• i. Copyright and Trademark Information
• 1. Welcome to Granta MI
• 2. Explore
  • 2.1. Searching for data
    • 2.1.1. Viewing search results in a list
      • 2.1.1.1. Changing which columns appear in the list
      • 2.1.1.2. Reorganizing the columns in the list
      • 2.1.1.3. Saving the list to a CSV file
    • 2.1.2. Viewing search results in a grid
    • 2.1.3. Plotting search results on a scatter plot
    • 2.1.4. Plotting curves from search results
      • 2.1.4.1. Adding labels to curves
      • 2.1.4.2. Finding the area under a curve
    • 2.1.5. Search operators
  • 2.2. Viewing datasheets
  • 2.3. Favorites
  • 2.4. Creating records
  • 2.5. Comparing records
  • 2.6. Editing data
  • 2.7. Exporting Material Cards
  • 2.8. Exporting data to Excel
  • 2.9. Running reports
  • 2.10. Data views
  • 2.11. Version-controlled data
    • 2.11.1. Record version states
    • 2.11.2. Read and Edit mode
    • 2.11.3. Required roles for viewing and editing operations
    • 2.11.4. Creating a new, Unreleased version
    • 2.11.5. Reverting an Unreleased version
    • 2.11.6. Withdrawing a Released version
    • 2.11.7. Releasing a record
    • 2.11.8. Deleting a v1 Unreleased version
    • 2.11.9. Viewing a record's version history
    • 2.11.10. Comparing different record versions
  • 2.12. Link Visualizer
    • 2.12.1. Adding records and links to your visualization
    • 2.12.2. Filtering linked records
    • 2.12.3. Selecting linked records
    • 2.12.4. Exploring your visualization
    • 2.12.5. Customizing your visualization
• 3. Favorites
  • 3.1. List management roles
  • 3.2. Viewing Favorites Lists
  • 3.3. Subscribing to Favorites Lists
  • 3.4. Creating Favorites Lists
  • 3.5. Viewing List details
  • 3.6. Copying a Favorites List
  • 3.7. Deleting a Favorites List
  • 3.8. Publishing a Favorites List
  • 3.9. Withdrawing a Favorites List
  • 3.10. Revising a published Favorites List
• 4. Custom Searches
  • 4.1. Creating a custom search
  • 4.2. Running a saved custom search
  • 4.3. Sharing a custom search
• 5. Import
  • 5.1. Importing data
  • 5.2. Viewing the job history
  • 5.3. Repeating an import
  • 5.4. Downloading templates for data import
  • 5.5. Managing templates for data import (Data Administrator users)
• 6. BoM Analyzer
  • 6.1. Restricted Substances and Sustainability data
    • 6.1.1. Data for Restricted Substances
      • 6.1.1.1. Item types for Restricted Substances
      • 6.1.1.2. Substance declaration types
    • 6.1.2. Data for Sustainability
      • 6.1.2.1. Item types for Sustainability
  • 6.2. Bills of Materials
    • 6.2.1. Opening BoMs
      • 6.2.1.1. BoMs from MI Materials Gateway
    • 6.2.2. Creating a BoM
    • 6.2.3. Editing a BoM
      • 6.2.3.1. Adding parts or assemblies to the BoM
        • 6.2.3.1.1. Products and parts from the BoM Store
      • 6.2.3.2. Finding data to add to a BoM
        • 6.2.3.2.1. Assigning items
        • 6.2.3.2.2. Assigning data for Sustainability analysis
          • 6.2.3.2.2.1. Assigning Parts
          • 6.2.3.2.2.2. Quantities, measures, and masses for Sustainability
          • 6.2.3.2.2.3. Assigning materials
          • 6.2.3.2.2.4. Assigning processes for Sustainability
            • 6.2.3.2.2.4.1. Assigning a primary process to a material
            • 6.2.3.2.2.4.2. Assigning a secondary process to a material
            • 6.2.3.2.2.4.3. Assigning a Joining & Finishing process to a part
          • 6.2.3.2.2.5. Specifying a manufacturing location
          • 6.2.3.2.2.6. Specifying transportation for your product
      • 6.2.3.3. Specifying quantity and mass for a BoM item
        • 6.2.3.3.1. Specifying additional information about mass per unit of measure
        • 6.2.3.3.2. Options for specifying unit of measure
      • 6.2.3.4. Moving BoM items
      • 6.2.3.5. Viewing datasheets
      • 6.2.3.6. Linked data in the analyzed BoM
  • 6.3. Running an analysis or report
    • 6.3.1. Viewing a Product Compliance analysis
    • 6.3.2. Viewing a Sustainability analysis
    • 6.3.3. Comparing BoMs
    • 6.3.4. Viewing a report on a BoM
    • 6.3.5. Viewing a report on a single BoM item or data record
    • 6.3.6. Reports for Restricted Substances
