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title: "Empty list for Units field when creating new survey in Collect"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/1045/empty-list-for-units-field-when-creating-new-survey-in-collect"
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status: "answered"
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asked: "2017-02-10T00:42:18"
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# Empty list for Units field when creating new survey in Collect

Asked by jinkaizhang on 2017-02-10

Hello,

I was creating a new survey using Survey Designer. when i clicked the "Units" field, i only saw one empty list. But the manual says " A set of predefined units are automatically loaded" on Page 10. 

Is this a bug?


Thanks,

Jinkai


## Answer (score 0, by Stefano (OF) on 2017-02-10)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/1045/empty-list-for-units-field-when-creating-new-survey-in-collect/1047

Dear Jinkai,  
The set of predefined list is created automatically every time you create a new survey and it's accessible from the **Survey** tab in the survey editor:  
![alt text][1]  

Then you can specify which ones of these units of measurements can be applied for the attributes in your survey by defining a list of units in the Numeric Attribute editor:  

![alt text][2]  

Just click on the small green plus button and start to add units to your list:  

![alt text][3]  

You can use the *predefined* units or create new ones if you need.  
Many thanks,  
Open Foris Team

  [1]: http://www.openforis.org/support/upfiles/units1.png
  [2]: http://www.openforis.org/support/upfiles/units2.png
  [3]: http://www.openforis.org/support/upfiles/units3.png