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"Invalid purchaseunit reference key"

edited Dec 3, 2019 1:13PM in Account Administration 2 comments

I've never had this error before, and now I'm getting it on every import I do today, no matter which unit of measure matrix I'm referencing.

I've always referenced a purchase/stock/sale unit in a csv by the Plural Name of the unit, like this:

Units Type Ref = "Bags"
Purchase Units Ref = "Bags"

This is a simple unit of measure matrix, named "Bags", with only one unit of measure:

Bag, Bags, bag, bags (Name, Plural Name, Abbreviation, Plural Abbreviation)

This has been successful for hundreds of items in the past, and today is failing. What am I missing?

PS: I've tired substituting the Internal ID of the unit ref (making sure to specify it is an internal id reference in the csv import wizard), and that has failed as well.

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