You can configure the appearance of a layer's time series icons and their labels (Global Properties), set the visualization scale (Scale), and associate a template (Template) with the Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog. To access the Time Series Icon Layer Properties shortcut menu, you must have either the Map Layers dialog open or the Icon Types and Layers tab open (Time Series Icon Editor).

To configure Time Series Icons Layer properties:

  1. From the Map Layers tree, right-click Time Series Icons. From the shortcut menu, click Properties. Alternatively, you can right-click on a layer in the Layers list of the Icon Types and Layers tab and select Properties. The Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog will open (Figure 1).
    Figure 1 Time Series Icon Layer Properties Dialog - Global Properties Tab
  2. The Layer drop-down list contains the name Time Series Icons (if no sub- layers have been defined) or the name of each defined time series icon layer. A layer can be defined to include all time series icons. Here, for example, the layer All includes all time series icon layers.

Global Properties

The Global Properties Tab in the Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog (Figure 1) allows you to change the appearance of all time series icons and their labels for the time series icons layer (specified in the Layer drop-down box) shown in the map windows of the Visualization and Acquisition modules. (The icons shown on the Modeling and Setup module map windows are not affected by changes to the Global Properties.) There are several ways to control the appearance of all time series icon labels from the Global Properties Tab: 

  1. By default, the time series icons appear in the Visualization and Acquisition modules map windows using the Medium Icon format. From the Icons field, CWMS allows you five options for displaying time series icons – Small Graphic, Small Icon, Medium Icon, Large Icon, and Custom.
  2. By default, the labels for time series icons appear in the Visualization and Acquisition modules' Map Window. If you do not want the labels for a specific layer to appear in the Map Windows, clear Draw Names, click Apply, and the layer's time series icon labels no longer appear in the Map Window. 
  3. To change the color of a time series icon layer's labels, click Foreground Color. A Color Chooser opens (Figure 2), where you can select the color you want the labels to display in. Click OK, and the Color Chooser closes. From the Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog (Figure 1), click Apply. The time series icon labels will now appear in the color you choose. For more information on the Color Chooser, see Using the Color Chooser.Figure 2 Color Chooser
  4. By default, time series icon labels do not have a background color in the map window. If you want a time series icon layer's labels to have a background color, click Draw Background, and click Apply. The specified layer's time series icon labels will now have the default background color (light gray). You can change the background color by clicking Background Color. A Color Chooser opens. Select the color you want the background of the labels to display in, and click OK. The Color Chooser closes. From the Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog, click Apply. The background color of the layer's time series icon labels will now appear in the color you choose.
  5. When a module's Map Window shows the whole watershed, some time series icon labels will not appear when they overlap other elements. To display a time series icon layer's labels, click Draw Overlapping Names, and click Apply. Now all of the layer's time series icon labels will appear in the Map Window when viewing the whole watershed.
  6. To change the font of a time series icon layer's labels, click Name Font. A Font Chooser opens (Figure 3), where you can select the font type from the Font list, and you can select a size using the Size slider. Click OK, and the Font Chooser closes. From the Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog (Figure 1), click Apply. Now all of the time series icon layer's labels will appear in the font and size you selected.
    Figure 3 Font Chooser

Scale

The Scale Tab (Figure 4) of the Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog allows you to specify the map scale, or zoom level, at which a time series icon sub-layer becomes visible. If the Always show layer radio button is selected, the specified time series icon layer (shown in the Layer drop-down) will always be displayed in the Map Window, regardless of zoom level. However, you can use the Only show layer in the following scale range options if you want to display a time series icon layer only when the Map Window scale is zoomed to the specified scale. You can specify scales at which the time series icon layer is displayed below, above, or both. You can either enter the scale directly into the field, or use the Set to Current button to set the scale equal the current display.

Figure 4 Time Series Icon Layer Properties Dialog - Scale Tab

Template

Templates are created to save customized plot settings that can be used by other plots and the Time Series Icons Layer. From the Template Tab (Figure 5) of the Time Series Icon Layer Properties dialog, you can associate a template with the Time Series Icons Layer by selecting a template from the Template drop-down list.

Figure 5 Time Series Icon Layer Properties Dialog - Template Tab