      • 6.3.6.1. Components to Products report
      • 6.3.6.2. EU REACH Article 33 Declaration report
      • 6.3.6.3. EU REACH Article 33 Declaration Details report
      • 6.3.6.4. Materials to Products report
      • 6.3.6.5. Materials to Specifications report
      • 6.3.6.6. Product Compliance report
      • 6.3.6.7. Substances to Materials report
      • 6.3.6.8. Substances to Products report
      • 6.3.6.9. Substances to Specifications report
  • 6.4. Report calculations for Restricted Substances analysis and reporting
    • 6.4.1. Definitions of mass terminology
    • 6.4.2. Mass calculations in Restricted Substances analysis
    • 6.4.3. Process chemicals in report calculations
    • 6.4.4. Specifications in report calculations
    • 6.4.5. EU REACH reporting calculations
    • 6.4.6. Compliance indicators
      • 6.4.6.1. Indicators in the Product Compliance report and BoM analysis
      • 6.4.6.2. Roll-up logic for an indicator with exemptions (RoHS, ELV)
      • 6.4.6.3. Roll-up logic for an indicator without exemptions
      • 6.4.6.4. Indicator with additional factor for compliance (MDR)
      • 6.4.6.5. Items with no declaration information
  • 6.5. Sustainability analysis and reporting
    • 6.5.1. Running a Sustainability analysis or report
    • 6.5.2. Indicators in the Sustainability report and BoM analysis
    • 6.5.3. Understanding the Sustainability report
    • 6.5.4. Mass calculations in Sustainability analysis
    • 6.5.5. Indicator calculations for processes applied to materials
    • 6.5.6. Fallback data in Sustainability analysis
• 7. Ansys Material Calibration
  • 7.1. Importing test data
    • 7.1.1. Using Consistent Unit Systems
    • 7.1.2. Import test data from Granta MI records
    • 7.1.3. Import test data from CSV files
    • 7.1.4. Viewing data
  • 7.2. Selecting a model
    • 7.2.1. Available material models
  • 7.3. Fitting a model to your test data
    • 7.3.1. Preview a model
    • 7.3.2. Initialize model coefficients
    • 7.3.3. Calibrate test data
    • 7.3.4. Troubleshooting
  • 7.4. Exporting calibration results
• 8. AI+
  • 8.1. Machine learning workflow in Granta MI
    • 8.1.1. Key terminology in Granta MI
    • 8.1.2. What can I do with MI Machine Learning?
    • 8.1.3. Intellegens Alchemite engine
    • 8.1.4. How Granta MI converts data into a feature matrix
    • 8.1.5. Supported data and link types
    • 8.1.6. Access control in MI Machine Learning
  • 8.2. Training
    • 8.2.1. Creating model
      • 8.2.1.1. Adding tables and attributes to a Matrix
      • 8.2.1.2. Adding records to a Matrix
      • 8.2.1.3. Training and testing a model
    • 8.2.2. Editing or retraining a model
    • 8.2.3. Delete a model
  • 8.3. Visualize
    • 8.3.1. Viewing a correlation matrix
    • 8.3.2. Plotting inputs and outputs on a 2D graph
    • 8.3.3. Compare outputs on a parallel coordinate plot
  • 8.4. Optimize
    • 8.4.1. Apply constraints and targets to a model 
    • 8.4.2. View results
  • 8.5. Quick-start exercises
    • 8.5.1. Training - Create and manage models
    • 8.5.2. Training - Add records and attributes to a model
    • 8.5.3. Training - Model Quality and re-training a model
    • 8.5.4. Visualize - View model correlations
    • 8.5.5. Visualize - Plot input features against output features
    • 8.5.6. Visualize - Compare several output features
    • 8.5.7. Optimize an AM build using machine learning
    • 8.5.8. Optimize results returned by the engine
• 9. Data Flow Manager
  • 9.1. Viewing my items
  • 9.2. Starting a workflow
  • 9.3. Monitoring and managing running workflows
  • 9.4. Troubleshooting
• 10. Administration
  • 10.1. Export
    • 10.1.1. Exporting data
    • 10.1.2. Viewing export job status
    • 10.1.3. Managing templates for data export
      • 10.1.3.1. Adding a template
      • 10.1.3.2. Modifying a template
  • 10.2. Schema Editor
    • 10.2.1. Maintaining the discrete types for the database
      • 10.2.1.1. Using Discrete Types for access control
    • 10.2.2. Managing the Attributes in database tables
      • 10.2.2.1. Data Types for Attributes
      • 10.2.2.2. Adding Tabular Attributes
        • 10.2.2.2.1. Adding Tabular Columns
