Unit of Measurement

Notice Kahua is a very flexible and customizable platform. In your domain, this application may have been modified to meet your company's needs. The online help uses default field labels for field names and describes standard workflows. Please check with your domain administrator for specific information about working in your organization's domain.

The Unit of Measurement app is an index app. Index apps contain lists of values that can be used in other applications. This app is used to define and manage units of measure (UOMs) and their values, particularly in the Asset suite of applications.

Key elements of the app include the following:

  • The Unit of Measurement app is a domain level app. The values entered here are available for use in all projects in your domain, regardless of which project or partition is open when records are added.

  • You can import both the measurement type name (e.g., Dimensions, Volume, Voltage, etc.) and the values (e.g., feet and meters, liters and cubic yards, volt and kilovolt, etc.) or enter them manually.

  • Because this is a domain level app, you must navigate to the root domain to access it in Configuration.

How to . . .

To create a new set of units of measurement, complete the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the Unit of Measure application.

    Note Your current partition or project selection does not matter, as the app is a domain-level app and all entries are available to all projects and partitions.

  2. Click New in the action bar.

  3. Complete the following fields as appropriate:

    Field Description
    Details
    Name

    Enter a name for the unit type (e.g., Dimension, Volume, Voltage, etc.).
    Description Optionally, enter a description for the unit type.
    Values

    Click Insert to insert a line in the grid. For more information on working with grids, refer to Item Grids.

    Note To delete a line item from the grid, select the check box for the line you want to remove and select Delete from the grid header.
    Name

    Enter the name of the value (e.g., feet and meters, liters and cubic yards, volt and kilovolt, etc.).
    Abbreviation

    Enter the abbreviation for the value (e.g., ft and m, L and CY, V and kV, etc.).

  4. Click Save when you are done.

If you have existing data that you want to import into this app, you can do so through the import process.

You will first generate an export of an existing record to access the correctly formatted spreadsheet file for the import. Once the exported file is available, add the appropriate values for the records you want to import to the exported spreadsheet. You can then import those records. For more detailed information on the importing process, refer to Importing records.

Important To import a list of values for a unit type, create the unit type record first and save it. The More > Import Values and Export Values menus will then be available for selection. Follow the process as described above.

Your domain administrator or another user with the appropriate permissions can configure the app in the Configuration application.

Important Because this is a domain-level app, you must navigate to the root domain to access Configuration for this app.

The Configuration app can be accessed directly through the apps list (Apps > Administration > Configuration), or by right-clicking on an application in the launch bar and selecting Configure. When you select Configure for an app from the launch bar, the detail view of the configuration page for that application opens automatically.

For general information on configuring this app in Configuration, refer to Application configuration.