Constant properties

Constants in Granta MI have the following properties.

Name

The Constant name can be up to a maximum of 255 characters. The name must be unique within the Table. It is not treated as case-sensitive and so the same name with different cases is not permitted within the same Table, for example,"Electron Charge" and "Electron charge".

When you change the name of an existing Constant, its name is updated wherever it is used.

Unit (optional)

You can select an existing unit, or create a unit.

Note: Changing the unit of a Constant will not change its numerical value.

Value

A numeric value.