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Metric units

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Metric units are used in data visualizations and are available for custom use and conversions in the @dynatrace-sdk/units.

SI Prefixes​

NameSymbolEnglish wordScientific Notation
quettaQnonillion10^30
ronnaRoctillion10^27
yottaYseptillion10^24
zettaZsextillion10^21
exaEquintillion10^18
petaPquadrillion10^15
teraTtrillion10^12
gigaGbillion10^9
megaMmillion10^6
kilokthousand10^3
hectohhundred10^2
decadaten10^1
one10^0
decidtenth10^-1
centichundredth10^-2
millimthousandth10^-3
microµmillionth10^-6
nanonbillionth10^-9
picoptrillionth10^-12
femtofquadrillionth10^-15
attoaquintillionth10^-18
zeptozsextillionth10^-21
yoctoyseptillionth10^-24
rontoroctillionth10^-27
quectoqnonillionth10^-30

Angle​

NameSymbol
milliradianmrad
radianrad
second″
minute′
degree°
revolutionr

Area​

NameSymbol
square meterm^2
square inchin^2
square footft^2
square yardyd^2
square milemi^2

Currency​

NameSymbol
US DollarUS$
Euro€
Japanese Yen¥
British Pound£
Australian DollarA$
Canadian DollarC$
New Zealand DollarNZ$
Swiss FrancCHF
Chinese Yuan元

Data​

NameSymbol
bitbit
kilobitkbit
megabitMbit
gigabitGbit
...
byteB
kilobytekB
megabyteMB
gigabyteGB
terabyteTB
petabytePB
...
kibibyteKiB
mebibyteMiB
gibibyteGiB
tebibyteTiB
pebibytePiB
...

Datarate​

NameSymbol
bitpsbit/s
kbitpmkbit/min
kBphkB/h
...
kiBpsKiB/s
MbitpsMbit/s
GbitpsGbit/s
...
MibitpsMibit/s
GibitpmGibit/min
...

Electricity​

NameSymbol
ampereA
voltV
ohmΩ
wattW
coulombC
faradF
weberWb
teslaT
henryH
siemensS

Force​

NameSymbol
newtonN
poundlbf

Frequency​

NameSymbol
hertzHz

Length​

NameSymbol
meterm
inchin
footft
yardyd
milemi
astronomical unitau
lightyear 🚀ly

Mass​

NameSymbol
gramg
graingr
ounceoz
poundlb
tonnet

Percentage​

NameSymbol
promille‰
percent%
onex

Physics​

NameSymbol
grayGy
sievertSv
candelacd
lumenlm
luxlx
steradiansr

Pressure​

NameSymbol
pascalPa
psipsi
barbar

Temperature​

NameSymbol
kelvinK
degree celsius°C
degree fahrenheit°F
degree rankine°R

Time​

NameSymbol
seconds
dayD
weekW
monthM
yearY
hourh
minutemin

Unspecified​

NameSymbol
countcount
count per secondcount/s
count per minutecount/min
count per hourcount/h
corecore
millicoremillicore
msuMSU
pixelpx
ratioratio
statestate
unspecifiedunspecified
none

Velocity​

NameSymbol
kilometer per hourkm/h
meter per secondm/s
miles per hourmi/h

Volume​

NameSymbol
cubic meterm^3
litredm^3
cubic inchin^3
cubic feetft^3
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