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  1. Invoices | Inventory - Add units of measure (UOM) & weight to line items

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    Accepted  ·  AdminKelly M (Community Manager, Xero) responded

    Hi everyone, apologies for the gap since our last update.

    We appreciate your ongoing feedback and additional detail that’s been shared in this thread.

    A dedicated units-of-measure field for line items isn't something we've committed to building as a standalone feature, though it's one we're actively considering as part of a wider look at extending invoice documents to better serve our customers.

    For now, connected apps in the Xero App Store remain an immediate option to meet needs expressed. We'll post an update here as this broader work develops.

    Oscar Melero Clavain supported this idea  · 
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    Oscar Melero Clavain commented  · 

    Hi I also need UoM for two main reasons:

    1. One of my customers requires this.
    2. One of my customer is looking at integrating Xero (used by one of their legal entities) and a major ERP. UoM is the missing field.

    My recommendation:
    1. Add a System Administration tab (This could be leveraged for future updates)
    2. Create a simple table called Unit of Meassure (free text would suffice and one field for the actual unit). This is enough for version 1
    3. Another table with Inter UoM conversion (only UoM created in the first table allowed)
    4. Another table with Intra UoM conversion (only UoM created in the first table allowed)

    This is simple and enough for now. It is also future proof as this design is not contradictory with introducing updates such as the ability to define Inter/Intra conversion for specific Items at a later stage.

    I implement large ERP systems and I would be happy to collaborate on the design of this and other features.

    For your consideration.
    Thanks