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<Session ID="/baanerp/ts/mdm/tsmdm0160m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Measurement Units (tsmdm0160m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to define your own measurement units. You can use these units to define measurements in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/mdm/tsmdm0165m000" role="session">Measurements (tsmdm0165m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><List><ListIntro>Measurement units can be either:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>A unit defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0101m000" role="session">Units (tcmcs0101m000)</GUIRef> session. This is only for measurements of length, weight, area, volume or time, which are the <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BaseUnit.ti" role="glossary">base units</Link> in SSA ERP. The unit you select must have a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ConverFactor.td" role="glossary">conversion factor</Link> defined for it in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/ibd/tcibd0103m000" role="session">Conversion Factors (tcibd0103m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>A unit defined by the user (when measuring a quantity unexpressable in the base units).</ListItem>
			</List>
			<ExampleSection><SectionTitle>Example</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>You want to measure electrical current, so you create the measurement unit:</Paragraph>
				<TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD>Measurement Unit</TD>
							<TD>I</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD>Description</TD>
							<TD>Current</TD>
						</TR>
						<TR><TD>Unit</TD>
							<TD>Amperes</TD>
						</TR>
					</TBODY>
				</TABLE>
			</ExampleSection>
		</GeneralSection>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="tsmdm060.cmun"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Measurement Unit</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The code of the <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000313" role="glossary">measurement unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="tsmdm060.desc"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Description</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>The name or description of the <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000313" role="glossary">measurement unit</Link>.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="txta.yn"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Text</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>Additional details pertaining to the measurement unit.</FuncDesc>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
