Feature Types

Feature Types

Feature types are the central point of the MIKE OPERATIONS configuration. Feature Types contain information about layers to display and specifies relations between Feature Classes, observation time series and model input and output.

Feature Type Spreadsheet

The feature type spreadsheet is automatically created in MIKE Workbench when making a new configuration.

The spreadsheet is named Feature Types and placed in the spreadsheet manager under the configuration folder as shown below.

Create a Feature Type

When creating a Feature Type, a new tab item is displayed in the application menu for each active feature type.

Here, all point features, multiline features and polygon features can be configured; specifying thresholds, time series and model object references. From MIKE Workbench, it is also possible to edit the entire feature types spreadsheet.

Item	Description
New In the Feature Type list, click on the ’New’ button. This will create a new line in the list of feature types.
‘Details’ Button Click on the ‘Details’ button to enter the details form for the Feature Type.
Details Form The Details Form shows all properties of the Feature Type.
Active The Active checkbox is used to enable or disable the feature type. Disabling the feature type will hide the feature type in MIKE OPERATIONS.
Id and Name Give the feature type an Id and a Name. Id is used as a reference in spreadsheets. The name is used as display name in MIKE OPERATIONS.
Description Description is optional and can contain more lines of text. The description field will be shown in tool tips.	Tooltip
Layer Type The Layer Type, defines the type of layer on the map. Static Feature Layer Static Feature layers are fixed feature layers placed in the GIS Manager of MIKE Workbench. The colors of the static feature layers are determined by the default symbology of the layer specified in MIKE Workbench. Static Raster Layer Static Raster layers are fixed raster layers placed in the GIS Manager of MIKE Workbench. The colors of the static raster layers are determined by the default symbology of the layer specified in MIKE Workbench. Dynamic Feature Layer Dynamic Feature layers are layers where colors are determined by thresholds setup on each feature of the feature class specified. Feature Types of this type must have a spreadsheet specified, where information on the feature type features can be stored. Traces Raster Layer The Traces Raster Layer is supported in MIKE OPERATIONS Web. Note that traces layers are not visible in the desktop version of MIKE OPERATIONS. Mesh Raster Layer (Web) The Mesh Raster Layer is only supported in MIKE OPERATIONS Web. The layer shows the items of a .DFSU file (2D or 3D), as well of vectors of the .DFSU file. Symbology of DFSU file can be configured in a XML file with the following name pattern: \ .\.symbology.xml A sample XML file can be created, using the remote file provider for DFSU files in the GIS manager of MW. Change the symbology of the DFSU file and save it as a workspace default. Particle File Layer (Web) Shows an XML Particle File on MIKE OPERATIONS Web. Grid Raster Layer (Web) The Grid Raster Layer is only supported in MIKE OPERATIONS Web. The layer shows the items of a .DFS2 file (2D or 3D), as well of vectors of the .DFS2 file. Symbology of DFSU file can be configured in an XML file with the following name pattern \ .\.symbology.xml A sample XML file can be created using the remote file provider for DFS2 files in the GIS manager of MW. Change the symbology of the DFS2 file and save it as a workspace default.	Traces Raster Layer for MIKE OPERATIONS Web Mesh Raster Layer with vectors in MIKE OPERATIONS Web
Visibility The visibility of the layer. Changing this property will determine in what controls the layer is visible. Always The layer is shown in both the ribbon and the navigation panel. Map The layer is shown in the ribbon only. Navigation Panel The layer is only shown in the navigation panel. Hidden The layer is NOT shown in the ribbon nor in the navigation panel, but is always shown on the map.
Spreadsheet Path Spreadsheet Path is the path in the Spreadsheet Manager of MIKE Workbench to the spreadsheet containing all MIKE OPERATIONS information about the feature type and its features. Spreadsheets are created with the Create Spreadsheet functionality. To create a new spreadsheet, click on the ‘Create Spreadsheet’ button.
Ribbon Page Name The name of the ribbon page where the button of the feature type is shown.
Group Name Group Name sets the group of the feature type in the ribbon.
Ribbon Item Type Ribbon Item Type controls the type of control added to the ribbon. Check Item A simple check item. Gallery Check Item A Check Item added to a gallery of items (default). Menu Check Item A Menu Item added to a menu. The path of the menu is specified in the Group name field, separating each sub menu entry with a vertical bar ‘|’. E.g. ‘My Group|Menu button name|First parent menu|Second parent menu’. Images of each menu item can be specified by adding Feature Types for each sub menu. Item A simple Item like ‘Check Item’ without ‘check mark’ functionality. Menu Item A Menu Item like ‘Menu Check Item’ without ’check mark’ functionality. Hidden (Always on) The feature type is not shown in the ribbon, but is always shown on the map.
