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Maintaining a Unit Conversion

A unit conversion provides a way to 'translate' one unit to another. Standard units are defined with standard conversions.

Unit conversions can be created and deleted as necessary. Each maintenance option is defined below.

Creating a Unit Conversion

1. Go to System Setup, click the Units node and expand the relevant unit group.
2. Click a unit to display the units editor as shown below.

3. On the Units tab in the Base Unit parameter, click the ellipsis button (), to display the Edit Conversion Rule dialog.

• For the Choose Base Unit parameter, click the ellipsis button (), to display the Please Select a Unit dialog. Use the Browse or Search tabs to find and select the relevant unit, and then click the Select button.

If a unit group is selected, a waring is displayed to select a unit (as shown below).

• In the Conversion Factor parameter, type the factor.

• In the Conversion Offset parameter, type the offset.

For more information, see the Conversion Factor and Conversion Offset section of the Units topic here.

4. Click the OK button on the Edit Conversion Rule dialog to create the conversion rule between the two units displayed in the Base Unit field.

Note: There can only be one Base Unit for each group. If one unit uses another unit as Base, it cannot be used as Base itself.

Deleting a Unit Conversion

1. Go to System Setup and click the Units node, expand the relevant unit group and click the relevant Base Unit where the conversion rule is to be removed.

2. On the Units tab of the units editor, click the ellipsis button () on the Base Unit parameter to display the Edit Conversion Rule dialog.

3. Click the Delete button. The conversion rule is removed.

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