A coincident frequency analysis can be started in two ways, either by right clicking on the Coincident Frequency Analysis folder in the study explorer and selecting New, or by going to the Analysis menu and selecting New and then Coincident Frequency Analysis. When a new Coincident Frequency Analysis is selected, the user is required to first enter a Name for the analysis and an optional Description. The Coincident Frequency Analysis editor will not allow further edits by the user until the name is defined. Once a Name is entered, the DSS File Name and Report File will automatically be filled out. The DSS filename is by default a DSS file with the same name as the analysis. The report file is given the same name as the analysis with the extension ".rpt". The Coincident Frequency Analysis editor is shown in the figure below.

Coincident Frequency Analysis Editor.