Retrieves the unit of measure with the specified key.

Request Information

URI Parameters :

NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
id

The unit of measure id.

 globally unique identifier

Required

Body Parameters :

None.

Response Information

Resource Description :

IHttpActionResult containing the unit of measure, or 404 Not Found if it doesn't exist.

db_unit_of_measure
NameDescriptionTypeAdditional information
id

Primary Key

 globally unique identifier
name

Display name of this unit of measure.

 string
code

Short code identifying this unit of measure.

 string
is_enabled

Indicates whether this unit of measure is currently active/selectable.

 boolean
measure_type

Kind of quantity this unit measures (e.g. length, mass, volume).

 string
system_type

Measurement system this unit belongs to (e.g. metric, imperial).

 string
modified_dateutc

Readonly system field managed by database, filled with GetUtcDate when adding,updating

 date
measure_is_decimal

Indicates whether quantities expressed in this unit can have decimal values (as opposed to whole numbers only).

 boolean

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample: 
{
  "id": "fdda5e0e-209f-4109-b52f-ec73494c8052",
  "name": "sample string 2",
  "code": "sample string 3",
  "is_enabled": true,
  "measure_type": "sample string 5",
  "system_type": "sample string 6",
  "modified_dateutc": "2026-09-16T11:04:05.0644746+00:00",
  "measure_is_decimal": true
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample: 
<db_unit_of_measure xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <code>sample string 3</code>
  <id>fdda5e0e-209f-4109-b52f-ec73494c8052</id>
  <is_enabled>true</is_enabled>
  <measure_is_decimal>true</measure_is_decimal>
  <measure_type>sample string 5</measure_type>
  <modified_dateutc>2026-09-16T11:04:05.064Z</modified_dateutc>
  <name>sample string 2</name>
  <system_type>sample string 6</system_type>
</db_unit_of_measure>