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The Area Information Dialog shows information about each area in the system. It displays an area’s load, generation and losses; the area’s scheduled interchange with other areas; options for controlling the area’s generators, transformers, and shunts; the flows on its tie lines; and its operating cost information. You may view this dialog by doing any of the following:
- Select Areas from the Model Explorer. This displays the Area Display. Select the desired area and click the Show Dialog option on the case information toolbar, or right-click on the record corresponding to the desired area to bring up the display’s local menu and choose Show Dialog.
- Right-click in an empty portion of the oneline near a bus in the area of interest to display the oneline’s local menu. Select Area Information Dialog.
- While in Run Mode, right-click on an Area Display Object that represents an area and choose Information Dialog. Note: Doing this while in Edit Mode will show the Area Display Options dialog instead of the Area Information Dialog.
The Area Information Dialog contains the following information:
Number
A drop-down box that specifies the area number. Select an area from the drop-down box, or use the spin button to cycle through the list.
Find By Number
To find an area by its number, type the number in the Number field and click this button.
Name
A drop-down box that specifies the area’s alphabetic identifier, which may be any length in Simulator. When saving area names to other load flow formats, the names are truncated at the maximum character length supported by that format.
Find By Name
To find an area by its name, type the name in the Name field and click this button.
Find…
If you do not know the exact area number or name you are looking for, you can click this button to open the advanced search engine.
Super Area
To associate an area with a particular super area, either select an existing super area from the drop-down box, or type the name of a new super area.
Area Control Options
Select to change the area’s method of
Labels
To assign alternative identifying labels to the area, click the Labels button.
The rest of the Area Information Dialog is divided into nine pages of controls: