Time-Series Tab

Associating Time-Series Data with a Location

Next, you will need to associate (by "mapping") a time-series record to each location or parameter for which Time-Series Data are needed. You can also use inflow multipliers to increase or decrease the inflow values

To associate Time-Series Data with a Location:

• In the Alternative Editor, select the Time-Series tab ("Figure: Alternative Editor - Time-Series Tab").
  

  Figure: Alternative Editor - Time-Series Tab

• Each row in the Time-Series table is a local flow location (specified in the Local Flow tab within the Junction editor in the Reservoir Network module), an element/parameter you have defined on the Lookback tab as Time Series, or a Time Series that is referenced in the Operation rules. Select each row, one at a time, and click Select DSS Path to access the Select Pathname dialog ("Figure: Select Pathname").
  

  Figure: Select Pathname

The Select Pathname dialog allows you to select records from a list of pathnames (or catalog) in the database. From the View menu, you can choose to display a straight list of pathnames or a list of pathnames separated into parts, and you can refine the list by searching for either a string in the pathnames or for specific pathname parts. For detailed information about working with DSS files, refer to the discussion of HEC-DSSVue in "Using HEC-DSSVue in ResSim".

• To select time-series records for a location or element/parameter in your alternative, open the DSS file you wish to browse. If you know the name of the file, you can type the file name (including the path) directly into the File Name box to open the DSS file. Otherwise, choose Open from the File menu or click the folder icon to select the DSS database file you want.
• Once you have selected a file, the Select Pathname dialog displays the filename, the number of pathnames shown in the list, the number of pathnames selected, the total number of pathnames in the database file, and the size of the database file. The individual pathnames display in a table beneath the search area.
• Use the Search feature to "filter" and locate individual records in the DSS file or scroll through the list of pathnames with the vertical scrollbar.
• Click on a pathname in the list (to select it).
• If you would like to view the DSS data for the selected pathname, select Plot or Tabulate from the Display menu, or you can click on Plot or Tabulate .
• When you are satisfied with the DSS record you have chosen for a location or element/parameter, click on Set Pathname and the selected pathname will appear in the Time-Series tab of the Alternative editor.
• and are available at the bottom of the Alternative Editor for use in reviewing the time series data associated with a location.

Inflow Multipliers

• You can increase or decrease the magnitude of the flow data values by clicking on Inflow Multipliers.
• If you are using the flow multipliers, a check will appear in the checkbox to indicate inflow multipliers are being used.
• The Inflow Multipliers editor ("Figure: Inflow Multiplier Editor") appears when you click on Inflow Multipliers.

Click in the Use Inflow Multipliers checkbox to activate the editor (as shown in "Figure: "Activated" Inflow Multiplier Editor").

The following options are available for entering the Inflow Multipliers:

• The Global Multiplier option is used when you want the same multiplier to be applied to all locations, as shown in "Figure: Inflow Multiplier Editor - Global Multiplier".
  

  Figure: Inflow Multiplier Editor - Global Multiplier

• The Multipliers by Location option is used when you want a different multiplier to apply to each location, as shown in "Figure: Inflow Multiplier Editor - Multipliers by Location".
  

  Figure: Inflow Multiplier Editor - Multipliers by Location
• If you uncheck the Use Inflow Multipliers checkbox, then you de-activate the multipliers, but the values remain in the editor for future use, if desired.