# Engineering Unit List

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-unit-list/15697>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 17, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-unit-list/15697 "2017-10-17T20:49:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![brian.mcenulty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@brian.mcenulty](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brian.mcenulty)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-unit-list/15697/1 "2017-10-17T20:49:34Z")

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When configuring the engineering units for a tag there is a list of a few standard engineering units to select from. You can of course type in your own for anything that isn’t available but is there somewhere where the default available engineering units can be added onto at? I’d like to maintain the same abbreviations throughout the tags configured in my project and being able to add to the default engineering unit list would help with that.

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-unit-list/15697/2 "2017-10-18T15:26:42Z")

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Unfortunately, the list of suggested engineering units is hardcoded - but this is a great suggestion for [ideas.inductiveautomation.com](http://ideas.inductiveautomation.com/forums/255378-ignition-features-and-ideas).

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**Author:** ![heybales](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/heybales/32/3358_2.png) [@heybales](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/heybales)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-unit-list/15697/3 "2017-10-19T17:24:13Z")

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This is a great idea. Might as well support conversions while you are at it. 😌

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**Author:** ![heybales](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/heybales/32/3358_2.png) [@heybales](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/heybales)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/engineering-unit-list/15697/4 "2017-10-19T17:27:14Z")

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whoa, I just earned my emoji badge. not sure how I feel about that.