How To Fix MH329 - Excess Length When Converting Purchase Order Price Units Into Order Units

MH329 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: MH - Maintain Material Master Data (Retail)

• Message number: 329

• Message text: Excess Length When Converting Purchase Order Price Units Into Order Units

What causes this issue?

You have entered an order unit and a purchase order price unit. Based
on this data, the system internally calculates the conversion factors
between the two units. The nominator or the denominator is greater than
99999.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Change the order unit and/or the purchase order price unit.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message MH329 - Excess Length When Converting Purchase Order Price Units Into Order Units ?

  The SAP error message MH329, which states "Excess Length When Converting Purchase Order Price Units Into Order Units," typically occurs when there is a mismatch in the unit of measure (UoM) or when the conversion between different units of measure exceeds the allowed length or precision defined in the system.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Unit of Measure Configuration: The error often arises due to incorrect configuration of the units of measure in the material master or purchase order. If the conversion factor between the purchase order price unit and the order unit is not set up correctly, it can lead to this error.
  
  
  Decimal Places: The number of decimal places defined for the units of measure may not be sufficient to handle the conversion, leading to an overflow or excess length error.
  
  
  Data Entry Errors: Incorrect data entry in the purchase order, such as entering a price or quantity that exceeds the defined limits for the unit