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Understanding Units of Measure
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Written by Noam Karoly
Updated over 4 months ago

Objective

Understand the accepted Units of Measure in StructShare.

Background

StructShare has a standard list of available Units of Measure that can be added or imported with items in your Items Database, Warehouses and Bill of Materials. We also limit the ability to add a new unit of measure using the ‘Free Text’ option during order creation. You will see a unified name for all Units of Measure and a short title throughout the system, E.g. Each and ea.

Things to Consider

  • If you import a Unit of Measure that does not exist in StructShare but the plural or abbreviation of the unit is on our list, the item will be added with the associated Unit of Measure that exists in StructShare.

  • If the Unit of Measure does not exist, you will receive an error.

  • For any items that are already in your database with a Unit of Measure that is not part of our list, you will be prompted to add a Unit of Measure from our list when this item is added to an order for the first time. This will automatically update the Unit of Measure in the source the chosen item was selected from based on the order selection.

Title

Short Title

Key

Plural

System

Accepted

Abbreviations

Each

ea

each

e

ea

#

each each

Foot

ft

foot

feet

ft

'

Piece

pc

piece

pieces

pc

pcs

pz

Hour

hr

hour

hours

hr

hrs

labor hour

Pound

lb

pound

pounds

lb

lbs

Box

box

box

boxes

bx

bxs

Gallon

gl

gallon

gallons

gal-us

gal-uk

gal

gl

galon

Ton

tn

ton

tons

ton-us

tn

tonne

ton-uk

Linnear Foot

lf

linear foot

linear feet

lf

lft

Roll

rl

roll

rollls

rl

rls

ro

rol

rols

Meter

m

meter

meters

m

metre

metres

mtr

Bag

bg

bag

bags

bg

Sheet

sht

sheet

sheets

sht

sh

st

Unit

un

unit

units

u

un

Yard

yd

yard

yards

yd

yds

Pack

pk

pack

packs

pk

package

pkg

Questions?

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