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<title>Text Products Reference</title>
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<center><h1>Answers to Quiz Questions</h1></center>
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<h2>Text Product User Guide -- PART 1</h2>
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<ol>
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<li>What are the three main steps that the system performs to produce
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a test product? Sampling the data, Analyzing the
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data,
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creating text from Text Rules.</li>
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<li>Where do you find a list of available text products? <a
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href="TextReferenceProductSet-upand.html#QuickStartProductSet">Quick Start Product Setup.</a></li>
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<li>Where do I find information about a text product such as a
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description, weather elements needed, edit areas required? In the
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Documentation section of the Standard file for the product.</li>
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<li>What do you need to do to get a product to show up in the
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Formatter Launcher Dialog? Set its "displayName" in the Site Definition
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file for
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the product.</li>
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<li>What do you do if you try to run your product and nothing
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happens? Look for error messages in the Process Monitor. If you find an
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error message, you may find it listed in the TroubleShooting
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section. Whenever you get stuck, you can post a help message to
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the listserver.</li>
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<li>Where can I find information about simple settings and options
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available for a text product? In the Documentation section of the
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Standard file for the product.</li>
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<li>Given that the Infrastructure classes are read-only, how can I
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make my product behave differently from the baseline? By overriding
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thresholds and variables in your Overrides file.</li>
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</ol>
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<h2>Text Product User Guide -- PART 2</h2>
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<ol>
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<li>How are the weather elements and phrases for a narrative product
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defined? Where can I find this information? Through Product
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Component Definitions found in the Standard file for each product.</li>
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<li>What do we mean when we say the narrative phrases are
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"Analysis-Driven"? By changing the analysis in the Product Component
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Definition, we can change the character of the narrative phrases.</li>
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<li>What are the two ways I can change the analysis for a particular
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weather element to affect the phrasing? Change the analysis method and
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change the temporal resolution of the analysis.</li>
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<li>Where can learn about the various analysis methods available? In
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the <a href="TextReferenceInfrastructureReference.html#SampleAnalysis">Sample Analysis
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Reference</a> section.</li>
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<li>How would you change the text of the ZFP so weather would appear
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after sky and before the max/min temp? Change the order of
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the phrase methods in the "phraseList" of the Product Component.</li>
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<li>How do I locate the thresholds and variables that I will need to
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customize my product? Find the phrase in the Product Component
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"phraseList" and look it up in the <a href="TextReferenceInfrastructureReference.html#NARRATIVEPHRASES">Narrative
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Phrases
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Reference.</a> The thresholds and variables that affect that
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phrase will be listed there with an indication of the module(s) to
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search to find them.</li>
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<li>Where do I find information about setting up Local Effects? In
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the <a href="TextReferenceInfrastructureReference.html#STRATEGYFORLOCALEFFECTSPhraseBuildermodule">Local
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Effects</a> section.</li>
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<li>Suppose I want to learn more about the phrases in the first
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period of my ZFP product. How do I locate the Product Component
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definition for that period? Find the "_issuance_list" in the Standard
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file for your product. Study the Narrative Definition to see the
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layout of Product Components for different issuances.</li>
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<li>What do I do if my Headlines are not showing up in the product?
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Check the "<a href="TextReferenceProductSet-upand.html#AllowedHazards">allowedHazards</a>" list in the
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Standard file for your product
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and make sure it is listed there. If not, override the
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"<a href="TextReferenceProductSet-upand.html#AllowedHazards">allowedHazards</a>" list in your Overrides
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file and add it.</li>
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<li>Where can I find information regarding trouble-shooting tips and
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strategies? In the <a href="TextReferenceTroubleShooting.html">Trouble-shooting</a>
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section.</li>
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<li>What information should I include when submitting a help request
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to the listserver? AWIPS Build Version
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number, Product, Description of problem, entire error message(s),
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Overrides file.</li>
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</ol>
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