Custom name for variable definitions?

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richt
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Custom name for variable definitions?

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I've got a variable set containing a lot (up to 150) different definitions for a single variable. Each definition is a fairly long string containing an ID number and full name of a software coding object. This variable is embedded in multiple snippets, since and the same variable definition gets referenced multiple times per topic.

However, inserting:

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MadCap:snippetVariables=VariableDefinitions.VariableName:MassiveVariableDefinitionStringUpTo50charsLong,
seems like a really clumsy way to reference each definition of the same variable.

So, is there a way to provide a unique ID for each variable definition which, when referenced, inserts the full definition? I can see that there's another column called "Evaluated Definition" which looks like it does the job, but I can't work out what this Evaluated definition is actually for.

All input welcome.
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