GFE/ifpIMAGE Configuration File
Misc. Configuration Items

This section contains miscellaneous configuration items that don't seem to belong in any other category:
GFE Configuration Item
Applicable to GFE
Applicable to ifpIMAGE
Notes
Grid Manager Sort Order YES NO
Grid Manager Sort Algorithm YES NO
Auto Save Interval YES NO
Product File Purge Threshold YES NO

Grid Manager Sort Order

The Grid Manager Sort Order defines the order in which weather elements will be displayed in the grid manager.  If not defined, then weather elements will be ordered alphabetically by weather element name.  The first section of the grid manager will always be the mutable database (e.g., Fcst).  A separator line is placed at the end of the mutable database panes.  All other databases are shown after the separator line.  If entries are defined in the sort order, then as weather elements are loaded, they are placed in the defined order.  If a weather element is not listed, then it is placed alphabetically at the end of the grid manager section.

GridManagerSortOrder = ['T', 'Td', 'MaxT', "minT', 'Wind',
  'FreeWind', 'TransWind', 'Sky', 'Wx', 'LAL', 'PoP',
  'CWR', 'QPF', 'SnowAmt', 'FzLevel', 'Haines', 'MixHgt']
 

Grid Manager Sort Algorithm

This algorithm determines the sorting order of weather elements in the Grid Manager, Samples, and Spatial Editor Legends. It contains of up to 5 characters in the order of sort importance. The characters are:'m' for mutable, 'N' for parm name, 'M' for model name, 't' for model time, and 'o' for model optional type. For example, "mNMto" will result in the mutables first, then parm name, then model name, then model time, then optional type. This means that all of the weather elements with the same name from different models will be grouped together (except for the mutable).

GridManagerSortAlgorithm = "mNMto"
 

Auto Save Interval

The Auto Save Interval entry defines, in minutes, the initial setting of the automatic weather element save interval.  The values can range from 0, to indicate Off, up to a reasonable value, such as 60, to save the grids automatically every hour.

AutoSaveInterval = 30

Product Directory Purge Threshold

These entries define the number of hours to retain files within the product directories before purging them, and the number of days of log files to retain before purging them.

ProductPurgeHours = 6

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