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MK  
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 More options Mar 23 2012, 12:56 pm
From: MK <mkao...@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:56:42 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Fri, Mar 23 2012 12:56 pm
Subject: Is it possible to extract the unit of the indicators?
Is there a way of obtaining the units of the data? say in the API
query or from the data definition?

I can see it is possible for me to use regular expression to extract
it from the name but is it possible to provide the unit in the
definition?

Thanks a lot, the API is great!
MK


 
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Sarven Capadisli  
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 More options Apr 18 2012, 2:19 pm
From: Sarven Capadisli <i...@csarven.ca>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:19:53 +0100
Local: Wed, Apr 18 2012 2:19 pm
Subject: Re: Is it possible to extract the unit of the indicators?
On 12-03-23 04:56 PM, MK wrote:

> Is there a way of obtaining the units of the data? say in the API
> query or from the data definition?

> I can see it is possible for me to use regular expression to extract
> it from the name but is it possible to provide the unit in the
> definition?

> Thanks a lot, the API is great!
> MK

I don't see the unit information in the output either. I also think it
would be great to have this.

On the application end of things, it is quite critical. For instance,
I'm faced with a situation where in order for me to show a line chart
with multiple indicators, I need to allow only the indicators with the
same units. Otherwise, the measure values e.g., a currency amount, and
percentage, would get piled up on the same axis and become meaningless.

The curated approach is the unfortunate alternative. Unless there is an
external document somewhere we could make use of.. but a quick search
didn't reveal anything.

-Sarven


 
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Shanmugam Natarajan  
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 More options Apr 24 2012, 5:01 pm
From: Shanmugam Natarajan <shanmuga...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:01:09 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Apr 24 2012 5:01 pm
Subject: Re: Is it possible to extract the unit of the indicators?
Thanks for your comments. Right now you can extract the unit from
indicator name. We are working on this to show the unit separately.

Regards,
Shanmugam

On Apr 18, 2:19 pm, Sarven Capadisli <i...@csarven.ca> wrote:


 
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