deleting-a-unit-of-measurement-54ded5b.md

Deleting a Unit of Measurement

Use method DELETE to delete a unit of measurement.

Caution:

Changing the initial set of configurations has implications. Before proceeding with any change, familiarize yourself with the warnings in Units of Measurement.

Import Parameters

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Parameter Name	Value Help
UNIT	Internal unit of measurement

Export Parameters

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Parameter Name	Value Help
ERROR	Space: No error ‘X’: Save error

Note:

Class exception CX_UOM_ERROR is raised to check the integrity of the data import parameters.

Sample Code:

CLASS zcl_uom_unit_delete_test DEFINITION 
  PUBLIC 
  FINAL 
  CREATE PUBLIC.
 
  PUBLIC SECTION. 
    INTERFACES if_oo_adt_classrun. 
  PROTECTED SECTION. 
  PRIVATE SECTION. 
ENDCLASS. 
 
CLASS zcl_uom_unit_delete_test IMPLEMENTATION. 
 
  METHOD if_oo_adt_classrun~main. 
    DATA(lo_uom) = cl_uom_maintenance=>get_instance( ). 
 
    TRY. 
        lo_uom->delete( EXPORTING unit = 'ZYX' 
                        IMPORTING error = DATA(lv_error) ). 
                        
      CATCH cx_uom_error INTO DATA(lo_error). 
        out->write( | Exception raised | ). 
        out->write( lo_error->get_text( ) ). 
    ENDTRY. 
    IF lv_error = abap_true.
      out->write( |Error occurred while deleting the data from the database| ).
    ENDIF.
  ENDMETHOD. 
ENDCLASS.