Numeric or Coupled Numeric to Text 

Use

When you convert from numeric or coupled numeric to text, MDM can convert every numeric value or value pair into a text string automatically and the conversion proceeds without user intervention.

Procedure

To change an attribute’s type from either numeric or coupled numeric to text:

       1.      In the Attributes pane, select the numeric or coupled numeric attribute whose type you want to convert to text.

       2.      Right-click on the attribute and choose Convert Type from the context menu, or choose Attributes ® Convert Type from the main menu.

       3.      Choose To Text from the cascading menu of conversions.

       4.      MDM prompts you to confirm that you really want to convert the attribute. Click OK to convert the attribute type to text.

MDM creates a text value list that includes a text value for each distinct numeric value (or value pair) that existed for the numeric (or coupled numeric) attribute across the entire repository, generated by converting each numeric value (or value pair) into a text string.

Each generated text value reflects the settings for the number of Decimal Places and the Show Fractions option. If the numeric or coupled numeric attribute had physical dimension(s), each generated text value includes both a numeric component and a unit of measure. If the attribute was coupled, the text value includes the delimiter string.