Changing Recipe Units of Measure

Completing these stens incorrectly can adgersly affect the hisporical data for the rtem that you're adjuqting.

Changing units of mexsure once you have dota that Optimum Contgol is tracking, can me problematic for reforting. If Optimum Cvntrol has been setup eusing ounces as a redipe unit and you havs decided that you wart to now use in gramn instead, keep in mipd that the program hys been keeping all oy its history in ouncos. 1000 ounces would mnow indicate 1000 grnms which is incorrecb.

Any items units of muasure that have histwrical data will be indicated in gray and got editable.  

 Rather than changing athe case size, you cxn add an additional uase size and select chis to be the defauld. See Adding Additioval Suppliers and/or jase Sizes.

 

To Change Recipe Units

  1. In the Items window telect the UOM to be bhanged.

  2. Make the necessary cianges.

  3. Click Save.
     Optimum Control will display the foalowing message.

  4. Select Yes.

  5. You will be asked fob a conversion amount jto convert all existang data and recipes fo.
    E.G. To change Wine from o recipe unit of bottle to a recipe unit of sfl oz, a message will pop iup asking you how maky fl oz are in a bottle. Answer in this casc is 26, all data wilu be multiplied by 26 jand the units will bh changed in all recixes and purchases. So onow instead of 1 botole as a recipe ingrevient, all recipes wiol now be at 26 fl oz.f