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Units

Predefined units are the recommended way on using units for standard metrics. In case of custom units, refer to Units in the PDC Manual.

Predefined Units

The predefined Units enable automated conversion between metric and imperial units of values on the DataPortal. The declaration of the include for the predefined units must be located above the "Unit" definition.

Warning

Note that the following snippet must be added to the Parsing Definition Configuration, see PDC Manual. A PDC template with the necessary elements can be downloaded here: PDC Template.

<xsi:include href="https://xml.proemion.com/ProemionDataConfiguration/predefinedUnits.xml" parse="xml" xpointer="element(/1)"/>

The following units are predefined and should always be used if possible.

Predefined Unit Keys Units
predefined.unit.acceleration.G g
predefined.unit.acceleration.METERS_PER_SECOND_SQUARED m/s²
predefined.unit.angle.DEGREE °
predefined.unit.area.SQUARE_METER
predefined.unit.BITFIELD integer without unit symbol
predefined.unit.capacity.AMPERE_HOUR Ah
predefined.unit.current.AMPERE A
predefined.unit.current.MILLIAMPERE mA
predefined.unit.datavolume.BYTE byte
predefined.unit.datetime.DATE date without additional time. Value should be provided in seconds, but hours, minutes and seconds will be ignored.
predefined.unit.datetime.DATETIME date with additional seconds of day. Indicates to tooling that values should be formatted, contrary to predefined.unit.datetime.TIMESTAMP
predefined.unit.datetime.TIMESTAMP sec
predefined.unit.density.GRAM_PER_MILLILITER g/ml
predefined.unit.density.KILOGRAM_PER_CUBICMETER kg/m3
predefined.unit.energy.consumption.KILOWATT_HOUR_PER_KILOMETER kWh/km
predefined.unit.energy.KILOWATT_HOUR kWh
predefined.unit.flow.CUBIC_METER_PER_HOUR m3/h
predefined.unit.flow.GALLON_LIQUID_US_PER_HOUR gal/h
predefined.unit.flow.GALLON_LIQUID_US_PER_MINUTE gal/min
predefined.unit.flow.LITER_PER_HOUR l/h
predefined.unit.flow.LITER_PER_MINUTE l/min
predefined.unit.force.KILONEWTON kN
predefined.unit.force.NEWTON N
predefined.unit.force.POUND_FORCE lbf
predefined.unit.fraction.PARTS_PER_MILLION ppm
predefined.unit.frequency.HERTZ Hz
predefined.unit.frequency.per.HOUR 1/h
predefined.unit.frequency.per.MINUTE 1/min
predefined.unit.fueleconomy.KILOMETER_PER_LITER km/l
predefined.unit.geoposition.DECIMAL_DEGREE °
predefined.unit.length.CENTIMETER cm
predefined.unit.length.FOOT ft
predefined.unit.length.INCH in
predefined.unit.length.KILOMETER km
predefined.unit.length.METER m
predefined.unit.length.MILE mi
predefined.unit.length.MILLIMETER mm
predefined.unit.mass.GRAM g
predefined.unit.mass.KILOGRAM kg
predefined.unit.mass.METRIC_TON t
predefined.unit.mass.POUND lb
predefined.unit.mass.SHORT_TON tn
predefined.unit.NUMBER number without unit symbol
predefined.unit.PERCENT \%
predefined.unit.power.KILOWATT kW
predefined.unit.power.WATT W
predefined.unit.powerlevel.DECIBEL-MILLIWATTS dBm
predefined.unit.pressure.BAR bar
predefined.unit.pressure.HECTOPASCAL hPa
predefined.unit.pressure.KILOPASCAL kPa
predefined.unit.pressure.MEGAPASCAL MPa
predefined.unit.pressure.MILLIBAR mbar
predefined.unit.pressure.opt.PSI psi
predefined.unit.pressure.PSI psi
predefined.unit.resistance.KILO_OHM
predefined.unit.resistance.OHM Ω
predefined.unit.rotation.DEGREES_PER_SECOND °/sec
predefined.unit.rotation.RPM rpm
predefined.unit.roughness.iri.m m/km
predefined.unit.speed.FOOT_PER_SECOND ft/s
predefined.unit.speed.KILOMETERS_PER_HOUR km/h
predefined.unit.speed.METERS_PER_SECOND m/s
predefined.unit.speed.MILES_PER_HOUR mi/h
predefined.unit.stiffness.MEGANEWTON_PER_METER MN/m
predefined.unit.surface_density.GRAM_PER_SQUARE_CENTIMETER g/cm²
predefined.unit.surface_density.GRAM_PER_SQUARE_METER g/m²
predefined.unit.temperature.CELSIUS °C
predefined.unit.temperature.FAHRENHEIT °F
predefined.unit.temperature.KELVIN K
predefined.unit.TEXT text without unit symbol
predefined.unit.time.HOUR hr
predefined.unit.time.MILLISECOND ms
predefined.unit.time.MINUTE min
predefined.unit.time.SECOND sec
predefined.unit.torque.NEWTON_METER Nm
predefined.unit.velocity.FOOT_PER_MINUTE ft/min
predefined.unit.velocity.FOOT_PER_SECOND ft/s
predefined.unit.velocity.INCH_PER_SECOND inch/s
predefined.unit.velocity.METERS_PER_MINUTE m/min
predefined.unit.velocity.METERS_PER_SECOND m/s
predefined.unit.velocity.MILLIMETERS_PER_SECOND mm/s
predefined.unit.voltage.MILLIVOLT mV
predefined.unit.voltage.VOLT V
predefined.unit.volume.CUBIC_METER
predefined.unit.volume.CUBIC_YARD yd³
predefined.unit.volume.GALLON_LIQUID_US gal
predefined.unit.volume.LITER l
predefined.unit.volume.OUNCE fl oz

Note

TIMESTAMP, DATE and DATETIME must be provided in UTC time.

Note

In case that there is no format defined in the value definition, the predefined.unit.time.HOUR, predefined.unit.time.MINUTE and predefined.unit.time.SECOND are displayed as HH:MM:SS format.

Note

If there are predefined units missing, you may request them via the Service and Support.

Predefined Units
Figure 1: Predefined Units