Units of measure appear at line item level on an invoice. They describe the magnitude of the physical quantity to which the line item quantity relates. Common units of measure found on invoices include each, kilograms, lbs, boxes, cases, and for service invoices that are billing time expended, hours and days.

Kofax AP Agility looks for a unit of measure when extracting the invoice line items. A designated column is included in the line items table for that reason. This is not a mandatory entry.

When exporting the line items, the unit of measure passed downstream for a paired line item is always the one that was lifted from the purchase order line. This is typically mandated by the downstream ERP system. Hence, if the invoice and purchase order units differ, Kofax AP Agility needs to adjust the quantity, so that it is expressed in the purchase order unit of measure. This prevents the wrong quantity being booked.