Coupled Numeric Measurement Cells 

MDM includes a unique coupled numeric data type for attributes that allows you to store coupled pairs of measurement values. Each member of the pair can have a different physical dimension, allowing you to store the technical specifications of a product that are defined along a continuum. For example, the horsepower rating of a motor might be:

·        5 hp @ 3500 rpm

·        6 hp @ 4500 rpm

·        7 hp @ 5500 rpm

For coupled numeric attributes, the cell in the Record Detail tab is a custom control that contains a four-column grid with a row for each pair of coupled measurement values (figure below).

Entering, editing, and reordering values in a coupled numeric drop-down control is identical to a multi-valued measurement cell, except you must enter two measurement values for each grid row rather than just one.

A coupled numeric attribute appears as “name delimiter coupledname” (where “delimiter” is the user-defined, attribute-specific delimiter string for the attribute).

Just as with a measurement field or numeric attribute, either or both coupled dimensions may not have an associated physical dimension, in which case the corresponding column in the drop-down control contains numeric rather than measurement cells.

Multiple value pairs are separated by semi-colons.