Resource Image Name Resource images are a list of built-in images for Feature Types, Layers and Thresholds. Clicking the dropdown will display the available images. The selected image will be used where the feature type is displayed, e.g. in the ribbon, in tooltips and the Table View. Images with a ‘_32’ postfix has an initial size of 32x32 pixels. Images without a postfix have a size of 16x16 pixels. The initial size has an impact on the quality of the image when displayed in MIKE OPERATIONS.
Document Image Path Document Image Path is for additional user images placed in the Document Manager of MIKE Workbench. Images specified in this path will overwrite the image specified in the Resource Image Path.
Theme Select a Theme of the feature type. When selecting themes in ribbon, the layer will be displayed if it belongs to the theme selected. If no theme is specified, the layer will be displayed for any theme selected.
Show on Web Check box indicating whether the layer is shown in MIKE OPERATIONS Web.
Feature Class Path Feature Class Path is the path to the feature class in the GIS Manager of MIKE Workbench. MIKE OPERATIONS supports feature types containing points without specifying the feature class. This is because point features contain coordinates in the spreadsheet. For polygon and line feature types, the Feature Class is mandatory.
Id Attribute Name Id Attribute Name specifies the name of the attribute of the feature class specified in the Feature Class Path containing the id of each feature. The value of the Attribute for each feature must match the value of the Id in the spreadsheet.
Raster Path Path to a raster when using static raster layers. The raster can be a temporal raster containing several time steps. The time step of the temporal raster shown will follow the current data time of the configuration.
Traces-X Path Path to a raster defining the path for the x-coordinates of a traces layer. Displaying traces layers are only available in MIKE OPERATIONS Web.
Traces-Y Path Path to a raster defining the path for the y-coordinates of a traces layer. Displaying traces layers are only available in MIKE OPERATIONS Web.
Layer File Path The path on disk to the file for the following layer types: Mesh Raster Layer (Web) Particle File Layer (Web) Grid Raster Layer (Web) When showing one of the layer types above, all items of the file will be available in the ribbon as a dropdown menu in MIKE OPERATIONS Web.
Vector Scale Factor Factor for scaling the size of the vectors of .DFSU and .DFS2 files on MIKE OPERATIONS Web. The default value is 1000.
Map Label Type For dynamic feature types, a label can be shown on the map. The following label can be shown: None (default) No label is shown on the map. Name The name of the station. Value The current threshold value of the station. Name and value Both name and threshold value are shown.
Layer Transparency For dynamic feature layers, the layer transparency can be specified. The transparency can take values in the range 0 to 100, where 0 is not transparent and 100 is completely transparent. The default value is -1. This means that for polygon layers the layer transparency is set to 60. For line and point layers, the layer transparency is set to 0. For static layers, the layer transparency can be set using the default symbology of the layer.
Time Series Button Click on the ‘Time Series’ button of the feature type to configure the time series of the feature type. (Click twice - first select then open)
Thresholds Button Click on the ‘Thresholds’ button of the feature type to configure the thresholds of the feature type. (Click twice - first select the row/control then open)
Period Interval Unit (Scenario Mode only) Period Interval Unit specifies the unit of the scenario period interval used in scenario mode for changing the input time series. All time steps All time steps of the input time series being changed are shown. Minutes Rows for input time series are specified in minutes. The period length is specified in “Period Interval”. Hours Rows for input time series are specified in hours.The period length is specified in “Period Interval”. Days Rows for input time series are specified in days. The period length is specified in “Period Interval”. Months Rows for input time series are specified in months. The period length is specified in “Period Interval”. Custom Period The period intervals of the input time series are specified in the Tabular Data View when in scenario mode. This option supports changing time series as both values and factors.	Specifying period intervals for custom period.
Period Interval (Scenario Mode only) Specifies the period length of the scenario input time series in scenario mode. This setting is not available for Unit ‘All time steps’.

