Measurement Search 

MDM features an innovative enhancement to free-form keyword text search called measurement search.

Measurement search automatically converts typed text values that represent measurements – those that consist of a numeric value and a unit – between different physical units, so you can find equivalent measurement values even when the value you type has a different unit from how it is stored in the repository.

So, for example, the measurement value "30 inches" stored in the repository can be found as any of: 30", 30 inches, 30 in, 2 1/2 feet, 2-1/2 ', 2.5 ft, 2 feet 6 inches, 76.2 centimeters, 762 mm, or 0.762 meter.

Measurement search leverages MDM’s built-in support for over 70 different physical dimensions and over 750 different units of measure.

Measurement fields and numeric attributes are 4-byte real fields with the exception of the dimensions Time and Frequency, which require the additional precision of 8-byte real fields.