Just as the TYPE column in the DBF file is used to associate attributes, another specification is necessary for a text label to be displayed with a Point value, or to be used for a Line or Polygon name to identify the objects on the map, as well as writing the created time series hyetographs to a DSS file. For choosing text labels, the program will look for a column with one of the following names in this order and use the first one found for the label:

  • NAME
  • LOCATION
  • ID
  • DSSB
  • STATION

This list of default names can be overridden using the tool to create time series from TINs which has an option to override the B part of a DSS record pathname. Once overridden, it is used for labels on the Map Window polygons and DSS B part designators. If multiple polygon shapefiles are used and some do not contain the column name ion the DBF file that has been selected, the program logic will fall back to using the default column names shown above. If none of the column names exist, the program will label the polygons such that unique names are created to identify them.