About Units of Measure

Any numeric field in any family can have a unit of measure (UOM) associated with it. The UOM associated with a field characterizes the values that are stored in that field. For example, a numeric field with the UOM Feet will store values measured in feet.

The UOM functionality in Configuration Manager allows you to do four things:

Set up the UOMs available for association with numeric fields. After you have defined UOMs, you can associate them with numeric family fields to characterize the type of data that is stored in the fields.
Define how one UOM will be converted to another UOM (e.g., how inches will be converted to centimeters).
Create UOM Conversion Sets, which are groups of UOM conversions that determine how values will be displayed to a certain set of users. After you have configured UOM Conversion Sets, you can associate them with the users in your system.

If you are using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), then you can display the UOMs for the numeric values in an SSRS Report. Therefore, when you view an SSRS Report, you can see the value and the associated UOM.

Note: If the query used to create the reports is in formatted mode, then only the UOM will appear in the Reports.
- To display the UOM in the SSRS Report, use the following expression in the Report Designer.
  
  Fields!<nameofthefield>.FormattedValue
  
  For example: Fields!Operating_Pressure.FormattedValue
- To view the report without the UOM, use the following expression in the Report Designer.
  
  Fields!<nameofthefield>.value
  
  For example: Fields!Operating_Pressure.Value

Note: Members of the MI APMNow Admin Security Group has full access to Units of Measure and Conversions.