Defining Units of Measure

You can define units of measure shown in some fields, such as weight. The system displays this data using the unit of measure used by the person who enters the data. On a page-by-page basis, users can convert data entered in English units to metric units and vice versa. For example, if a user enters weight data using grams, another user can convert this data to pounds. Each English unit can be converted to only one metric unit.

Before you begin:

Open Business Modeler. See the Business Modeler Guide for details.

  1. In Business Modeler, open the Unit of Measure attribute for editing.

  2. Add and remove range values for the Unit of Measure attribute to include all English and Metric units that you will define conversions for.



  3. Using ENOVIA Matrix Navigator or PowerWeb, create a business object of Type Unit Conversion. The Name must match the English unit and the Revision must match the Metric unit. Both units must be added to the range values for the Unit of Measure attribute in 2. Save the object in the eService Administration vault.



  4. In the Rate attribute for the Unit Conversion object, enter the conversion rate between the English and Metric unit.



  5. Click Modify.