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1. When saving the question data if an equation/formula is added to the question ,add a param 'isFormulaAdded' with value true to the question create assessment request body as given in below example:
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3. For older questions either we should republish them or this feature will not work.
Conclusion:
This feature will reduce the size of generated ECML content considerably for the included questions that don't have formulae in it.