public function is_calculated() {
        if (empty($this->calculation)) {
            return false;
        }

        /*
         * The main reason why we use the ##gixxx## instead of [[idnumber]] is speed of depends_on(),
         * we would have to fetch all course grade items to find out the ids.
         * Also if user changes the idnumber the formula does not need to be updated.
         */

        // first detect if we need to change calculation formula from [[idnumber]] to ##giXXX## (after backup, etc.)
        if (!$this->calculation_normalized and strpos($this->calculation, '[[') !== false) {
            $this->set_calculation($this->calculation);
        }

        return !empty($this->calculation);
    }