Units of measurement

Permissions and access

Minimum role: Lab manager
Client type: web client

Overview

The Data Governance - Units tab lets you create and manage units of measurement, which are standards of physical quantities for parameters in research and experiments.

Each unit of measurement can be optionally associated to a unit category. For example, if you want to define milligrams as a unit of measurement, you could associate it to a unit category, such as either mass or weight.

To view a list of units, select a unit category in the list under Categories and the associated units are displayed in the Units section. Units that are not assigned to a unit category are displayed by selecting Unassigned units.

Unit categories

Unit categories are used to define standard measurement weights and quantities, such as concentration, volume, or length.

Create a unit category

To create a unit category:

1. On the Data Governance - Units tab, click or tap the New Category button.

   

   The New Unit Category dialog appears.

   

2. In the Category Name field, type a unique name for the unit category.

3. Optional: In the Description field, type a description of the unit category.

4. Click or tap Save.

   The new unit category is added to the categories list on the Units view.

Edit a unit category

To edit a unit category:

1. On the Data Governance - Units tab, click or tap the Edit icon beside the unit category that you want to edit.

   The Edit Unit Category dialog appears.

   

2. Edit the details of the unit of measurement, as needed.

3. Click or tap Save.

Units of measurement

Units of measurement are defined and assigned to parameters of certain data types and modeling types.

Create a unit of measurement

To create a unit of measurement:

1. On the Data Governance - Units tab, click or tap the New Unit button.

   

   The New Units dialog appears.

   

   Note

   If you had selected a unit category before clicking or tapping the New Unit button, the unit category value is automatically populated in the Unit Category field.

2. In the Unit Name field, type a unique name for the new unit of measurement.

3. In the Unit Symbol field, type the symbol that represents the unit of measurement.

   Note

   CoBaseKRM does not support spell checking names, symbols, and formatting.

   Warning

   A unit's name and symbol cannot be edited after you have created it. If you have created a unit name and/or symbol by mistake and no longer want to use it, you are required to delete the unwanted unit name and symbol. Then, create the new unit and symbol that you do want.

4. Click or tap Save.

   The new unit of measurement is added to the list on the Units tab.

Copy an existing unit to create a new unit

The Copy feature enables you to make a copy of an existing unit of measurement record and edit the details to create a new unit.

To use the Copy feature for creating a new unit:

1. Click or tap the Copy Existing Unit icon beside a unit of measurement that you want to make a copy of.

   An editable copy of the existing unit of measurement appears.

   

2. Edit the details of the existing unit to produce a new unit, and click or tap the Save icon .

   The new unit that is based on an existing unit is added to the list of units of measurement.