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Directly above most case information displays , the Case Information Toolbar provides easy access to many Case Information Display options for formatting and customizing a list display. Note that all of the options are also available from the right-click local menu on the case information display as well.
Show Dialog
Selecting the Show Dialog option will invoke a dialog box containing more detailed information and settings regarding the corresponding system object. For example, clicking Show Dialog while a Bus Case Information Display is the active window opens the Bus Information Dialog.
Show Data View Added in Version 20
Selecting the Show Data View will invoke the Data View dialog box containing information about the object in the selected row. See Data View for more details
The contents and format of the information display can be controlled using the Case Information Display Dialog. See Configuring the Case Information Displays for more details.
Constrains all field widths to contain the widest data elements in each column.
Adjusts the number of displayed decimal places for all cells in the selected column in a case information display.
Use the Find local menu option to retrieve a record pertaining to a particular element. Choosing Find from toolbar opens the Find Dialog Box, which is used to find records pertaining to an element identified by either number or name.
Invokes the Search for Text dialog; allows you to search for specific text in a case information display.
Bus View Oneline
On many case information displays click this button to open the Bus View Oneline to the bus related to the presently active cell of the case information display.
Records Menu
The Records Menu contains actions that apply to the specific kinds of records displayed in the active case information display. Expressions, Bus View Oneline, Substation View Oneline, Quick Power Flow List and are always shown in this drop-down. For more details see the Case Information Toolbar: Records Menu Help.
Geo Data View Menu
The Geo Menu is only available on case information displays that show records related to the network model. For more details see the Case Information Toolbar: Geo Data Menu Help.
Set and Columns Menu
Set contains actions for setting data or toggling data.
Columns contains actions that act on the column such as Get Column Metrics. For more details see the Case Information Toolbar: Set, Toggle, and Column Menu Help.
Copy, Paste and Send Menu
The Copy, Paste and Send Menu contains actions that copy and paste data through the Windows Clipboard. In addition it contains actions that send data directly to spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel or Open Office Calc. For more details see the Case Information Toolbar: Copy, Paste, and Send Menu Help.
Save Auxiliary Menu
The Save Auxiliary Drop-Down contains actions that save data in the case information display to various formats. The Auxiliary File Format and Comma-Separated-Value (CSV) formats are always available, but some records show other more specific formats. For more details see the Case Information Toolbar Save Auxiliary Files Menu Help.
Load Auxiliary Menu
The Load Auxiliary Drop-Down contains actions that load data records related to the active case information display. The Auxiliary File Format and Comma-Separated-Value (CSV) formats are always available, but some records show other more record-specific formats. For more details see the Case Information Toolbar: Load Auxiliary Files Menu Help.
Opens the Area/Zone/Owner Filters display which allows filtering of the case information displays by Area, Zone, and Owner.
Filtering Menu
The Filtering Drop contains actions related to filtering the records shown in the active case information display. For more details see the Case Information Toolbar: Filtering Menu Help.
Allows the user to custom sort the information in the display based on desired criteria. See Case Information Display: Sorting Records for more information.
Expressions Menu
The Expressions Menu allows you to edit Expressions,and String Expressions.
Select this option to update the currently displayed data to match the present state of the system.
Options Menu
Invokes a drop down menu similar to the Case Information Display options dialog. See
Display/Column Options
This is the same as clicking on
Display/Column Options.
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. Change the headings to variable names can be helpful when looking at or creating auxiliary files.
This option applies to all case information displays.
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. This indicator is still a work in progress. Only bus and generator case information displays fully support this.
Show Grid Lines
Grid lines are shown by default in case information displays. Unchecking this box will remove the grid lines from the displays.
This option applies to all case information displays.
Show Header Hints
This option allows the hints for the current field to be displayed when moving the cursor over the column heading.
This option applies to all case information displays.
Word Wrap Headings
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.
This option applies to all case information displays.
Default Row Height
This sets the row height for all case information displays.
Highlight Row if Selected Field = 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.
This option applies to all case information displays.
Zoom
Set the zoom percentage of the text in the case information display.
This option only applies to the present case information display.
Remove Trailing Zeros
To make the data more concise, this will remove any zeros at the end of numbers in all fields.
This option only applies to the present case information display.
Key Fields
Various fields can identify objects by different key fields. This dropdown allows easy switching between the different key field options. This also affects the key fields that are used when storing SUBDATA in auxiliary files.
This option applies to all case information displays.
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.
Use Data Maintainer Filtering
Added in October 17, 2017 patch of Version 20
Check this option so that Data Maintainer filtering is applied in addition to the Area/Zone/Owner Filtering.
Show Column Metric as Hints
Added in May 11, 2016 patch of Version 19
Under the Columns menu, the Get Column Metrics button brings up a dialog showing you the statistical metrics of what has been selected. By choosing this option, a hint window will also automatically appear when hovering your mouse over a selection.
Use Abs Value in Column Metric Hints
Check to use absolute values in calculation of the hint window column metrics.
Column Metrics Treat Blanks
Check to treat blanks as zeros in the calculation of the hint window column metrics.