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<h1 class="3Heading">
<a name="MainMenuDialogs"></a>Main Menu Dialogs</h1>
January 30, 2012<br>
<p><br>
The following dialogs are invoked directly or indirectly from the Main
Menu:
</p>
<ul>
<li> <a href="#StartUpDialog">Start Up Dialog</a></li>
<li class="3Heading"> <a href="#DefineConfigAndIFPImageDialog">Define
Config and IFP
Image Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#DefineProceduresDialog">Define Procedures Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="ButtonBarDialogs.html#EditActionsDialog">Define Smart
Tools (Edit
Actions Dialog)</a></li>
<li> <a href="#DefineTextProductsDialog">Define Text Products Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#SaveSelectionTRDialog">Save Selection Time Range
Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#DeleteSelectionTRDialog">Delete Selection Time Range
Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#BreakLockDialog">Break Lock Dialog</a></li>
<li class="3Heading"> <a href="#AutoSaveDialog">Auto Save Interval
Dialog</a></li>
<li class="3Heading"> <a href="#InterpolationAlgorithmDialog">Interpolation
Algorithm
Dialog</a></li>
<li class="3Heading"> <a href="#TEStatisticsDialog">Temporal Editor
Statistics Mode Dialog</a></li>
<li class="3Heading"> <a href="#TimeScaleDisplayedPeriodsDialog">Time
Scale Displayed
Periods
Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#ExitGFEDialog">Exit GFE Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#WEBrowserDialog">Weather Element Volume Browser Dialog</a></li>
<li><a href="#ManageHiddenWeatherElements">Manage Hidden Weather
Elements Dialog</a><br>
</li>
<li> <a href="#SaveWEGroupDialog">Save Weather Element Group Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#DeleteWEGroupDialog">Delete Weather Element Group
Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#CopySelectedGridsFromDialog">Copy Selected Grids From
Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#CopyAllGridsFromDialog">Copy All Grids From Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#InterpolateDialog">Interpolate Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#SendISCDialog">Send Intersite Grids Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#CreateFromScratchDialog">Create From Scratch Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#TimeShiftDialog">Time Shift Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#SaveForecastDialog">Save Forecast Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#RevertForecastDialog">Revert Forecast Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#PublishToOfficialDialog">Publish To Official Dialog</a></li>
<li><a href="#FormatterLauncher">Formatter Launcher Dialog</a></li>
<li><a href="#ScriptsDialog">Scripts Dialog</a></li>
<li><a href="#ProcessMonitorDialog">Process Monitor Dialog</a><br>
</li>
<li> <a href="#LoadSamplesDialog">Load Sample Set Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#SaveSamplesDialog">Save Sample Set Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#DeleteSamplesDialog">Delete Sample Set Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#DefineSamplesviaLatitude/LongitudeDialog">Define
Samples
via
Latitude/Longitude Dialog</a></li>
<li> <a href="#AboutDialog">About Dialog</a></li>
</ul>
<p><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="StartUpDialog"></a>Start Up Dialog</h2>
The Start Up Dialog appears when the GFE is initializing.
If the system cannot connect to the server, a
message will describe the problem.
<p><img nosave="" src="images/GFEStartup4.jpg" height="561" width="378"></p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="BreakLockDialog"></a>Break Lock Dialog</h2>
<div class="Body">For each grid block selected in the GridManager, the
Break Lock dialog lists the:
<ul>
<li>Owner of the lock</li>
<li>Weather Element name</li>
<li>Lock timerange</li>
<br>
</ul>
The dialog is separated into two sections, the "Locks Owned By Active
Clients",
and the "Orphaned Locks". Locks that are owned by active clients,
if broken, will likely result in loss of data. If it is a GFE
that
owns those locks, then the forecaster will lose all of his/her unsaved
data.&nbsp; Orphaned Locks, on the other hand, are owned by processes
that
are no longer connected to EDEX. Orphaned locks can
generally
be broken without any consequences.
<p>Select the locks you wish to break and click Breaklock(s) or click
Cancel
at any time to cancel the operation and close the dialog. Note
that
breaking a lock is irreversible. The "Select All Orphans" button
highlights
all of the orphaned entries and the "Clear All" button de-selects the
entries.
For verification purposes, the "Select All Orphans" button does not
highlight
locks owned by active clients; these must be individually selected.
</p>
<div class="Body">
<br>
<img nosave="" src="images/DialogBreakLock.jpg" height="496" width="772"><br>
<hr width="100%">
<div class="3Heading">
<h2><a name="DefineConfigAndIFPImageDialog"></a>Define Config and IFP
Image
Dialog</h2>
</div>
The Define Config Dialog lists all existing configuration files.
<br>
Selecting a foler and doing right-click--&gt;New allows you to modify configuration files that
affect
the behavior of the GFE and IFPImage. A dialog will appear for you to
enter
the name of the configuration file. After clicking Ok, the Python
editor
will appear for you add or modify the configuration attrubites.
