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<title> GFESuite Documentation - Grid Manager Appearance</title>
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<h1 align=center>Grid Manager Appearance</h1>
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<p><br>
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<a href="#normalDisplay">Normal Display Mode</a>
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<br>
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<a href="#historyDisplay">History Display Mode</a><br>
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<a href="#LastDisplayMode">Last Saved, Modified, Published, Sent
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Display Modes</a><br>
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<hr width="100%">
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<div class="Body">The figure below is an annotated screen snapshot of
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the
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Grid Manager in normal display mode. Each major part is labeled and
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then
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described in the table below. These terms will be used throughout this
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guide, so you should familiarize yourself with them.
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<br>
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<h4><a name="normalDisplay"></a>Grid Manager Component Descriptions -
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Normal
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Display Mode</h4>
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</div>
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<img src="images/gridManagerNormal.jpg" nosave="" height="480"
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width="1000">
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<ul>
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<table border="1">
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<th>
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<div class="CellHeading">Object</div>
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</th>
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<th>
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<div class="CellHeading">Purpose</div>
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</th>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Weather Element</div>
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<div class="CellBody">Identifier</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">The name of the weather element and
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database (source)
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and locale</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Weather Element Selector</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Selects and deselects a weather element
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for Grid
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Manager edit operations (e.g., delete interpolate, populate).</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Ordinary Grid Block</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Represents a single grid. Its position
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and extent
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indicate its valid period.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Time Boundaries for Grid</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Displays the smallest time period that a
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grid may
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be assigned.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Grid History</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Identifies the origin and source of the
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grid, and
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whether it has been modified. The origins of the grid include
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"Interpolated",
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"Populated from model", "Created from scratch", "Calculated", and
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"Other".</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Editor Time Line</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">The current Spatial Editor time.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Editable Grid</div>
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<div class="CellBody">in Spatial Editor</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Bright yellow grid block that identifies
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the grid
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that is currently editable in the Spatial Editor.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Time Scroll Bar</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Allows users to scroll the Grid Manager
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in time</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Pane Scroll Bar</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Allows users to scroll vertically to
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reveal hidden
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weather elements.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Locked By Someone Else</div>
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<div class="CellBody">(<font color="#ff0000">red background</font>)</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Indicates which weather element-time
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periods that
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have been edited and not saved by another user and hence not editable
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by
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you.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Locked By You</div>
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<div class="CellBody">(<font color="#33cc00">green background</font>)</div>
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</td>
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<td>
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<div class="CellBody">Indicates which weather element-time
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periods that
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you have edited (but not yet saved) and are hence locked by you.</div>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<div class="Body">
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<h4 class="4Heading"><a name="historyDisplay"></a>Grid Manager
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Component Descriptions - History
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Display Mode</h4>
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The figure below is an annotated screen snapshot of the Grid Manager in
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history display mode. The Grid Manager may be toggled between
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normal
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display and history display using the <img
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style="" alt=""
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src="images/Normal.jpg">
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button on the toolbar. Try toggling the Grid Manager into History
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Mode and observe the color scheme which indicates the source of the
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grids.</div>
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</ul>
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<img src="images/gmHistory.jpg" nosave="" height="441" width="920">
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<h4 class="4Heading">Grid Manager Component Descriptions - History
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Display Mode</h4>
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<ul>
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<ul>
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<div class="4Heading">Most of the general components of the Grid
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Manager
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do not change when it is toggled into the History mode. However,
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the grid colors and patterns are used for different purposes as shown
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in
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the table below. There is no indication of the editable grid or
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visible
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grids.</div><br>
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<table nosave="" border="1" width="100%">
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<tbody>
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<tr nosave="">
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<td nosave=""><b>Grid Block Appearance</b></td>
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<td><b>Meaning</b></td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Solid color</td>
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<td>Grid has not been modified by you or anyone else.
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Grid has been
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either interpolated,
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created from scratch, or populated from a model.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Hatching pattern</td>
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<td>Indicates that the grid has been modified by you or
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someone else.
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If properly configured,
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the pattern can indicate whether the grid was modified by you,
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or whether someone else has modified it.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td>Color</td>
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<td>Indicates the origin and source of the grid. Each
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model source
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can be assigned a unique color, e.g.,
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NAM can be yellow while grids populated from GFS can be green.
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Each origin's color can also be set,
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e.g., Interpolated grids are blue, Calculated grids are red.</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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<div class="Body">
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<h4 class="4Heading"><br>
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</h4>
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<h4 class="4Heading"><a name="LastDisplayMode"></a>Grid Manager
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Component Descriptions - Last Saved, Modified, Published, Sent Modes</h4>
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The figure below is an annotated screen snapshot of the Grid Manager in
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Last Saved mode. The Grid Manager may be toggled between normal
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display and other modes using the <img src="images/Normal.jpg" alt="" style="">
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button on the toolbar. Try toggling the Grid Manager into Last
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Saved ("Saved") and observe the color scheme which indicates the last
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time the grids were saved. A table exists in the GFE
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configuration that defines the time thresholds and the colors to use.<br>
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</div>
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</ul>
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<div style="margin-left: 80px;"><img alt="" src="images/GMSaveMode.png"><br>
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</div>
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<br>
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<div style="margin-left: 40px;">The labels within each grid block
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indicate the time since the grids were saved. There are
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several different "Last" modes available as shown in the following
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table.<br>
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<br>
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<table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="1" cellpadding="2"
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cellspacing="2">
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Save<br>
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</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Indicates the time since the
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grid was saved to the database by any user. If a grid has
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been modified but not yet saved, the grid will be gray.<br>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Modified<br>
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</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Indicates the time since the
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grid was modified by any user. A grid can be modified, but
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not saved. A grid can be saved, but not modified.<br>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Published<br>
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</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Indicates the time since the
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grid was published. Once a grid is modified after
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publishing, the grid is no longer considered published and is shown as
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"gray".<br>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Sent<br>
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</td>
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<td style="vertical-align: top;">Indicates the time since the
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grid was sent out via intersite coordination. Note that if you
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publish to official and then send the Official grids out via ISC, the
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Fcst grids will not indicate that its grids were sent (since they
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really weren't).<br>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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<br>
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</div>
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<br>
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</body>
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</html>
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