Associating Units with a Numeric Control or Indicator

You can associate physical units of measure, such as meters or kilometers/second, with any numeric control that has floating-point representation.

Complete the following steps to associate units with a numeric control or indicator.

  1. Right-click the control or indicator and select Visible Items»Unit Label from the shortcut menu. A unit label appears.
  2. Enter a unit using correct abbreviations.

Complete the following steps to change units.

  1. Right-click the unit label and select Unit from the shortcut menu to display the Compatible Units dialog box.
  2. Use the Compatible Units dialog box to replace the unit with a more appropriate one.

Refer to troubleshooting invalid units for more information about using units in LabVIEW.