<p><img alt="define config dialog" src="images/DialogDefineConfig.png"
style="width: 876px; height: 590px;"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%"><br>
<h2><a name="AutoSaveDialog"></a>Auto Save Interval Dialog</h2>
The Auto Save Interval Dialog allows the user to enable or disable the
automatic save feature of the GFE. If disabled, no weather
elements
will be automatically saved. If enabled, the user may choose an
interval
from one minute to sixty minutes. At this regular interval, the
GFE
checks for modified weather elements. If there are any, then one
weather element at a time is saved with a short interval between
them.
During the auto save process, you will notice that the cursor shape
will
change to the "wait" cursor, and the "green" lock indications on the
Grid
Manager will disappear indicating that those grids have been saved to
the
database.
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogAutoSaveInterval.jpg"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="InterpolationAlgorithmDialog"></a>Interpolation Algorithm
Dialog</h2>
The interpolation algorithm dialog allows the user to select one of
four
interpolation algorithms to use for scalar interpolation. The
interpolation
for vector and weather weather elements are not selectable.
<p>The user has a choice of the following algorithms:
<br>
<table nosave="" border="1" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>Algorithm</b></td>
<td><b>Description</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cubic / Advection</td>
<td>Cubic spline is applied to the data points temporally.
Software
looks for areas that can be advected. The advection component of
the algorithm works best for weather elements that contain areas of
zero
value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cubic / NoAdvection</td>
<td>Cubic spline is applied to the data points temporally.
Software
gradually adjusts points from starting value to ending value without
advection
considerations.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Linear/ Advection</td>
<td>Linear calculations are applied to adjacent base grids
temporally.
Software looks for areas that can be advected. The advection
component
of the algorithm works best for weather elements that contain areas of
zero value.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Linear/ No Advection</td>
<td>Linear calculations are applied to adjacent base grids
temporally.
Software gradually adjusts points from starting value to ending value
without
advection considerations.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogInterpAlgorithm.jpg"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="TEStatisticsDialog"></a>Temporal Editor Statistics Dialog</h2>
The temporal editor statistics dialog controls the type of data that is
displayed in the Temporal Editor when one of the Range (RangeBar,
TEColorRangeBar)
visualizations are enabled. An example of the RangeBar
visualization
is shown below. This particular visualization is showing the
moderated
15% minimum, 15% maximum values from an edit area. The max,
average,
and minimum values are shown.
<p><img nosave="" src="images/TEStatisticsVisual.jpg" height="177"
width="362">Example of temporal editor range
bar visualization.
<br>
</p>
<p>The dialog controls the data presented in the temporal editor range
visualizations. Absolute will display the absolute minimum and
maximum
values in the editor. Moderated will chop out the outlyers based
on the given percentages for the minimum and maximum. The
Standard
Deviation choice includes those points within a certain number of
standard
deviations from the average.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogTEStatisticsMode.jpg"><br>
<br>
</p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="TimeScaleDisplayedPeriodsDialog"></a>Time Scale Displayed
Periods
Dialog</h2>
The time scale displayed periods dialog is used to specify which of the
named selection time ranges are to appear on the Time Scale. The
definitions of the selection time ranges, and new named selection time
ranges, may be defined through the Save Selection Time Range Dialog.
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogTimeScaleDisplayedPeriods.jpg"></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="EditAreaAppearanceDialog"></a>Edit Area Appearance Dialog</h2>
The edit area appearance dialog is used to control the color and border
line width for the edit area on the spatial editor. The default
color
and line width may be set in the gfe configuration file entries: <a
href="gfeConfig_UI.html#EditAreaColors">ReferenceSet_color
and ReferenceSet_width</a>.
<p>The user can choose the new color from the color selector as well as
the line width.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogEditAreaAppearance.jpg"></p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="ExitGFEDialog"></a>Exit GFE Dialog</h2>
If there are unsaved Weather Elements that have been modified, a dialog
will appear allowing you to save the modified data.
<p>The dialog displays the names of all modified Weather
Elements.
Choose Yes to save all elements and exit the GFE. Choose No if you do
not
want to save the elements before exiting the GFE.
