What this page is for
A unit is what a variant is counted or measured in, such as a bottle, a crate or a kilogram. Every variant needs one, and recipe lines are measured in units too. Each, Kilogram, Gram, Litre, Millilitre, Box, Case, Crate and Pack are there from the start.
Units with a fixed physical ratio belong to a family, such as weight (gram to kilogram) or volume (millilitre to litre); a unit with no natural fixed ratio, such as a box or a crate, has no family.
You see this page if your role can manage the catalogue, which is also what adding, editing and archiving need. A unit can be archived only once nothing uses it; once archived, it stops being offered for new variants and recipes.
How to…
How to add a unit
Press New unit. See New unit.
How to change a unit
Press the row to open and edit it.
How to archive or restore a unit
Choose Archive from the row menu once nothing uses it, or Restore to bring an archived one back.
Worked examples
Butchery that also roasts meat
Mama Njeri's Butchery counts raw beef in Kilogram (kg), part of the seeded weight family, so a recipe line can mix kilograms and grams and Tulindo converts between them.
Supermarket
Tumaini Supermarket adds its own unit, Bale, with no family set, because how many packets make up one bale is specific to how the supplier packs it, not a fixed physical ratio.