Chart Window: Customizing a Chart

Once you've created a Chart you can customize it using the Toolbar at the top of the Chart Window.

Tip

By right-clicking on a Chart you can access a Context Menu that provides many of the same options as the Toolbar.

Setting the Chart Type

To Change the Chart Type, click the Chart Type drop-down button from the Toolbar, choose Line or Column, and then click the Apply button. Note that a Chart's Panels will have different behavior based on the Chart type:

For Line Charts:

• Each data set will be represented as a series of points connected by a line.
• Each Disaggregated data set will have its own Chart Panel.
• Multiple Scenarios will be shown as separate lines.

For Column Charts:

• Each data set will be represented as a column.
• Each Disaggregated data set will have its own column.
• Multiple Scenarios will be shown as separate columns.

Setting the Timesteps

To change a Chart's Timesteps, enter new values into the Timesteps text box on the Toolbar and then click the Apply button. Be aware that the Timesteps text box has two input validation modes, depending on the Chart Type:

For Line Charts:

The Timesteps must be a range of integers. Some examples are:

• 1-10
• 2018-2029

For Column Charts:

The Timesteps can be specified as either single integers or as ranges of integers. Some examples are:

• 2018
• 2018,2022
• 1000-2000
• 1,2,3,4-10

Important

The Timestep values must be valid for the current set of Scenarios.

Tip

If you delete all values from the Timesteps text box it will be re-populated with default values (i.e. typically the full range of timesteps) the next time you click the Apply button.

Setting the Iteration Type

If you are visualizing output from a Monte Carlo simulation you will have the option to set the display of each Monte Carlo iteration (i.e. "realization"). To Change a Chart's Iteration Type, click the Iteration Type drop-down button, choose Mean or Single, and then click the Apply button.

Mean:

When the Iteration Type is Mean, the Average value across all iterations will be charted for each data point.

Single:

When the Iteration Type is Single, the exact value for the current iteration will be charted for each data point. When you select this mode, you will be able to choose the current iteration using the numeric up-down control.

Setting the Error Bar Type

If you are visualizing output from a Monte Carlo simulation you will also have the option to control the display of a Chart's Error Bars. Click the Error Bar Type drop-down button, choose None, Min / Max, or Percentile, and then click the Apply button.

None

When the Error Bar is None, no error bars will be generated.

Min / Max

When the Error Bar Type is Min / Max:

• If it is a Line Chart, each line will be bounded by a shaded range generated from the minimum and maximum values (across all iterations) for each timestep.
• If it is a Column Chart, an Error Bar symbol will be shown in the center of each column indicating the minimum and maximum values (across all iterations) for that column.

Percentile

When the Error Bar Type is Percentile [x] to [y]:

• If it is a Line Chart, each line will be bounded by a shaded range generated from the xth percentile to the yth percentile (across all iterations) for each timestep.
• If it is a Column Chart, an Error Bar symbol will be shown in the center of each column indicating the xth percentile to the yth percentile (across all iterations) for that column.

Other Options

A variety of other options are available from the Options dialog. To open the Options dialog, click the Options button in the Toolbar.

Option	Description
Y axis same scale	Sets the same minimum and maximum Y axis values for all Chart Panels.
Y axis minimum to zero	Sets the Y axis minimum to zero for all Chart Panels.
Fixed Y axis intervals	Maintains a fixed number of intervals on the Y axis as the chart is resized.
Show legend	Shows the Chart Legend.
Show scenario ID	Shows the Scenario ID in the Chart Legend text.
No data as zero	Shows no-data points as zero instead of a gap.
Show data points	Shows a dot for each data point in each series. (Line Charts only).
Show tooltips	Shows tooltips for each data point in each series.
Show titles	Shows the Chart Y axis and X axis titles.
Y axis title	The text for the Y axis title.
X axis title	The text for the X axist title.
Fonts	The fonts for the Legend and each type of title.
Numbers	Sets the number format for each Chart Panel's Y axis values.

Tip

Many of these options are also available from the Context Menu by right-clicking on a Chart.

Context Menu Options

There are a few other options that are only available from the Context Menu:

Option	Description
View Data	Shows the data used to generate each series in a single Chart Panel.
Zoom Chart	Opens a single Chart Panel in a new window.
Export	Exports the data used to generate each time-series in a single Chart Panel.
Export All	Exports the data used to generate each time-series in all Chart Panels.
Copy to Clipboard	Copies the entire Chart to the clipboard.