</p>
<p>At any time you can click Cancel to cancel the operation and close
the
dialog without exiting the GFE.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogExitGFE.png"><br>
</p>
<p>If you happen to have any temporary hazard grids active in your GFE
and attempt to exit, you may see a dialog that looks like this:<br>
</p>
<p><img alt="ExitGFEDialog" src="images/ExitGFEDialog.png"><br>
</p>
<p>If you see this dialog, it means that you must save or manually
unload the temporary hazards weather elements before you can save the
"Hazards" weather element. If you select "No", the GFE will exit
without saving any of your modified grids. If you select "Cancel"
the operation will be canceled and leave the grid state unchanged.<br>
<br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="WEBrowserDialog"></a>Weather Element
Volume Browser Dialog</h2>
Opens a dialog that allows you to load and unload Weather Elements in
the
GFE. You must choose from the following options in order specify which
Weather Elements you wish to load/unload:
<ul>
<li>Type&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -Grid database types (IFP,
D2D). For
a list of D2D weather elements and descriptions, <a
href="d2dWENames.html">click
here.</a></li>
<li>Source&nbsp;&nbsp;-Grid database sources and times and the
official
forecast (LAPS, RUC, Fcst, etc.)</li>
<li>Field&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -Weather Elements to load</li>
<li>Plane&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-The vertical plane of gridded
data.
"SFC"
stands for surface and is the plane of the forecast and official
databases.</li>
</ul>
<div class="Body">
<div class="Body">&nbsp;
<br>
In each option field listed above, single click on the items you wish
to include/exclude. Scroll bars to the right of each field allow
you to page through all available selections. Alternately, you can
click
on the option heading itself to list all available selections.
<p>There are built-in dependencies between the above options moving
from
left to right. This means that only Sources for the selected Type will
appear. Similarly, only the Fields for the selected Sources and Planes
for the selected Fields appear. This will aid you in selecting
available
grids from the many possible combinations.
</p>
<p>The File menu allows you to save the selections you have made to a
group,
delete previously saved groups, or to load a previously created group.
</p>
<p>The Edit menu allows you to select/deselect all available options or
to start over by undoing the selections you have made thus far.
</p>
<p>The Site can be selected from the menu bar.
</p>
<p>After making your selections, click Load and Dismiss to load your
selections
and close the dialog, or click Cancel at any time to end the operation
and close the dialog.
</p>
<img alt="WE Browser Dialog" src="images/WEBrowserDialog.png">
<ul>
<h3>Working With Groups</h3>
While the Weather Element Volume Browser Dialog allows you to load and
unload individual weather elements, occasionally it's convenient to
load
groups of parameters that are related. A Group is a named group of
weather
elements that you can define.
<ol>
<li>From the main menu bar, press and hold MB1 over the Weather
Element
menu
item.</li>
<li>Slide the mouse mouse pointer over the Weather Element Groups
menu item.</li>
<li>Select one of the pre-defined groups from the Groups cascade
menu.</li>
</ol>
Note that when you selected the group, a new set of weather elements
was
loaded into the GFE. Also note that the set of weather elements that
was
loaded is now unloaded.
<p>Saving a group of weather elements is done via the Weather Element
Volume
Browser. To make your own group, follow the steps below. </p>
<ol>
<li>From the main menu bar, select WeatherElement-&gt;Weather
Element
Volume Browser.</li>
<li>Select any group of weather elements.</li>
<li>From the Weather Element Volume Browser menu bar, select
File-&gt;Save
Weather
Element Group.</li>
<li>The <a href="#SaveWEGroupDialog">Save Weather Element Group
Dialog</a>
appears. Enter the group name and select Save.</li>
</ol>
Now your new group has been saved and is ready to be used.<br>
<p>You can delete saved groups by choosing File--&gt;Delete Weather
Element
Group which brings up the <a href="#DeleteWEGroupDialog">Delete
Weather
Element Group Dialog</a>.</p>
</ul>
<div class="Body">
<br>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="SaveWEGroupDialog"></a>Save Weather
Element Group Dialog</h2>
To save the group of weather elements selected in the Weather Element
Volume
Browser, type a name in the identifier box and click "Save." You can
re-save
an existing group by clicking on its name.
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogSaveWeatherElementGroup.jpg" height="337" width="200"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="DeleteWEGroupDialog"></a>Delete Weather
Element Group Dialog</h2>
To delete an existing weather element group, click on its name which
will
appear in the identifier box. Then click "Delete."
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogDeleteWeatherElementGroup.jpg"></p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="ManageHiddenWeatherElements"></a>Manage Hidden Weather
Elements Dialog</h2>
The Manage Hidden Weather Elements Dialog is used to unload and/or make
visible hidden weather elements. Hidden weather elements are
those weather elements which have been created during smart tool
execution or during "Show ISC Mode". The GFE creates
temporary weather elements for purposes of holding calculations.
Some of these may not get unloaded automatically and since these
weather elements are "hidden", i.e., don't appear in the spatial editor
or grid manager, the user is not aware of their existance.<br>
<br>
One example of a hidden weather element is when "Show ISC Mode" is
enabled. The GFE will continue to display just the Fcst
weather elements and not any ISC elements in the grid manager and
spatial editor. The GFE software loads the ISC and any
needed virtual ISC elements in order to display the composite grids in
the editors. When "Show ISC Mode" is turned off, these hidden
elements remain.<br>
<br>
The dialog provides a convenient way to view these "hidden" elements or
to "unload" them.<br>
<br>
<br>
<img src="images/DialogManageHiddenWE.jpg" alt=""><br>
<br>
<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br>
<h2><a name="DefineProceduresDialog"></a>Define
Procedures Dialog</h2>
Procedures are a sequences of commands allowing you to populate the
Forecast
database from the Model databases that have been created via
initialization
and to call Smart Tools. (See <a href="SmartTools.html">GFE
Smart
Tools Training Guide</a>)
<p>The Define Procedures Dialog opens the Localization perspective with the Procedures
folder selected in the left column.
