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title: "Units of Measurement"
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updated: 2024-03-19T15:46:04Z
published: 2024-03-19T15:46:04Z
canonical: "help.elorus.com/units-of-measurement"
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# Units of Measurement

In Elorus, you can create your own units of measurement, as well as edit existing ones, by selecting **Settings > Units of measurement**.

## Adding a unit of measurement

By selecting **Add** at the top of the page, you can add a new unit of measurement. To register the unit of measurement, you will need to fill in the mandatory fields **Title**, **Symbol**, and **Category**, and then click **Save**. ![Add a Unit of measurement](https://cdn.document360.io/9493d4a2-f3a8-4344-ad47-a4f5aeb61ce6/Images/Documentation/create%20unit.png)

### Title

The **Title** is used as descriptive text in various points in the application, e.g., *Kilometer*, *Hour* or *Page*.

### Symbol

The **Symbol** field determines how the unit of measurement will appear on the printouts of your invoices. For example, *km* for kilometer or *pg* for page.

### Category

In the **Category** field, you select one of the available categories from the list to which the added unit of measurement belongs. For instance, kilograms are classified under the *Weight* category and hours under the *Time* category. If the unit of measurement you added belongs to another category, you select *Other*.

## Managing units of measurement

In case some of the units of measurement do not serve your business needs, you can either archive or delete them. After selecting the specific units of measurement from the list, click on the **Actions** field and proceed with the desired action, as shown in the image below.

![Units of measurement - Archive and Delete](https://cdn.document360.io/9493d4a2-f3a8-4344-ad47-a4f5aeb61ce6/Images/Documentation/eng%20units.png)

          Note!

          

Records created by Elorus are considered **protected**, and can only be archived. You will not be given the option to proceed with **Delete** or **Edit**.