From the HEC-RTS main window, from the Tools menu, click HEC-DSSVue, the HEC-DSSVue dialog will open (Figure 1). The Menu Bar contains the menus for HEC-DSSVue, following is a description of the available menus.

Figure 1 Figure F.1 HEC-DSSVue Dialog

  • File - this menu is used for file management and contains the following: New Vers 6, New Vers 7, Open, Close DSS File(s), Print Catalog Preview, Print Catalog, a list of most recently opened files, and Close.
  • Edit - this menu allows you to edit data in a tabular format or graphically thru a graphical editor, and this menu also provides options for manipulating records in a DSS file: renaming records, deleting records, undeleting records, duplicating records, copying records to another DSS file, and merging of DSS files. Also, from this menu, you can select all the pathnames contained in the file. The menu contains the following commands: Tabular Edit, Graphical Edit, Select All, Rename Records, Delete Records, Undelete, Duplicate, Copy To, Merge (copy) dss filename into, and Edit in Excel. 
  • View - this menu provides options for viewing pathnames. Available commands are: Pathname List, Pathname Parts, Condensed Catalog, Condensed – Group Collections, No Pathnames, Unsorted List, Search pathnames by string, Search pathnames by parts, Catalog using wild characters, Refresh Catalog, Unit System, and Time Zone.
  • Display - after you have selected a pathname, this menu gives you the ability to display the data for that pathname. Available commands are: Plot, Plot Water Quality Profile, Plot Individual Data Sets, Tabulate, Display Data Options, Supplemental Information, Time Window, Charts, Tabulate in Excel, Set Times for Sync, and Plot Synched Data Sets.
  • Groups - this menu provides management and commands for groups of data. Available commands are: Save Selected, Get, Get (add to list), Plot, Plot Individual Sets, Tabulate, Math, and Manage.
  • Data Entry - this menu provides options for entering and adding data. Available commands are: Manual Time Series, Manual Paired Data, Manual Text, Import, and Export.
  • Tools - this menu provides access tools for math operations, comparisons, and scripts. Available commands are: Math Functions, Compare, Search for Value, Check File Integrity, Squeeze, Convert to DSS Version 7, Script Editor, and Script Selector.
  • Advanced - this menu provides options for manipulating records in a DSS file. Available commands are: Catalog to File, Output, Debug, and Program Options.
  • Help - displays current version information about HEC-DSSVue.

The Toolbar (Figure 1) contains buttons that provide you with the capability to open a DSS file, plot the data, edit the data in a table, edit the data from a graphical editor, and apply math functions to the data. These buttons provide a shortcut to the respective commands in the Display menu.

Open File - an Open HEC-DSS File browser will open, which allows you to select a DSS file.
Plot - plots the data of the selected pathname(s).
Tabulate - displays the data of the selected pathname(s) in a tabular form.
Graphical Edit - displays the data of the selected pathname(s) in a graphical editor.
Math Functions - allows the user to perform math functions on the data of the selected pathname(s) from the Math Functions dialog.
Tabulate in MS Excel – any pathnames in the Select Pathname List (Figure 1) are displayed in Microsoft Excel®.

The File Information panel (Figure 1) displays the DSS file and path of the opened file, and statistics about the pathnames in the file and the size of the file or number of datasets in a DSS file.

The Pathname Filters (Figure 1) are used to sort pathnames by parts. There is a filter list for each individual part, A through F for the DSS records. The Pathname Table (Figure 1) displays the filtered dataset names contained in the DSS file. The pathnames are displayed by individual parts. The Selected Pathname List (Figure 1) displays the pathnames that you selected from the Pathname Table.

The Selection Commands (Figure 1) are available after you have selected pathnames you wish to view or manipulate. Available commands are Select, De-Select, Clear Selections, Restore Selections, and Set Time Window. These commands will be detailed later in this appendix.

When you have entered time window information, the Status Bar (Figure 1) will display the time window information. A time window is where you give a specific time frame for viewing or manipulating data.