# Missing Unit of Measurement

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/missing-unit-of-measurement/147421>\
**Category:** Items & Sitemaps\
**Tags:** uom\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/missing-unit-of-measurement/147421 "2023-06-23T05:53:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Udo\_Hartmann](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/udo_hartmann/32/70871_2.png) [@Udo\_Hartmann](https://community.openhab.org/u/Udo_Hartmann)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/missing-unit-of-measurement/147421/1 "2023-06-23T05:53:32Z")

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There is a missing UoM: Calory. As some brands of scales deliver this sort of data, it would be nice to implement this unit.

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**Author:** ![mstormi](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/mstormi/32/55857_2.png) [@mstormi](https://community.openhab.org/u/mstormi)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/missing-unit-of-measurement/147421/2 "2023-06-23T07:04:05Z")

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Open a Github issue. But calories are Joule so not missing.  
Wanna home automate your nutrition ?

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**Author:** ![Udo\_Hartmann](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/udo_hartmann/32/70871_2.png) [@Udo\_Hartmann](https://community.openhab.org/u/Udo_Hartmann)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/missing-unit-of-measurement/147421/3 "2023-06-23T12:35:55Z")

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No.  
1 cal = 4.184 J  
As I have a scale which does the measurement, I want to see it in openHAB 🙂

Done.

> <https://github.com/openhab/openhab-core/issues/3667>
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> Calory is missing as a unit for energy (1 cal = 4.184 J) 
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> Some Scales (with M…easurement for Fat, Water, BMI) do provide a recommendation for daily energy in kcal. Would be nice to have the option to use the unit "the openHAB way" :)