Open the HEC‐MetVue Program
Launch the HEC‐MetVue executable ("metvue.exe" with the blue raindrop icon
), which is available under the "bin" directory of the HEC-MetVue package.
Open HEC‐MetVue Project.
From the File menu, select Open Project File …
Browse to: ...\HEC-MetVue_DynamicTimeWindowFunctions\HEC-MetVue_DynamicTimeWindowFunctions_Start\
Select the project file "DynamicTimeWindowWorkshop.metvue" and Press Open.
Create a New Map Window.
Right‐Click on the "Pearl River" Session.
From the "Sessions and Maps" option, select Add Map Window.

Enter the name "LMRFC Precip" for the new Map Window in the dialog that pops up and press OK.
Zoom in to the Pearl River watershed in the states of Mississippi and Louisiana by expanding the Session Defaults, expanding the active mapping files and right-clicking on the "PearlMS.shp" shapefile and selecting "Zoom To This Map."


Load Gridded DSS Data.
Expand the "LMRFC Precip" Map Window Node in the HEC‐MetVue Explorer Window.
Right‐Click on the TIN node and click on "Select DSS paths…"

Open the Windows Explorer browser by clicking the ellipsis (...) next to the "Catalog DSSfile" button.

Make the following DSS file selection:
...\HEC-MetVue_DynamicTimeWindowFunctions\HEC-MetVue_DynamicTimeWindowFunctions_Start\Data\DSS.precip.2021.08.dss
Filter the DSS Catalog to display only precipitation grids from the LMRFC by selecting the drop-down menu next to the F-Part and selecting "LMRFC-QPE."

Press the "Add All" button to add all of the available "LMRFC-QPE" records from 28 Aug 2021 12:00 to 01 Sep 2021 00:00 to the map window.
Notice that pressing "Add All" transfers the records down into the lower selection box signifying that these records will be added to the MetVue Map Window.

Press OK to close the selection editor and view the precipitation event within the MetVue Map Window.
