How To Fix WS057 - Conversion between & and & effected using factor 1

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS - Supplier Billing Document

• Message number: 057

• Message text: Conversion between & and & effected using factor 1

What causes this issue?

A billing document price quantity has been defined for the item but you
have not defined conversion factor
Billing document unit &V1& --> Billing document price unit &V2&

System Response

1 &V1& is converted as 1 &V2&.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS057 - Conversion between & and & effected using factor 1 ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Message:
  WS057 - Conversion between & and & effected using factor 1
  
  
  Cause:
  This message is an informational or warning message generated during unit of measure (UoM) conversions in SAP. It indicates that a conversion between two units of measure has been performed using a conversion factor of 1.
  In other words, the system tried to convert a quantity from one unit to another, but the conversion factor between these units is 1, meaning the units are effectively treated as equivalent for the purpose of the conversion.
  This can happen when:
  
  The two units are identical or considered equivalent in the system.
  The units are different but the conversion factor has been maintained as 1 in the unit of measure conversion table.
  No specific conversion factor has been defined, so the system defaults to 1.
  
  
  Explanation:
  
  The message shows the two units involved in the conversion (e.g., from unit A