      • 10.2.2.3. Importing and exporting Attribute definitions
        • 10.2.2.3.1. Attribute Data Types
    • 10.2.3. Managing Layouts
    • 10.2.4. Schema tool
      • 10.2.4.1. Databases
        • 10.2.4.1.1. Database currency
        • 10.2.4.1.2. Display Names
          • 10.2.4.1.2.1. Display Names CSV file format
          • 10.2.4.1.2.2. Adding Display Names
      • 10.2.4.2. Files
        • 10.2.4.2.1. Database home pages
        • 10.2.4.2.2. Attribute Help pages
        • 10.2.4.2.3. Material card (FEA) exporter files
        • 10.2.4.2.4. MI Explore configuration files
        • 10.2.4.2.5. Adding or updating database files
        • 10.2.4.2.6. Removing database files
      • 10.2.4.3. Units and Unit Systems
        • 10.2.4.3.1. Units
        • 10.2.4.3.2. Unit Systems
        • 10.2.4.3.3. Currency units
        • 10.2.4.3.4. Temperature units
        • 10.2.4.3.5. Viewing and managing Units
        • 10.2.4.3.6. Unit properties
        • 10.2.4.3.7. Copying and pasting unit definitions from the clipboard
      • 10.2.4.4. Discrete Types
        • 10.2.4.4.1. Discrete Type order
        • 10.2.4.4.2. Discrete Type thresholds in MI Viewer
        • 10.2.4.4.3. Viewing and managing Discrete Types
        • 10.2.4.4.4. Discrete Type properties
        • 10.2.4.4.5. Using Discrete Types for access control
      • 10.2.4.5. Parameters
        • 10.2.4.5.1. Numeric Parameters
        • 10.2.4.5.2. Discrete Parameters
        • 10.2.4.5.3. Viewing and managing Parameters
        • 10.2.4.5.4. Parameter properties
      • 10.2.4.6. Constants
        • 10.2.4.6.1. Viewing and managing Constants
        • 10.2.4.6.2. Constant properties
      • 10.2.4.7. Replacement Strings
        • 10.2.4.7.1. Viewing and managing Replacement Strings
        • 10.2.4.7.2. Replacement String properties
      • 10.2.4.8. Data Validation Rules
        • 10.2.4.8.1. Viewing and managing Data Validation Rules
        • 10.2.4.8.2. Data Validation Rule properties
      • 10.2.4.9. Standard Names
        • 10.2.4.9.1. Viewing and managing Standard Names
        • 10.2.4.9.2. Standard Name properties
      • 10.2.4.10. Access Control Categories
        • 10.2.4.10.1. Viewing and managing Access Control Categories
        • 10.2.4.10.2. Access Control Category properties
      • 10.2.4.11. Record Link Groups
        • 10.2.4.11.1. Static links
          • 10.2.4.11.1.1. Direct links
          • 10.2.4.11.1.2. Indirect links
        • 10.2.4.11.2. Smart links
          • 10.2.4.11.2.1. Smart link criteria
            • 10.2.4.11.2.1.1. Primary and Foreign Attributes
            • 10.2.4.11.2.1.2. Referential integrity model
            • 10.2.4.11.2.1.3. Orphan records
        • 10.2.4.11.3. Managing Record Link Groups
        • 10.2.4.11.4. Record Link Group properties
        • 10.2.4.11.5. Copying and pasting definitions from the clipboard
      • 10.2.4.12. Quality Ratings Systems
        • 10.2.4.12.1. Viewing and managing Quality Ratings Systems
        • 10.2.4.12.2. Quality Ratings System properties
      • 10.2.4.13. Search Masks
        • 10.2.4.13.1. Viewing and managing Search Masks
        • 10.2.4.13.2. Search Mask properties
      • 10.2.4.14. Tables
        • 10.2.4.14.1. Viewing and managing Tables
        • 10.2.4.14.2. Creating a new Table
          • 10.2.4.14.2.1. Creating Attributes manually
          • 10.2.4.14.2.2. Importing Attribute definitions from Excel
          • 10.2.4.14.2.3. Configuring the default Layout
        • 10.2.4.14.3. Table properties
          • 10.2.4.14.3.1. Visibility options
          • 10.2.4.14.3.2. Datasheet header and footer content
          • 10.2.4.14.3.3. Quality Ratings System
        • 10.2.4.14.4. Tracking data changes in a Table
      • 10.2.4.15. Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.1. Meta-Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.2. Date Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.3. Media Attributes (File, Picture, Hyperlink)
          • 10.2.4.15.3.1. File Attributes
            • 10.2.4.15.3.1.1. File size limitations
            • 10.2.4.15.3.1.2. Indexing and searchability
            • 10.2.4.15.3.1.3. File data options in MI Viewer
