ResSim facilitates archiving and sharing of Simulation data. There are two operations involved in managing Simulation data. You can save your data to the base directory to make it available for other Simulations, and you can replace data in a Simulation for a specific Alternative with data from the base directory. "Figure: Data Relationship between Reservoir Network and Simulation Modules" shows the relationship between the Reservoir Network module and the Simulation module for saving and replacing data.
Figure: Data Relationship between Reservoir Network and Simulation Modules
Saving Data to the Base Directory
When you edit model data from the Simulation Module, your changes apply only to an individual Alternative and are saved in your Simulation directory (see "ResSim Application Settings" for an overview of the ResSim directory structure).
Important: If you want your changes to be available for use in other Simulations, you will need to Save the data back to the Base directory.
Figure: Save Simulation Run Model Parameters to Base Directory
Select the appropriate boxes in the Copy Data column beside the items you wish to copy from the Simulation directory to the Base directory (i.e., save back to the Reservoir Network).
Click OK to save the Simulation data to the Base directory.
Replacing Data from the Base Directory
While editing Simulation data, if you need to revert to the original Alternative data (as it exists in the Reservoir Network module), you can replace the changed data in your Simulation directory with data from the Base directory.
To replace Simulation data with data from the Base directory:
From the Simulation Control Panel, right-click on the Alternative to access the context menu, then choose Replace from Base Directory. The Replace Simulation Run Model Parameters from Base Directory dialog will appear ("Figure: Replace Simulation Run Model Parameters from Base Directory").
Figure: Replace Simulation Run Model Parameters from Base Directory
Select the appropriate boxes in the Restore Data column beside the items you wish to restore from the Base directory to the Simulation directory.
Click OK to replace the Simulation Alternative data you have selected with data from the Base directory.
The Replace from Base… option is also available from the Simulation menu.
