Defining Scenario Reports allows you to produce reports for comparing Scenario results. They can then be viewed with the built-in Report Viewer, printed, or saved into files using any of a variety of formats. The following describes the fields and buttons found on the Scenario Report Properties dialog when creating or editing a Scenario Report definition.
Dialog Field Definitions and Buttons
Scenario Report Name: A default name will be provided; you should change it to something meaningful, and it must be unique among this model's Scenario Reports.
Select Scenarios: This area will display two panes. The right, Available Scenario Results, offers a list of all available Scenario results from the Scenarios.xml file in the model's directory. Specific results from the right pane may be selected and added to the left, titled Scenario Results to Compare. The Add and Remove buttons are used to move items between the two panes. At least two Scenario results must be selected in order to successfully define a Scenario Report.
Report Options: indicates what data is to be included in the comparison report. There are four categories available:
Results Options: Here you can choose Include Statistics or Include Charts or both. When Include Statistics is selected the report will display a table of the statistics selected in the Scenarios. When Include Charts is selected the report will include bar charts displaying the statistics selected in the Scenarios. If both are selected, each section of statistics is displayed in a table followed by the accompanying bar chart. The bar charts can be 2 Dimensional or 3 Dimensional. These options are enabled when Include Charts is checked. Note that charts are most useful when the number of statistics being compared is small. A large number of statistics will cause the X axis labels to be unreadable.
Scenario Options: relate to the Scenario definition. Include Run Settings adds the Run Settings specified for the Scenario. Include Model Parameters adds the Model Parameter settings, and Include Process Alternatives lists the active alternatives for each Process with multiple alternatives (even if not specified in the Scenario definition). Any selected Scenario Options are displayed in the report before statistics or charts. Thus, the Scenario information from each scenario represented under Scenario Results To Compare are displayed by scenario at the beginning of the report.
IMPORTANT: At least one item from Results Options or Scenario Options must be selected to successfully define a Scenario Report.
Group By: indicates whether the report data is to grouped by Scenario or by Replication. Replication should be selected when comparing results within a Scenario.
Comparison Time Unit: sets the time unit to use for time related statistics. Thus, if one Scenario's results are stored in Minutes and another Scenario's results are stored in Hours, the Comparison Time Unit ensures the Scenario Report uses a common time unit.
Comment: an optional field where you may enter a brief description of the report.
OK: Closes the dialog, if all data is valid and correct, and saves your Scenario Report into the model.
Cancel: Closes the dialog and discards any changes you have made.
Help: Displays this Help information for the dialog.
For an in-depth discussion of Scenario Reports, see Comparing Scenarios in Chapter 19 of the SIMPROCESS User's Manual.