          • 10.2.4.15.3.2. Hyperlink Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.3.3. Picture Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.4. Functional Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.4.1. Float Functional Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.4.2. Equations and Logic Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.4.3. Discrete Functional Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.4.4. Removing parameters from a Functional Attribute
        • 10.2.4.15.5. Logical (Boolean) Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.6. Numerical Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.6.1. Integer Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.6.2. Point Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.6.3. Range Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.7. Tabular Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.7.1. Supported data types
          • 10.2.4.15.7.2. Searching Tabular data
          • 10.2.4.15.7.3. Linking values
          • 10.2.4.15.7.4. Tabular Attribute properties
            • 10.2.4.15.7.4.1. Rolling up data in tabular columns
            • 10.2.4.15.7.4.2. Tabular Data Summary
            • 10.2.4.15.7.4.3. Showing all data on datasheet load
            • 10.2.4.15.7.4.4. Hiding rows with no linked records
          • 10.2.4.15.7.5. Tabular Attribute examples
            • 10.2.4.15.7.5.1. Existing Tabular Attribute examples
        • 10.2.4.15.8. Text Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.8.1. Short Text Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.8.2. Long Text Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.8.3. Discrete (text) Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.9. Viewing and managing Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.9.1. Adding and modifying Attributes
          • 10.2.4.15.9.2. Copying and pasting Attribute definitions from the clipboard
          • 10.2.4.15.9.3. Adding and modifying Meta-Attributes
        • 10.2.4.15.10. Using data validation rules
        • 10.2.4.15.11. Search thresholds in MI Viewer
        • 10.2.4.15.12. Using Attributes as record identifiers
        • 10.2.4.15.13. Using Attributes as search criteria
        • 10.2.4.15.14. Data Link Groups
          • 10.2.4.15.14.1. Data links example
          • 10.2.4.15.14.2. Configuring Data Link Groups
          • 10.2.4.15.14.3. Data Link Group properties
      • 10.2.4.16. Subsets
        • 10.2.4.16.1. Viewing and managing Subsets
        • 10.2.4.16.2. Subset properties
      • 10.2.4.17. Layouts
        • 10.2.4.17.1. Managing Layouts
          • 10.2.4.17.1.1. Adding and modifying Layouts
        • 10.2.4.17.2. Meta-Attributes in Layouts
          • 10.2.4.17.2.1. Meta-attribute visibility in MI Viewer
          • 10.2.4.17.2.2. Meta-Attribute visibility in MI Explore
          • 10.2.4.17.2.3. Including Meta-Attributes in Layouts
        • 10.2.4.17.3. Tabular Attributes in Layouts
        • 10.2.4.17.4. Links to other records
          • 10.2.4.17.4.1. Record Link Groups
          • 10.2.4.17.4.2. Associated Record links
        • 10.2.4.17.5. 'Required' flag on Attributes in a Layout
        • 10.2.4.17.6. 'Read-only' flag on Attributes in a Layout
        • 10.2.4.17.7. Layout target applications
        • 10.2.4.17.8. Access control details flags
        • 10.2.4.17.9. Copying and pasting Layout definitions from the clipboard
      • 10.2.4.18. Expressions
        • 10.2.4.18.1. Viewing and managing Expressions
        • 10.2.4.18.2. Expression properties
        • 10.2.4.18.3. Expressions reference
          • 10.2.4.18.3.1. Expression types
          • 10.2.4.18.3.2. Literals and object references
            • 10.2.4.18.3.2.1. Literals
            • 10.2.4.18.3.2.2. Object references
          • 10.2.4.18.3.3. Operators
            • 10.2.4.18.3.3.1. Numeric operators
            • 10.2.4.18.3.3.2. Logical operators
            • 10.2.4.18.3.3.3. Relational and equality operators
              • 10.2.4.18.3.3.3.1. Conditional operators
          • 10.2.4.18.3.4. WHERE clauses
            • 10.2.4.18.3.4.1. Sub-expressions cannot be a WHERE clause
            • 10.2.4.18.3.4.2. Cyclic references
