/4HANAERPASSEMBLED1 · standardise2 · match on the domain keys3 · survive field by field4 · place in the hierarchies5 · run the column and row rules6 · publish the golden viewGOLDEN UNITS OF MEASUREUnits of measureone id · every source key keptREAD BYGrids, pivots and drill-downswith the transactionsAPIs, SQL and agentsone policyWrite-back to the systemsacknowledged
The objects the domain reads in place on SAP S/4HANA, the assembly steps, and who reads the result. Writes go through released BAPIs and IDocs.
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objects read in place from SAP S/4HANA
catalogue
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attribute groups assembled
catalogue
1 days
to production-grade
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write path, acknowledged and logged
catalogue
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rows copied to start
product
What the domain reads

The SAP S/4HANA objects behind the golden record

Tables are read in place through the SAP connector, using released read interfaces and change capture where the basis team allows it. The rows stay in SAP.

ObjectRead fromFields the domain usesFreshness
UnitsT006 · T006AMSEHI · ISOCODE · DIMIDlive; change capture where enabled
Item conversionsMARMMATNR · MEINH · UMREZ · UMRENlive; change capture where enabled
The keys

How units of measure records match, in this system's fields

ISO codecode per system in the crosswalk

The first object above carries the strong keys; the standardised attributes come from the same rows. Item-specific conversions are validated against the global ones, so a case always weighs at least its contents.

What is written back

Through the interfaces SAP S/4HANA supports

Writes go through released BAPIs and IDocs. Each call returns a document number or an error message, and Lima records both beside the change.

InterfaceUsed forResult
BAPI_MATERIAL_SAVEDATA (unit of measure segment); T006 through customisinggolden values approved for write-back: unit; global conversions; item conversionsthe id or error SAP S/4HANA returns, stored beside the change

Write-back is off per object until a test write succeeds, and approval rules can require a person per object. Reconciliation compares the source row with the golden value on a schedule.

Access and prerequisites

What is in place before the first build

SAP roles are mapped to Lima access policies once. A steward who sees purchasing organisation 1000 in SAP sees the same rows here.

Register the objects2 objects from the connector catalogue; each shows its rows at once.
Also on SAP ECC

The same domain on SAP ECC

ObjectOn SAP S/4HANAOn SAP ECC
UnitsT006 · T006Asame tables
Item conversionsMARMsame objects
Nearby

This domain on other systems, and other domains on SAP S/4HANA

Units of measure on

Other domains on SAP S/4HANA

Terms on this page

DimensionWhat a unit measures: count, mass, length, volume, time.
Base unitThe unit an item's stock is counted in.
Read in placeThe rows stay in SAP S/4HANA; Lima sends the filter and the columns and SAP S/4HANA returns the matching rows.
Questions

Does this domain copy data out of SAP S/4HANA?

The golden record reads the objects above in place. History the pivot needs at scale is landed in your lake by the Backbone, under the same keys, security and audit.

What does the SAP S/4HANA team need to do?

Grant the read access and the write interfaces listed above and agree the refresh method. Nothing is installed in SAP S/4HANA.

Can we start with reads only?

Yes. Write-back stays off per object until a test write succeeds; the golden view, the API and the pivots work from day one on reads.

See your first domain built on your data

Bring two systems that hold the same customers, suppliers or materials. In one working day we connect them, run the match on live rows, review the queue with your steward and publish the first golden view with its API.