Time Series

In order to display time series in Chart View and in the Time Series View for feature types, time series must be configured for each feature type.

Use the up and down buttons to sort the time series in the time series and chart views.

Click on the ‘Details’ button to configure the Time Series.

Item	Description
New Time Series Click on the ‘New’ button to create a new Time Series for the Feature Type.
Active The Active checkbox is used to enable or disable the time series. Disabling a time series will hide the time series in Charts and Tables.
Id and Name Give the time series an id and a name. Id is used as a reference in spreadsheets. The name is used as display name in MIKE OPERATIONS.
Description Description is optional and can contain more lines of text. Description is only for additional information about the time series and will not be displayed elsewhere.
Themes Specify the theme where the time series is visible. If no theme is selected, the time series is displayed for all themes.
Time Series Type Time Series Type can have 7 different values: Time Series. A simple observation time series. Observation time series are references with the path in the Time Series manager of MIKE Workbench. Model Input Time Series is time series used as input to the specified model referenced with the model object and the model object variable. Model Output Time Series is result from the model specified referenced with the model object and the model object variable. Spatial Model Output Time Series - is spatial output from the model, like flood maps. Skill Scores. Skill scores calculated using R-Statistics based on observations and simulations. Confidence Interval. Confidence intervals calculated using R-Statistics based on collected historical observations and simulations. Goodness of Fit. Goodness of fit calculated using R-Statistics based on collected historical observations and simulations. Note that only Model Input Time Series can be changed when working with scenarios in MIKE OPERATIONS.
Add Accumulated Time Series For step accumulated time series, it is possible to display accumulated values for the given time series. Check to display the accumulated time series in the chart view.
Display Relative Values If z-values have been specified for the station, and if this check box has been checked for the time series, values in MIKE OPERATIONS will be displayed as relative values (value – z-value).
Time Step Interval Specify how time steps for the time series should be resampled and displayed. Simulation Use the time step intervals of the latest simulation. All time steps All time steps of the time series will be displayed. Custom Use custom time steps specified by the two fields: “Custom Time Step Unit” and “Custom Time Step Length”.
Custom Time Step Unit and Length Specifies the unit and length of the time steps used for the time series.
Enable Edit The ‘Enable Edit’ field allows editing of the time series from the time series view. Right click on the column to edit and select ’Edit Time Series’ from the context menu. Note that ‘Enable Edit’ is only supported for time series type ‘Time Series’.
Enable Change Log Forces the user to write a log about the change when editing the time series from the time series view when time series editing is enabled.
Chart Type The type of the chart in the Chart View.
Color The color of the line or bars (for step accumulated time series) of the time series plot.
Line Style Line Style is the line style of the time series plot in the Chart View.
Marker Style The style of the point marker in the Chart View.
Size Size is the line thickness of lines or marker in the Chart View.
Marker Color Style Configure the marker color style. Line Color The marker will have the same color as the line. Threshold Color The marker will have the color as the threshold at the time where the marker is placed on the chart. Custom Color The marker will have a fixed color defined in the “Custom Marker Color” property.
Custom Marker Color Color of the marker when “Custom Marker Color” is selected in “Marker Color Style”.
Chart Area Index The chart area index defines in what chart area the time series should be displayed. The index will not define the order of the chart areas, as the order is defined by the order of the time series in the list of time series.
Show Vertical Lines Shows vertical lines in the chart for every x-value. The marker color defines the color of the vertical line. Vertical lines are applied when there is only one time series in the chart area.
Use X-Axis Point Labels X-axis labels and a fixed x-axis grid are shown for every x-value of the time series. Additional label lines are added if comments have been specified on the time steps. To have more label lines, the comment of the time step should be separated by a semicolon. Note that vertical lines are applied when there is only one time series in the chart area.

Ensemble

Click on the Ensemble group to configure how to display ensemble time series for the time series type.

Item	Description
Ensemble Extraction Mode Time series will be extracted according to the ‘Ensemble Extraction Mode’. The following modes are supported: Extract all – Extracts all time series in the ensemble. Extract selection – Extracts the time series specified in the ‘Member selection’ field. Maximum – Displays the maximum value of each time step for all time series in the ensemble. Mean – Extracts the mean value for each time step, of all time series in the ensemble. Minimum - Displays the minimum value of each time step for all time series in the ensemble. Quantile – Displays the quantile values for each time step of all time series in the ensemble. Standard deviation – Extracts the standard deviation for each time step. Exceedance – Extracts the ratio of ensemble members exceeding the specified value for each time step. Non exceedance - Extracts the ratio of ensemble members not exceeding the specified value for each time step.
Member selection Comma separated list of members to include in the selection (e.g. ‘1,2,6’). Member selection is only used in ‘Extract selection’ mode.
Probability Sets the probability for the quantile statistics option. Probability is a comma separated string with the quantile percent values (e.g. ‘10,25,90’). Percent values must use decimal points. Probability is only used for Quantile mode.
Exceedance Constant Sets the Exceedance Constant value option. Exceedance Constant is only used for Exceedance and Non exceedance modes.

Scenario

Any input time series can be changed in the scenario mode. Simply check the ‘Support Scenario Mode’ check box to make the input time series editable in Scenario Mode.

Item	Description
Support Scenario Mode Check this checkbox if the input time series should be editable in Scenario Mode and available when creating Scenario Templates. Checking this checkbox for Output Time Series and Observation Time Series will not make the time series editable; only display the time series in Scenario Mode.
Time Series Stop Value (Scenario Mode only) Stop values used when creating input time series to make sure that the input time series covers the entire forecast period.
Promote Scenario Input time series supporting scenario mode can be promoted to the time series mapped to the related input time series of the forecast scenario. Promote Scenario of the input time series can have the following values: No The input time series cannot be promoted. Forecast The forecast period of the input time series is promoted. Hindcast The hindcast period of the input time series is promoted. Simulation The entire simulation period of the input time series is promoted.

Statistics

MIKE Workbench and MIKE OPERATIONS support displaying analysis results calculated by R-Statistics.

When analysis has been performed from MIKE Workbench, the results can be displayed in MIKE OPERATIONS.

Item	Description
Statistics Results For Skill Scores and Goodness of Fit calculations, analysis results are saved in a spreadsheet in MIKE Workbench. Specify the Results Spreadsheet by clicking the ellipsis button of the input control.
Error model For Confidence Intervals, the results of the analysis are saved as error models in the document manager in MIKE Workbench. Select the error model from the Error model dropdown box.
Measure Selection For each statistics type, a list of available measures can be selected. Select the measures to be displayed for each station in the check box list.
Reference Time Series Specify the reference time series used as base for the statistics.