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Quantities and units

The Quantity + units list view shows the quantities available for your Organization. You can use this view to add missing Quantities and Units. You can also edit Quantities / Units that have been created into your Organizations lists.

Note! This and the units views share the same content, but from different viewpoints: This view has hierarchial structure, showing first the quantities and units are under each quantity, whereas the units view is a flat list of units.

Quantities list

When selecting a Quantity from this list, the selected quantity information is shown. Here you can also add a new unit to the selected Quantity by clicking Add Unit and view a list of Units that are created for the Quantity, by clicking Units (#). The number within brackets shows how many Units are created for the selected Quantity.

Frequency Quantity

Add a new Quantity​

Start by clicking + Add Quantity in Lists / Quantities view

Quantities list

In the opening view, add a mandatory Quantity name (max 25 characters) and possibly a description (256 characters) for the new Quantity.

Add Quantity dialogue

Note! Each Quantity MUST be Uniquely named. Duplicate values are not allowed.

Edit Quantities​

Editing is started by clicking Edit in the Quantity view. This opens the edit and delete icons for the the Quantity rows that the user can modify (i.e. Quantities created by the Organization’s users).

Edit Quantity view

Editing buttons can be hidden by clicking x Close Edit .

Note!

  • A User cannot edit pre-populated values, which are maintained by Beamex. They are shown with text Permanent data in the edit window.
  • A quantity can only be removed if it does not contain any units. To remove a Quantity that contains units, remove the units first.

Add a Unit​

Select a Quantity in the Lists/Quantities -view. Press + Add Unit to open the sidebar for adding a new unit.

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Unit (max length 25 characters) and Unit symbol (max 15 characters) are mandatory fields. You can build relations between units within a quantity by selecting your reference unit and setting factor and constant for the relation. If you don’t want to use relation to other units, select No reference from the drop down menu.

See also how to add a Unit in the Units-view

Note! Each unit linked to a Quantity MUST be uniquely named. However, the Unit field is case sensitive, so you can create values such as mA and MA.

Edit Units​

Select a Quantity from the Lists / Quantities -view. Click Units (#). A list of Units linked to the selected Quantity shows up in the side bar. Click Manage Units to open up the Unit list. Click Edit to enable editing.

Note!

  • Only units that Organizations users have created, can be edited.
  • You can also add a new unit from this view, by clicking Add Unit

See also Edit Units from the Units view