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# BC Friday Tips #32 Unit of Measure Management Codeunit

[Read the post](https://thatnavguy.com/blog/2025/bc-friday-tips-32-unit-of-measure-management-codeunit/) · That NAV Guy (Teddy Herryanto, MVP) · 2025-05-23 · 69 words · tier community · reviewed (checked by Opus)

> The Unit of Measure Management codeunit provides built-in functions for handling unit of measure conversions and quantity calculations in Business Central. Developers should use it instead of creating custom solutions to ensure consistency and save development time.

## Key points

- The Unit of Measure Management codeunit offers functions such as GetQtyPerUnitOfMeasure, GetResQtyPerUnitOfMeasure, GetQtyRoundingPrecision, RoundQty, CalcBaseQty and CalcQtyFromBase
- Reusing the codeunit means developers do not have to write their own unit of measure conversion logic
- The stated benefits are saving time and keeping results consistent

## Quotes

- "Use it next time you are dealing with Unit of Measure conversions." (Recommends leveraging the standard codeunit as a development best practice for UoM handling)
- "No need to reinvent the wheel." (Emphasizes the importance of using built-in functionality instead of custom solutions)

## AL objects mentioned

As named in the post. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.

- [codeunit 5402 "Unit of Measure Management"](../../objects/codeunit/5402.md)

## Context

- Features: GetQtyPerUnitOfMeasure, GetResQtyPerUnitOfMeasure, GetQtyRoundingPrecision, RoundQty, CalcBaseQty, CalcQtyFromBase

Source: That NAV Guy, community blog. Summary, key points and quotes are derived (CONTENT-NOTICE.md); read the original for the full text.