Grade Steps
Grade steps are increments of a grade. You can set up grades with or without grade steps.
The GRADE_TYPE attribute denotes whether the grade has steps or not. The attribute is set when you add at least one step to your grade. It’s not displayed on the Grades page, but it’s used for other pages and validations.
A step is unique within a grade. You can use the same step names in different grades, but there’s no relationship between steps with the same name. For example, Step 1 in Grade A is different from Step 1 in Grade B.
This figure illustrates the difference between grades with steps and without steps.