            • 10.2.4.18.3.4.3. Variable scope
          • 10.2.4.18.3.5. Local variables
            • 10.2.4.18.3.5.1. Identifier names
          • 10.2.4.18.3.6. Example expression
        • 10.2.4.18.4. Functions reference
          • 10.2.4.18.4.1. Comparison functions
          • 10.2.4.18.4.2. Exponential and logarithmic functions
          • 10.2.4.18.4.3. Hyperbolic functions
          • 10.2.4.18.4.4. Range functions
          • 10.2.4.18.4.5. Statistical functions
          • 10.2.4.18.4.6. Trigonometric functions
          • 10.2.4.18.4.7. Miscellaneous functions
      • 10.2.4.19. Excel Template Definitions
        • 10.2.4.19.1. Viewing and managing Excel Template Definitions
        • 10.2.4.19.2. Excel Template Definition properties
          • 10.2.4.19.2.1. Template Definition name
          • 10.2.4.19.2.2. Attribute Layout
          • 10.2.4.19.2.3. Unit system
          • 10.2.4.19.2.4. Template type
          • 10.2.4.19.2.5. Template description
          • 10.2.4.19.2.6. Advanced settings
          • 10.2.4.19.2.7. Record naming rules
      • 10.2.4.20. Search Templates
        • 10.2.4.20.1. Viewing and managing Search Templates
        • 10.2.4.20.2. Search Template properties
      • 10.2.4.21. Report Templates
        • 10.2.4.21.1. Comparison Table Report Templates for MI Viewer
        • 10.2.4.21.2. XY Chart Templates for MI Viewer
        • 10.2.4.21.3. Viewing and managing Report Templates
        • 10.2.4.21.4. Comparison Table Report template properties
        • 10.2.4.21.5. X-Y Chart template properties
      • 10.2.4.22. Naming rules for schema objects
      • 10.2.4.23. Schema design best practice
        • 10.2.4.23.1. Tables and Links
          • 10.2.4.23.1.1. Example: Materials in Medical Devices Reference
          • 10.2.4.23.1.2. Example: Composites Template
          • 10.2.4.23.1.3. Table design
          • 10.2.4.23.1.4. Link design
            • 10.2.4.23.1.4.1. Static record links
            • 10.2.4.23.1.4.2. Smart record links
            • 10.2.4.23.1.4.3. Data links
            • 10.2.4.23.1.4.4. Tabular data links
            • 10.2.4.23.1.4.5. Associated record links
        • 10.2.4.23.2. Data hierarchy
        • 10.2.4.23.3. Choosing the right data type
          • 10.2.4.23.3.1. Simple numerical data
          • 10.2.4.23.3.2. Media data
          • 10.2.4.23.3.3. Graphical (functional) data
          • 10.2.4.23.3.4. Text data
          • 10.2.4.23.3.5. Complex data
          • 10.2.4.23.3.6. Attribute Data Types
        • 10.2.4.23.4. Data types supported in MI Explore
  • 10.3. Job Queue
    • 10.3.1. Monitoring the queue
    • 10.3.2. Downloading reports
    • 10.3.3. Import job summary
  • 10.4. Settings
    • 10.4.1. Application Integration settings
    • 10.4.2. Favorites Lists settings
    • 10.4.3. Material Calibration settings
    • 10.4.4. Service Layer settings
    • 10.4.5. Search settings
    • 10.4.6. One MI settings
      • 10.4.6.1. configpaths
      • 10.4.6.2. viewerUrl
      • 10.4.6.3. preferences
    • 10.4.7. Cluster settings
    • 10.4.8. User Manager settings
      • 10.4.8.1. New account notification email template
      • 10.4.8.2. Password change notification email template
    • 10.4.9. Advanced settings
      • 10.4.9.1. Link Visualizer settings
      • 10.4.9.2. Data Flow User Manager Roles
      • 10.4.9.3. MI Materials Gateway settings
      • 10.4.9.4. Adding a new setting
  • 10.5. User Manager
    • 10.5.1. Viewing your own account details
    • 10.5.2. Setting up users
      • 10.5.2.1. Adding users (Windows Authentication)
      • 10.5.2.2. Adding users (User Manager authentication)
      • 10.5.2.3. Removing users
      • 10.5.2.4. Managing users in bulk
        • 10.5.2.4.1. Required CSV file format
        • 10.5.2.4.2. Save user information to a CSV file
    • 10.5.3. Assigning Roles
      • 10.5.3.1. Synchronizing Roles
      • 10.5.3.2. Exporting Roles
    • 10.5.4. Assigning users to Teams
      • 10.5.4.1. Managing Teams in bulk
    • 10.5.5. Enabling Projects
      • 10.5.5.1. Assigning users or Teams to a Project
      • 10.5.5.2. Managing Projects in bulk
• 11. Changing preferences
  • 11.1. Global Preferences
  • 11.2. Application preferences