</p>
<p>
Choosing MB3--&gt;New allows you to add a new procedure. A dialog will
appear for you to enter the name of your new procedure. After clicking
Ok, the Python editor will appear for you enter your procedure
commands.
A template is provided in the Python window with documentation in the <a
href="SmartTools.html#SSLib">Smart
Script Class Library</a> and <a href="SmartTools.html#SS">Procedures</a>
section of the Smart Tools Training Guide.
</p>
<p>NOTE: Procedures can be run in background mode from the command
line.
For instructions, see the <a href="runProcedure.html">runProcedure</a>
documentation.
</p>
<p><img alt="Define Procedures Dialog"
src="images/DialogDefineProcedures.png"
style="width: 870px; height: 464px;"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="CopySelectedGridsFromDialog"></a>Copy
Selected Grids From Dialog</h2>
The Copy Selected Grids From dialog allows you to Copy data from a
model
to one or more selected <i>Forecast</i> Weather Elements within the
Selected
Time Range of the Grid Manager.
<p>The dialog displays the names of all available models and you choose
the model you wish to copy from by clicking directly on the model
identifier.
If necessary, you can use the scroll bar at right to page through all
the available models.
</p>
<p>After making your selection(s) click OK or click Cancel at any
time to cancel the operation and close the dialog.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogCopySelectedGrids.jpg" height="357"
width="212"></p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="CopyAllGridsFromDialog"></a>Copy All
Grids From Dialog</h2>
The Copy All Grids From dialog allows you to Copy all data from a model
to one or more <i>Forecast</i> Weather Elements.
<p>The dialog displays the names of all available models and you choose
the model you wish to copy from by clicking directly on the model
identifier.
If necessary, you can use the scroll bar at right to page through all
the available models.
</p>
<p>After making your selection(s) click OK or click Cancel at any time
to cancel the operation and close the dialog.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogCopyAllGrids.jpg" height="361"
width="213"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="SendISCDialog"></a>Send Intersite Grids Dialog</h2>
The Send Intersite Grids dialog controls the sending of grids to
adjacent
sites. Sending of grids is either an automatic process when grids
are saved (if SEND_ISC_ON_SAVE is set in localConfig), or a manual
process accomplished through this dialog. It is not recommended
to use both methods. If SEND_ISC_ON_SAVE in serverConfig/localConfig is
0, or disabled, then this dialog must be used to transmit grids. The
Send Intersite Grids Dialog has two fields in manual mode, and just one
choice for automatic mode. Do not confuse this
automatic mode with the SEND_ISC_ON_SAVE.
<p>In manual mode, the user chooses the set of weather elements to
send, which default to
the currently loaded elements in the Fcst database, the time ranges to
send, whether it be "All Grids", grids over the "Selected Time", or
grids over a specific user-defined time range.</p>
<p>There are several convenient buttons used to select the set of
Weather Elements. By default, the loaded weather elements are selected.
The "Set All" sets all weather elements to on, the "Clear All" sets all
weather elements (and sites) to off, and the Groups button brings up a
menu allowing the forecaster to choose a predefined <a href="#SaveWEGroupDialog">Weather
Element Group</a>. The "Set Selected" option sets the weather
elements and time range to that currently selected in the GFE Grid
Manager.<br>
<br>
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogSendISC.jpg"><br>
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogSendISC1.jpg"><br>
</p>
<p>In automatic mode, EDEX keeps track of what ISC grids have been
sent since the grids were last modified. When Send ISC is chosen with
automatic mode, EDEX sends all grids that were previously modified
but haven't yet been sent via ISC.
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="ISCRequestDialog"></a>Request ISC Dialog</h2>
The Request ISC Dialog is used normally only when starting up service
backup. The purpose of the dialog is to directly request other sites
send
you their entire set of grids for purposes of populating your ISC
database. The normal routing of ISC will slowly fill in your ISC
database,
but frequently the forecaster needs a quicker initialization.
<p>The dialog contains three columns. The first column is the Domain.
The user
selects which domains that he/she wishes to bring into the ISC database
for
this one-time request. As the user selects and deselects domains, the
entries
in the second column, Grid Source, will change. The Grid Source
contains
information about the "known" EDEX servers that are running the desired
domain.
