How to Create a Measure Unit?

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• Roles: Administrator
• Plans: Starter, Premium, On demand

To create a unit to be used in a measure:

1. Go to the Measures menu.
2. Click the Manage units button.
3. Select Add a new unit.

💡 You can also create a unit directly from the measure creation modal.

Parameters to Complete

When creating a unit, you must fill in the following fields:

• Unit name: used to identify the unit
• Symbol: visual representation of the unit, linked to the measurement
• Code (auto-generated): used for analytics and statistics
• Unit type: numeric or text
  • A numeric unit allows only numbers to be entered.

For example, for Number of produced parts, with a numeric unit, you would enter “20”.

With a text unit, you could enter “20 parts”.

Once created, the unit appears on the units page, after the system units.

It can then be selected when creating a measure.