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   <Header>
      <Title>Units</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1139675">
         <Level1>Units</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1139678">
         <Level1>Base units</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Use units of measure to
		express and manage physical quantities in LN. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0101m000" role="session">Units (tcmcs0101m000)</GUIRef> session, you can define any unit that you need, for
		example, meter, kilometer, kilo, box of 12. All defined units belong to one of
		the following physical quantity types:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#mass" role="option">Weight</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#piece" role="option">Piece</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#length" role="option">Length</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#area" role="option">Area (m2)</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#volume" role="option">Volume</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/tccu#time" role="option">Time</GUIRef>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Base units</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If LN carries out
		  calculations on a specific unit quantity, the quantity is first converted to a <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#BaseUnit_ti" role="glossary">base unit</Link>. On company level,
		  a base unit is defined for every dimension (weight, length, etcetera) in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0500m000" role="session">MCS Parameters (tcmcs0500m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Alternative units</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>In addition to the base
		  unit, you can define any other unit that you need. For example, if one meter is
		  the base length unit, you can define millimeter, centimeter, decimeter,
		  decameter, hectometer, and kilometer as alternative length units.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Conversion factors</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Define <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#ConverFactor_td" role="glossary">conversion factors</Link> to
		  indicate the ratio between base units and alternative units.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Linking units to items</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>Use a <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#UnitSet_tc" role="glossary">unit set</Link> to specify which
		  units belong to an item or item group.</Paragraph>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000013" role="manual">To use unit sets</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000014" role="manual">To use conversion factors</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000016" role="manual">To define units</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>