The "best" guess selection for each domain is automatically chosen, but
may
not be the correct choice. For example, if you were down and someone
else
was backing you up, and then you bring up your system and want your own
grids
into the ISC database, the default choice would go to the primary site
for
those grids which is yourself. That won't work -- instead the
forecaster must
choose the site and server that was used to backup your site. </p>
<p>The information in the second column details the Domain, then the
server. The format of the information for the server is the
host/port@site where site is the configured mhs id. Don't
get confused if the domain is your own, but the site is someone else.
This
indicates that there is another server on the network that is running
your
domain. You will frequently see multiple choices whenever a site is
preparing
for service backup, or recovering from service backup. Simply select
one of the choices for each Domain to determine which server to which
to make
the ISC request. </p>
<p>The third column is the Weather Element list. It contains all of the
weather elements you normally receive via ISC. This list defaults to
all elements.
</p>
<p>Pressing the "Make Request" button will send a request to the chosen
EDEX servers, which will process the requests and send you back the
specific
ISC data in the normal fashion.
</p>
<p><img alt="" nosave="" src="images/DialogRequestISC.jpg"><br>
</p>
<p>If you are requesting ISC data from a site with a different office
type than your own (such as an RFC requesting data from a WFO), then
the weather element you request will have the remote office type as
part of its name. For example if you are at a WFO and
want to request QPF. Requesting QPF will work from any WFO,
but you must request QPFrfc to request the data from an
RFC. In a similar fashion, if you are at an RFC and want
QPF from another RFC, simply request QPF. But if you want QPF
from an WFO, you must choose QPFwfo.<br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="InterpolateDialog"></a>Interpolate Dialog</h2>
The interpolation dialog controls the interpolation for the selected
time
ranges and weather elements. The user can choose interpolate by
gaps,
in which all gaps are interpolated, or based on edited data, in which
only
those grids that been edited will be preserved and all other grids and
gaps will be interpolated.
<p>The user may choose an interpolation interval in hours.
The scale varies from the minimum size of the time constraints for the
selected weather elements up to 24 hours. If the user chooses 1,
then a grid will be created each hour (or the minimum allowable time
for
the weather element). If the user chooses 3, then interpolated
grids
will be created every 3 hours.
</p>
<p>The user may choose the duration of the grids in hours. The
scale
varies from the minimum size of the time constraints for the selected
weather
elements up to 24 hours. If the user chooses 1, then each
interpolated
grid will be 1 hour in length (or the minimum allowable time for the
weather
element). If the user chooses 3, then each interpolated grid will
be 3 hours in length if possible.
</p>
<p>Note that the "Interpolation Interval In Hours" and the "Duration of
Grids in Hours" may not always appear on the dialog, depending upon the
time constraint characteristics of the weather elements you have
selected.
The "Duration of Grids in Hours" will not appear when selecting a
weather
element in which gaps are permitted, or when weather elements are
selected
with differing allowable durations.&nbsp; The "Interpolation Interval
in
Hours" will not appear when multiple weather elements are selected and
their repeat interval time constraint are not equal to each other.
</p>
<p>The default values of the interpolation interval and duration may be
set in the gfe configuration file. See the <a
href="gfeConfig_Zoom.html#InterpolationDialogDefaults">Interpolation
Dialog Defaults</a> section.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogInterpolation.jpg"></p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="CreateFromScratchDialog"></a>Create From Scratch Dialog</h2>
The create from scratch dialog creates new grids for the selected time
ranges and weather elements. The user can choose to fill the
newly
created grids using either the default weather value for the weather
element,
or the currently assigned pick-up value.
<p>The user may choose an creation interval in hours. The
scale
varies from the minimum size of the time constraints for the selected
weather
elements up to 24 hours. If the user chooses 1, then a grid will
be created each hour (or the minimum allowable time for the weather
element).
If the user chooses 3, then grids will be created every 3 hours.
</p>
<p>The user may choose the duration of the grids in hours. The
scale
varies from the minimum size of the time constraints for the selected
weather
elements up to 24 hours. If the user chooses 1, then each created
grid will be 1 hour in length (or the minimum allowable time for the
weather
element). If the user chooses 3, then each created grid will be 3
hours in length if possible.
</p>
<p>Note that the "Creation Interval In Hours" and the "Duration of
Grids
in Hours" may not always appear on the dialog, depending upon the time
constraint characteristics of the weather elements you have
selected.
The "Duration of Grids in Hours" will not appear when selecting a
weather
element in which gaps are permitted, or when weather elements are
selected
with differing allowable durations. The "Creation Interval in
Hours"
will not appear when multiple weather elements are selected and their
repeat
interval time constraint are not equal to each other.<br>
</p>
<p>Any existing grids within the selected time range will be removed
during this operation.<br>
</p>
<p>The default values of the create from scratch interval and duration
may be set in the gfe configuration file. See the <a
href="gfeConfig_Zoom.html#CreateScratchDialogDefaults">Create
From Scratch Dialog Defaults</a> section.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogCreateFromScratch.jpg"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="TimeShiftDialog"></a>Time Shift Dialog</h2>
The Time Shift dialog allows you to move or copy all selected grid
blocks
forward or backward in time. The dialog offers you the options of copy
or move, and the amount of
time you wish to shift (in Hours). Depending upon the selected weather
elements, the slider may only allow you to select certain time shift
values due to the defined time constraints of the elements.
