# Adding Eng Units in SQL DB

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-eng-units-in-sql-db/110619>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [September 15, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-eng-units-in-sql-db/110619 "2025-09-15T07:28:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Palazon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@Oscar\_Palazon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Oscar_Palazon)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-eng-units-in-sql-db/110619/1 "2025-09-15T07:28:06Z")

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Hello everyone,

I need help adding engineering units for existing variables in sqlth\_te to a new metadata table.

Any ideas on the best way to do this and automate it?

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-eng-units-in-sql-db/110619/2 "2025-09-15T08:25:12Z")

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Here's a little code for your Script Console. It should give you some ideas. (Replace my tag paths with a couple of yours and make sure you've set the EngUnits in those tags.)

```python
tags = [
	'[default]myInt1',
	'[default]myInt2'
]
for i in range(len(tags)):
	tags[i] = tags[i] + '.EngUnit' 
units = system.tag.readBlocking(tags)
print units

for u in units:
	print u.value

```

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Palazon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@Oscar\_Palazon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Oscar_Palazon)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 5:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-eng-units-in-sql-db/110619/3 "2025-09-17T05:38:52Z")

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Hi Transistor,

It has been very helpful. Thank you!

😜