The higher-level units of measure will be changed accordingly

What causes this issue?

You have changed the conversion factors for a unit of measure. The
higher-level units of measure that exist for this unit of measure will
be changed accordingly.
Example
Your base unit of measure is <LS>piece</>. 12 pieces fit into a box,
and 10 boxes fit onto a pallet. You change the box size so that only 6
pieces fit into a box. The system automatically increases the number of
boxes that fit onto a pallet to 20.

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?

Check the conversion factors for the higher-level units of measure and
change them if required.

Procedure for System Administrators

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