<p>After making your selections click OK. At any time you can
click
Cancel to cancel the operation and close the dialog.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogTimeShift.jpg"></p>
<div class="Body">
<br>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="SaveSelectionTRDialog"></a>Save Selection
Time Range Dialog</h2>
<div class="3Heading">The Save Selection Time Range dialog allows you
to
name, define and save your own Selection Time Ranges.</div>
<div class="3Heading">The dialog allows you to define a time range by
specifying:</div>
<ul>
<li class="3Heading">The start/stop times and</li>
<li class="3Heading">A name (Today, Tonight, Tomorrow, and so forth).</li>
</ul>
<div class="3Heading">The start and stop hours are relative to either
0000LT
(midnight) or 0000Z, depending upon the radio button setting for the
time
mode. The following table illustrates the calculation of the time
range based on various input factors:
<br>
<table nosave="" border="1" width="100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><b>Current System Time</b></td>
<td><b>Start Hour</b></td>
<td><b>End Hour</b></td>
<td><b>Mode</b></td>
<td><b>Calculated Defined Time Range</b></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tuesday 900am, 1500z 6/14</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>LT</td>
<td>Tuesday midnight to Tuesday 6am local time</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tuesday 900am, 1500z 6/14</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>Zulu</td>
<td>6/14 0000z to 6/14 0600z</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tuesday 900am, 1500z 6/14</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>LT</td>
<td>Tuesday 6pm to Thursday 1am local time</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tuesday 900am, 1500z 6/14</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>Zulu</td>
<td>6/14 1800z to 6/16 0100z</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Click "Save" to define the new time range.</p>
</div>
</div>
At any time, you can click Cancel to cancel the operation and close the
dialog.
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogSTR.jpg"></p>
<div class="Body">
<br>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="DeleteSelectionTRDialog"></a>Delete
Selection Time Range Dialog</h2>
<div class="3Heading">The Delete Selection Time Range dialog allows you
delete Selection Time Ranges. To Delete an existing Time Range
Definition,
click on its name which will appear in the Identifier box. Then click
"Delete."
At any time, you can click Cancel to cancel the operation and close the
dialog.</div>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogDTR.jpg"></p>
<div class="Body">
<br>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="SaveForecastDialog"></a>Save Forecast
Dialog</h2>
The Save Forecast dialog allows you to save the data of modified
Forecast
Weather Elements.
<p>The dialog displays the names of all modified Weather
Elements.
Choose the Weather Elements you wish to save and click Save Forecast.
</p>
<p>The "Send ISC on Save" option can be enabled to also send out
your
ISC grids for the modified weather elements. See the <a href="ISC.html">Intersite
Coordination User's Guide</a> for more details on Intersite
Coordination
of Grids.
</p>
<p>At any time you can click Cancel to cancel the operation and close
the
dialog.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogSaveFcst.jpg"><br>
</p>
<p>If you are working with Hazards grids, you may encounter a dialog
that looks like this:<br>
</p>
<p><img alt="Picture of Save Dialog" title="Save Dialog"
src="images/SaveDialog.png"><br>
</p>
<p>When you see a Save Dialog that looks like this, it means that you
have temporary hazard grids active in the GFE. These temporary
grids must be merged manually before they can be saved. If you
select "Save Weather Element(s) at this point, all of your modified
weather elements will be saved, except "Hazards". To save
"Hazards", you must first select "Hazards-&gt;MergeHazards" from the
GFE main menu bar. Selecting "Cancel" will not save any weather
elements and leave the state of the grids just as they were before you
attempted to save.<br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="RevertForecastDialog"></a>Revert Forecast
Dialog</h2>
The Revert Forecast dialog allows you to revert the data of modified
Weather Elements. The dialog displays the names of all modified Weather
Elements and you choose the Weather Elements you wish to revert to the
last saved data. If you Revert the "Hazards" weather element, any
temporary hazards weatehr elements will be automatically unloaded in
the Grid Manager. To get the temporary elements back, select from
the GFE main menu: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Hazards-&gt;SeparateHazards</span>.<br>
<p>At any time you can click Cancel to cancel the operation and close
the dialog.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogRevertFcst.jpg"><br>
</p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="PublishToOfficialDialog"></a>Publish To
Official Dialog</h2>
The Publish To Official dialog allows you to publish the data of
Weather
Elements. The dialog displays the names of all Weather
Elements
for the mutable database (e.g., Fcst), and you choose the Weather
Elements
you wish to publish.
