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Using the Scenario Selection Shelf

App views provide a means to edit and report on scenarios. The scenarios accessible to the views are determined by the state of the grey selection shelf. To be accessed by a view, a scenario must be on the shelf. A view is not required to display all selected scenarios. Depending on its purpose it may display one, some, or all scenarios.

The following topics are covered:

The following covered topics describe tasks that you can do with the Scenario Selection Shelf.

Note Before you can work on scenarios on the App page shelf, you must have selected them through the Scenario Explorer. See Selecting Scenarios for more information.
Note The scenarios of some advanced apps may come with their own, custom range of colors and icons and may differ slightly from those presented in this guide.
Covered Topics
  • Making a Scenario Active
    An active scenario on the Shelf is one being displayed by the current View. Each View may show a different number of scenarios depending on its purpose.
  • Deselecting Scenarios
    This topic will cover deselecting scenarios on the App page shelf.
  • Loading Input Data to Scenarios
    Use the information in this topic to load data from an external source into selected scenarios on the shelf of the App page.
  • Cloning a Scenario
    Clone a scenario to create an exact copy that can then be modified to produce a new scenario based on an existing one. This section describes how to clone a scenario on the shelf of the App page.
  • Running Scenarios
    Use the information in the topics of this section to run scenarios.
  • Editing Scenario Properties
    This section describes how you can edit a scenario's properties from the shelf of the App page.
  • Clearing the Shelf
    If you have been working with a large number of scenario on the shelf of the App page you will reach a point where it is easier to clear the shelf and select just those scenarios you want to work with.
  • Exporting Scenarios
    You can export a scenario from the Shelf or from within the Scenario Explorer as an .insight file.
  • Viewing a Scenario's Run Log
    This task describes how to view the run log of a scenario on the App page shelf. The log contains all messages output by the scenario when it executes a load or run operation for the app.
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