Changing Units of Measure

Changing units of measure once you have data that Optimum Control is tracking, can be problematic for reporting. If Optimum Control has been setup using ounces as a recipe unit and you have decided that you want to now use in grams instead, keep in mind that the program has been keeping all of its history in ounces. 1000 ounces would now indicate 1000 grams which is incorrect.

Any items units of measure that have historical data will be indicated in gray and not editable.  

 Rather than changing the case size, you can add an additional case size and select this to be the default. See Adding Additional Suppliers and/or Case Sizes.

 

To Change Recipe Units

1. In the Items window select the UOM to be changed (How is it used in recipes, Purchase Price, or How do you report on this item).

2. Make the necessary changes.

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

4. Select Yes.

5. You will be asked for a conversion amount to convert all existing data and recipes to.
   E.G. To change Wine from a recipe unit of bottle to a recipe unit of fl oz, a message will pop up asking you how many fl oz are in a bottle. Answer in this case is 26, all data will be multiplied by 26 and the units will be changed in all recipes and purchases. So now instead of 1 bottle as a recipe ingredient, all recipes will now be at 26 fl oz.