<br>
The Time Period entry allows you to select all grids to be published,
the selected time range, or just certain defined time periods.
The time periods shown are those defined by the <a
href="GFEMainMenu.html#DefineSelectTimeRanges...">GFE-&gt;Define
Time Ranges</a> menu entry that also appear in the <a
href="gfeConfig_Zoom.html#ListofPublishDialogTimePeriods">Publish
Times Definition</a> part of the <a href="gfeConfig.html">gfe
configuration
file</a>. If a defined time period is chosen (e.g., not All Grids),
then
any grids that overlap the defined time range will be published.
<p></p>
<p>There are several convenient buttons used to select the set of
Weather
Elements. By default, the loaded weather elements are
selected.
The "Set All" sets all weather elements to on, the "Clear All" sets all
weather elements (and sites) to off, and the Groups button brings up a
menu allowing the forecaster to choose a predefined <a
href="#SaveWEGroupDialog">Weather
Element Group</a>. The "Set Selected" button will select those Weather
Elements that are selected in the Grid Manager.
</p>
<p>After making your selections click Publish or click Cancel at any
time
to cancel the operation and close the dialog.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogPublish.jpg"><br>
</p>
<br>
<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;">
<h2><a name="FormatterLauncher"></a>Formatter Launcher
Dialog</h2>
The Formatter Launcher Dialog is opened from the Products menu.
The dialog allows you to generate products using the local formatter
infrastructure, define zone combinations, edit the final output
product, and view the output log from the formatter. It is highly
recommended that you Publish To Official prior to generating products
since usually products are generated from the Official Database.<br>
<p>Each product you can generate is listed in the dialog. To learn
how to add your own product selections or change the entries currently
in the dialog, refer to the <a href="TextFormatter.html">Text
Formatter User's Guide</a>. <br>
</p>
<p>By default, product generation will use the Official database for
the data source.
The data source for product generation can be changed to use the Fcst
or the ISC database using the "Data Source" menu. The default
may also be specified in the Definition section of each product
formatter using the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Definition['database']</span>
entry.<br>
</p>
<p>By default, product generation will run on the EDEX platform,
rather than on the local platform. The forecaster may
change this from the "Processor" menu.<br>
</p>
<div class="Body">
<div class="Body">After selecting the product(s) you wish to generate,
go to the appropriate tab and click the "Run" button.<br>
<br>
When the "Run" button is pressed, the product will
be queued for execution. A dialog will usually be displayed
allowing for entry of specific information, such as the issuance
time. After the entry dialog is closed, the actual
formatter will be queued for execution either on the EDEX platform
or local platform. Upon completion, the generated product will be
displayed in the dialog. The user can then edit it, save it to a
file, store it into AWIPS, or transmit it via AWIPS.<br>
<br>
For more details, refer to the<a href="FormatterLauncher.html">
Formatter Launcher How-To Guide</a>.<br>
<br>
<p><img alt="Formatterlauncher" src="images/FormatterLauncher.png"><br>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="ScriptsDialog"></a>Scripts Dialog</h2>
The Scripts dialog is opened from the Products menu. The dialog
allows you to generate products and perform other tasks. Each item
shown is defined by using an entry in the gfe configuration file. is
listed in the dialog. To learn
how to add your own product selections or change the entries currently
in the dialog, refer to the <a href="gfeConfig_ProdGen.html">Product
Generation
Scripts </a>information for the <a href="gfeConfig.html">gfe
configuration
file</a>.<br>
<br>
<div class="Body">
<div class="Body">After selecting the script(s) you wish to generate,
select Run/Dismiss, or just Run.
At any time you can select Cancel to cancel the operation and close the
dialog.<br>
<br>
The scripts can be run either locally or on the server machine.
Some scripts may run quicker on the server machine since the grids will
not be required to flow between the local machine and server
machine. However, keep in mind that the directory structure
is different on the local and server machines, and thus it may be
difficult to "code" up directory names that will work in both cases.<br>
<p><img src="images/DialogScripts.jpg"><br>
</p>
<hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"><br>
<h2><a name="ProcessMonitorDialog"></a>Process Monitor Dialog</h2>
The Process Monitor Dialog displays the queue of pending and finished
background processes on both the local machine as well as the EDEX
machine. As background processes are requested to be
run from the Product Generation Scripts and Formatter Launcher Dialogs,
the GFE will queue them for execution.&nbsp; This dialog can be used to
display and manipulate the queue. <br>
<br>
<img style="width: 642px; height: 342px;" alt="ProcessMonitorDialog"
src="images/DialogProcessMonitor1.jpg"><br>
<br>
The "Local Scripts" section shows the pending, running, and finished
processes that were queued locally. Only the processes that were
started by the current GFE will be shown. The "Server
Scripts" section shows the pending, running, and finished processes
that were queued remotely. Processes queued by you, as well as
other GFEs, will be shown in this area of the dialog.<br>
<br>
<img style="width: 24px; height: 27px;" alt="start button" title=""
src="images/DialogProcessMonitor2.jpg"> The "start" button flashes
when
the process is running. If the process is still pending,
then the button does not flash. Clicking with MB1 will force the
process to begin, even if it will exceed the maximum configured number
of background processes.<br>
<br>
<img alt="kill button" title="" src="images/DialogProcessMonitor3.jpg">
The "kill" button is used to abort or kill a running process, or delete
the process from the pending queue if it isn't running yet.<br>
<br>
<img style="width: 23px; height: 27px;" alt="terminal button" title=""
src="images/DialogProcessMonitor4.jpg"> The
"terminal" button, when pressed, will open up a window that contains
the standard output and standard error information from the process.
