Case Information Display Options

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PowerWorld uses numerous case information displays to show power system data in tabular format. The options presented on the Case Information Display page of the PowerWorld Simulator Options dialog control some of the general features of the case information displays.

Enterable Field Color

Fields whose values can be directly entered on the case information displays are colored navy blue by default. Click on the color field to change the color of enterable fields, or click the Change button.

Toggleable Field Color

Fields whose values can be toggled (changed) by left-clicking on them are colored green by default. Click on the color field to change the color of toggleable fields, or click the Change button.

At or Exceeding Limit Field Color

Fields whose values are at or exceeding a limit, are colored red by default. Click on the color field to change the color of such fields, or click the Change button.

Normal Field

Fields that cannot be modified directly from the case information display are colored black by default. Click on the color field to change the color of such fields, or click the Change button.

Special External Field

Fields that can be modified through an auxiliary file or by pasting data into a sheet from a spreadsheet, but cannot be changed in a case information display, are colored purple by default. Click on the color field to change the color of such fields, or click the Change button.

Field not presently used

Fields whose values are ignored because of various option or other field settings are colored gray by default. Click on the color field to change the color of such fields, or click the Change button.

Background

Background of cells is colored white by default. Click on the color field to change the color of the background, or click the Change button.

Heading Background

Background of column and row headings is colored light gray by default. Click on the color field to change the color of the heading background, or click the Change button.

Data Fill Background Color

Background of selected cells when propagating values is colored yellow by default. Click on the color field to change the color of the heading background, or click the Change button.

Set Case Info Factory Default Colors

Clicking the Dark Colors button will reset the field and background colors to the defaults mentioned above, which comprise dark colors for fields, and light colors for backgrounds. Clicking the Light Colors button will set field and background colors to a specified set of light colors for fields and dark colors for backgrounds.

Highlight Objects with Selected? = YES

Check this option to automatically highlight all case information rows that represent a model object that has its Selected field set to YES. The row will then be highlighted using the color specified on this dialog. This option will apply to all case information displays representing all types of objects.

Use Concise Variable Names and Headers

Added in Version 19

Variable names within Simulator have been overhauled starting Version 19. This is described in more detail in the PowerWorld Object Variables help topic. This option must be chosen to use the more concise variable names when looking at field variable names in the user interface or when writing out to an Auxiliary File. If this option is not chosen then the legacy variable names will be used.

In addition, a new Concise Auxiliary File (AUX) header is available when writing out AUX files. This option must be chosen to write out Auxiliary Files using the new concise format.

Disable Auto Refresh

This option prevents Simulator from automatically updating the contents of open case information displays with each solution. If this option is not checked, the data in all open case information displays will be updated automatically to reflect the system state calculated from each power flow solution.

Set Factory Defaults

Clicking on this button will reset the options to their defaults.

View/Modify Default Font

Clicking this button brings up a font dialog from which you can choose the font in which case information displays should show their data. Selecting a new font, font size, style, or color and pressing OK will change the default font, so that all case information displays will then employ a font having the selected properties. An individual case information display can override this setting by choosing a custom row height or font on the Display Options tab of the Display/Column Options dialog.

Default Row Height

This option sets the default height of the rows in the case information displays. This field may need to be changed depending on the screen size and font size of the computer. By default, the height is set to 13. An individual case information display can override this setting by choosing a custom row height or font on the Display Options tab of the Display/Column Options dialog.

Show Grid Lines

Grid lines are shown by default in case information displays. Unchecking this box will remove the grid lines from the displays.

Column Headings

This option allows you to choose whether the column headings of the case information displays are the Normal column headings or are the Variable Names of the type of data stored in each column. Variable names are the strings used when writing data out to an Auxiliary File. Changing the headings to variable names can be helpful when looking at or creating auxiliary files.

When viewing the heading by Variable Names there are special characters that are included in parentheses after the variable names. More than one special character can be included with each heading.

• 1,2, or 3 - this is a primary key field
• A, B, or C - this is a secondary key field
• * - this is a required field
• < - this is a field that is included in the Difference Case tool comparison

Use Word Wrap

Check this box to wrap the heading column text, breaking it in several rows to fit the current column width. If unchecked, the column heading text will be displayed in only one row.

Show Header Hints

This option allows the hints for the current field to be displayed when moving the cursor over the column heading.

Copy/Send Options

Typically when you copy information to the clipboard or send data to Excel from a case information display, the first two rows of the copied information contain the type of object the data represents (object name) and the column headings for each column of data. These rows are necessary if you intend to paste the information back into Simulator, but they are unnecessary if you are only exporting data to another program with no intention of pasting the information back into Simulator. Thus, these two options allow you to choose which of the two rows, if either, you wish to have copied along with the actual data from a case information display when pasting in another application.

Key Fields to Use in Subdata Sections

This option allows the user to decide whether to use primary or secondary key fields or labels for the objects saved in the subdata section of an auxiliary file. In addition to being applied to the subdata section of auxiliary files, this option is also used in some special cases to dictate how elements are identified when writing out Auxiliary Files or displaying objects within certain fields in a case information display. The Labels topic contains additional information about this.

Show Column Metrics as Hints

Check this box to show the column metrics as hints that pop up over a selection instead of having to open the grid metrics dialog. If this option is checked and more than two cells are selected in a case information display, the metrics hint will pop up.

Use Absolute Values

Check this box to use the absolute values of field values for the metrics computation.

Treatment of blank cells

If the option Treat as zero is checked, any blank cells will be considered as zero when computing the metrics. Instead, if the option Ignore for calculation is checked, any blank cell will be taken out of the metrics calculation.