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<a NAME="GridManagerDialogs"></a>Grid Manager Dialogs</h1>
The following dialog is invoked directly or indirectly Grid Manager:
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<a href="#GridInfoDialog">Grid Information Dialog</a></li>
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<a NAME="GridInfoDialog"></a>Grid Information Dialog</h1>
The Grid Information Dialog, accessible from MB3 popup over a grid block
in the grid manager, displays information about the weather element, grid,
locks, and history. The "Data Distribution" button will bring up
an additional dialog containing information about the data in the grid.
<p>The dialog is divided into different sections as shown in the following
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<td><b>Section</b></td>
<td><b>Contents</b></td>
<td>Dialog Example</td>
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<td>Grid Info</td>
<td>Shows the grid valid time, whether it is okay to edit this grid or
now, and the current lock state for this grid.</td>
<td><img SRC="images/DialogDisplayInfo.jpg" NOSAVE></td>
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<td>Grid History</td>
<td>Shows the origin of the grid (Calculated, Populated, Interpolated,
Created From Scratch, Other), the original source and valid time of the
grid (which will be different from the current weather element and valid
time if it was copied/moved or time shifted), whether or not the grid was
time shifted, the last time the grid was modified by a user and who modified
it. The "Last Stored" time indicates when this grid was stored into EDEX.
The "Last Published" time indicates when this grid was published to the
official database.</td>
<td><img SRC="images/DialogDisplayInfo1.jpg" NOSAVE></td>
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<td>ISC Grid History</td>
<td>When an ISC grid exists, shows the site identifier and the time the
grid was last updated. The history information from each of the ISC sites
that make up the ISC grid is also shown.</td>
<td><img SRC="images/DialogDisplayInfo2.jpg" NOSAVE></td>
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<td>Weather Element Information</td>
<td>Describes the weather element. Displays the name, model, whether
or not it is modified by not saved, whether or not it is mutable, the weather
element type, units, grid size, location, and projection, the maximum and
minimum allowed values, time constraints, and the descriptive name.</td>
<td><img SRC="images/DialogDisplayInfo3.jpg" NOSAVE></td>
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<td>Weather Element Edit States</td>
<td>Describes particular attributes associated with editing of this weather
element. Displays the fuzz value, discrepancy value, delta value,
pick up value, whether the weather element is selected and its selection
time range, and the graphical color for this weather element.</td>
<td><img SRC="images/DialogDisplayInfo4.jpg" NOSAVE></td>
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<td>Locks</td>
<td>Displays the current set of locks for this weather element. The
locks show the time range for the period(s) locked, and who owns the lock.</td>
<td><img SRC="images/DialogDisplayInfo5.jpg" NOSAVE></td>
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<td>Data Distribution</td>
<td>This dialog shows the data distribution for the grid. For scalar
and vector it shows the minimum and maximum values. For weather,
it shows the number of gridpoints with each type of weather.</td>
<td><img SRC="images/DialogDisplayInfo6.jpg" NOSAVE></td>
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