The terminal only holds a configurable number of lines so processes
that produce a lot of output may not have all of their output contained
in the dialog. The window may be opened up at any time, while it is
pending, running, or finished. Some log messages may not be written to
the terminal window unless the .logPref file is correctly
configured. The terminal button is only available for
server processes after the process has finished.<br>
<br>
<img alt="console" src="images/DialogProcessMonitor5.jpg"><br>
<br>
Characteristics of the local processing and dialog can be set through
the<a href="gfeConfig_process.html"> GFE configuration file process
monitor
entries</a>. Characteristics of the remote processing
(e.g., number of simultaneous processes) can be set through the <a
href="localConfig.html#backgroundtasks">server's local configuration
file</a>.<br>
<br>
<br>
<hr width="100%"></div>
<ul>
</ul>
<h2>
<a name="DefineTextProductsDialog"></a>Define Text Products Dialog</h2>
Text Products summarize the digital grid data in tables or simple
phrases.
For detailed examples and guidelines for creating your own text
products,
please refer to the GFE Text Product Training Guide.
<p>The Define Text Product Dialog is opened by selecting GFE--&gtDefine Text Products.
This opens the Localization perspective with TextProducts folder selected. Within
the Text product folder are all existing text products.
<br><br>
Choosing MB3--&gt;New on the selected TextProducts folder
allows you to add a new product to the list. A
dialog will appear for you to enter the name of your new product and the
product type. After clicking Ok, the Python editor will appear for you
enter your product definition. A template is provided in the Python
window with documentation explaining the definition.
</p>
<p><img alt="Define Text Product Dialog" src="images/DialogDefineText.png"><br>
</p>
</div>
</div>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="LoadSamplesDialog"></a>Load Sample Set
Dialog</h2>
The Load Sample Set Dialog allows you load existing Sample Sets into the
GFE Spatial Editor display.
To load a Sample Set, click on its name which will highlight it. You
may choose more than one Sample Set.
To add the chosen Sample Set(s) to those already being displayed, click
"Add."
To remove the chosen Sample Set(s) from those being displayed, click
"Remove."
To display only the chosen Sample Set(s) and remove all others from
the display, click "Replace."
<p>At any time, you can click Cancel to cancel the operation and close
the dialog.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogLoadSamples.jpg"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="SaveSamplesDialog"></a>Save Sample Set
Dialog</h2>
The Save Sample Set dialog allows you to name and save Sample Sets.
<p>A sample point can be added to the Spatial Editor when the <a
href="Toolbar.html#SampleTool">Sample
Tool</a> is active by clicking on a location in the display.
To save the set of sample points displayed in the Spatial Editor as
a named Sample Set, type a name in the Identifier box and click "Save."
You may Cancel the dialog at any time.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogSaveSamples.jpg"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="DeleteSamplesDialog"></a>Delete Sample
Set Dialog</h2>
The Delete Sample Set dialog allows you delete Sample Sets.
<p>To delete a saved Sample Set, click on its name which will appear in
the Identifier box and click "Delete." You may Cancel the dialog at any
time.
</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogDeleteSamples.jpg"></p>
<p></p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="DefineSamplesviaLatitude/LongitudeDialog"></a>Define
Samples via
Latitude/Longitude Dialog</h2>
The samples may be defined by latitude and longitude. A sample
point
may be added based on the location in latitude/longitude through this
dialog,
which is accessed from the <a
href="GFEMainMenu.html#DefinebyLat/Lon...">main
menu Samples entry</a>. The user enters the latitude and the
longitude
as a decimal number and that point is added to the display. Note
that in the Western Hemisphere, the longitudes are negative.
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogSamplesLatLon.jpg"><br>
</p>
<hr width="100%">
<h2><a name="AboutDialog"></a>About Dialog</h2>
<p>The About Dialog provides general information about CAVE.</p>
<p><img nosave="" src="images/DialogAboutCAVE.jpg">
<br>
</p>
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