Units

The software allows Line Items and Constants to be designated as different types of units, including user defined types. Depending upon whether a FO Type parameter is a Constant or a Line Item, it can be assigned a unit type.

Units	Formatting	Line Item	Constant	Description	Example
Monetary	Currency	X	X
Percent	Percentage	X	X	Any value entered will be converted to a decimal for calculation purposes.	100% would be converted to 1.
Annual Rate	Percentage	X	X	Any value entered will be interpreted for calculation purposes based on the timeframe of the model.	12% will be converted to 1% if the model is monthly, or 3% if the model is quarterly
Periods	None	X	X	A value defined as periods will interpreted based upon the timeframe of the model.	In an Annual model, a period is one year, in a monthly model a period is one month
Days	None	X	X	Days are consistent across all model time frames and are automatically adjusted to the number of days in the calendar month and year (in a leap year, February has 29 Days).
Other	None	X	X
Period	Date		X	A specific period	February, 2012
Day	Date		X	A specific day. Can be used to display a Not Applicable Date format as defined in Model Parameters. For this, all dates beyond the year 9000 will be considered as a Not Applicable Date.	February 14, 2012
Enumerated Type	Drop Down List		X	A selection list, with each item assigned a unique constant value, for use in formulas	Jan has a value of 1, Feb has a value of 2, etc.. A conditional expression a mathematical expression that follows the form:if x is true, do this, otherwise that. Also known as If-Then-Else statements can be written that if the list item selected has a value of 2, to return the desired value for February.
Ratio Line Item
User Defined	None	X	X	As specified.

Creating User Defined Unit Types

Navigate to Model Infrastructure/Units and Enumerated Lists.
Right-click and select Add Unit.
Type in a title for the units.

Once created, Line Items and Constants will be able to be defined as a unit of this type.