Different Products have different units. DashPOS allows you to add different units for products.

Adding Units

1. Go to Products -> Units
2. Give the unit name and a short name, and choose if you want the unit to allow decimals.

Example:
Name: Meter
Shortname: Mtr.
Allow Decimal: Yes.

Allowing decimal allows you to purchase/Sell the product in decimal and vice-versa.

Multiple Units:

This can be useful if you purchase products in a different unit and sell them in a different unit.

For example, Purchase in dozens and sell in pieces.
Or purchase in boxes and sell in pieces.

Steps:

1. Add the lower unit from the Add Unit Screen. For example, pieces.
2. Add the higher unit as per the screenshot:
• Check “Add as multiple of another unit.”

• Provide the conversion Details.

      3. Use the unit to add/edit the product. While adding/editing purchase/ sale, you can see the dropdown for units. You can select the desired unit and the unit purchase/sales price will be changed accordingly.

NOTE: You will not see the main Units (Dozen in this example) in the Add-Product Unit dropdown; select piece as the unit of product. All purchases/sales get saved in the lower unit (pieces in the above example). So after adding purchases/sales, if you edit the conversion details, the purchases/sales quantity will be affected accordingly.

Selecting relevant Sub Units for a product

For some products not all sub-units will be required. Suppose for example you sell Oranges only in Dozens or only in pieces then it will be useful.

Enable it from Business settings ->Products -> Enable relevant sub-units

Now, when adding products, select the unit for the products, and it will give you the option to select multiple applicable sub-units. Selecting the sub-units will allow you to make purchases or sales on these selected sub-units.

Secondary Units:

Secondary units can be added to products. A secondary unit can be used if a particular product’s sub-unit may vary each time. For example, 1 piece of stone can be 10 kg or 20 kg, or 30 kg.

To enable this, go to Settings-> Business Settings – > Products.

When enabling this, a secondary unit label will be shown on the add/edit products screen.

Selecting this product in the purchase/sale/POS screen will also show the secondary unit label.

The details of secondary units for products are shown in the product stock history of that product.

NOTE: The secondary unit is not considered for calculation. It is only used for the user’s knowledge of tracking the products with varying subunits.

NOTE: Available only in version 4.7.8 and above.