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Scenarios

Each scenario is displayed on a tab just below the menu area. As you move the mouse over a tab,the title of the scenario is shown as a hint. If you hold the Shift key down as  you move the mouse over a tab, additional information about the scenario is shown as a hint. You may also click the right mouse button to display a menu with scenario options.



To change scenario, just click on a tab. The selected tab becomes the active (or current) scenario. The Winnipeg database has two scenarios; 1000 and 2000. In this example, Scenario 2000 is the active scenario and the selected tab is displayed with an orange highlight at the top of the tab.

Comparison Scenarios
In this example, the Scenario 1000 tab has a blue box in the tab. This means Scenario 1000 is the 'comparison scenario'. Each table can display a network attribute from another scenario (which is called the comparison scenario). In this example, the User Data 1 attribute from Scenario 1000 is displayed along with the other link attributes for Scenario 2000. 

To change the comparison scenario, just right-click a scenario tab to display the scenario menu, and select the Comparison Scenario menu option. You'll see that the blue box will now be displayed in the selected tab to indicate that it is now the comparison scenario.

To change the network attribute used for comparison, double-click the column heading (or title) of any attribute. 

For example, to display the User Data 1 attribute for Scenario 1000, first right-click the Scenario 1000 tab and select the Comparison Scenario option, and then double-click the User Data 1 column heading.

Editing Scenario Number and Title
To change the number or title of the current scenario, right-click the current scenario tab to display the scenario menu. You'll see that the number and title of the scenario may be edited in the menu. To change the number, simply enter a new, unique number and press Enter. To change the scenario title, enter a new title in the menu space provided and press Enter.

Creating New Scenarios
To create a new scenario, right-click any tab and select the Create Scenario menu option. A dialog is displayed in which you may enter a new scenario number and the title for the new scenario. If the scenario number has not yet been used, press OK to create the new scenario.

Deleting Scenarios
To delete the current scenario, right-click the current scenario tab and select the Delete Scenario menu option. Following confirmation, the current scenario is deleted.

Copying Scenarios
You may also copy the current scenario to a new scenario. To do this, right-click the current scenario tab and select the Copy Scenario menu option. Then, enter the scenario number and title for the new scenario and click OK to copy the current scenario to a new one.