The Menus in DSSVue provide access to a wide variety of features for managing your DSS files and the data stored in them. Some of the features available allow you to search for, select, and edit DSS datasets; control the display of pathnames; and access plots and tables. The HEC-DSSVue menus are as follows:

  • File—The File menu features are for managing dssfiles. Options include: New…, Open…, and Close DSS File(s), Print Catalog Preview…, and Print Catalog…. The File menu also lists your six most recently opened files; these entries are shortcuts for opening the listed files.
  • Edit—The Edit menu options apply to the records in the Selected Datasets list (or the highlighted datasets if the Selected Datasets list is empty). The Edit functions include: Tabular Edit…, Graphical Edit…, Select All, Rename Records, Delete Records, Undelete (All, Select…, Last Deleted), Duplicate, Copy To, and Merge (copy) into….
  • View—The View menu options allow you to customize the display and filtering of DSS pathnames. Options include: Pathname List, Pathname Parts, Condensed Catalog, No Pathnames, Unsorted List, Search pathnames by string, Search pathnames by parts, Refresh Catalog, Unit System (As Stored, English, SI), and Time Zone (As Stored, Local, UTC (GMT), Custom).
  • Display—The Display menu features relate to the visualization of your selected datasets as well as provide accesses for setting some parameters that affect the visualization of the data. Menu options include: Plot, Plot Individual Data Sets, Tabulate, Display Data Options (Normalize and Sync data set times to first), Supplemental Information, and Time Window….
  • Groups—The Groups menu features are for creating and managing groups of data sets. The menu options include: Save Selected, Get, Plot, Plot Individual Sets, Tabulate, Math, and Manage…
  • Data Entry—The Data Entry menu provides features for creating new datasets in DSS and entering data. The menu options include: Manual Time Series…, Manual Paired Data…, and Manual Text... Also available are Import and Export options from a small list of formats although plugins exist that can expand the sources and data formats extensively.
  • Tools—The Tools menu features relate to the manipulation and analysis of the selected data sets as well as a couple of options for DSS file management. The Tools menu options include Math Functions…, Compare (Files, Data Sets, Data Sets with Options), Search for Value, Check File Integrity, and Squeeze.
  • Collections—The Collections menu is generated by a DSSVue plugin that is included in the ResSim package. ResSim includes the Collections plugin because DSS Collections are used to represent Ensemble datasets which are needed as input for ResSim Ensemble Alternatives. Appendix G provides details on Ensemble Alternatives and the DSSVue Collections features.
  • Advanced—The Advanced menu features are for the "advanced" user and relate to generating and managing catalog files and setting some program options. Menu options include Condensed Disk Catalog (New, View, Print), Abbreviated Disk Catalog (New, View, Print), Full Disk Catalog (New, View, Print), Debug (Message Level…, DSS File Header, Record Addresses, Pathname Bin, Debug/Examine File…, Memory Monitor…, DSS Files Opened, DSS ZSET, DSS ZINQIR), and Program Options.
  • Help—The Help menu contains the About command which will display version information about DSSVue.