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Documents

Documents in the document manager can be configured so that they are accessible from the ribbon of MIKE OPERATIONS.

Create and configure documents from the General Settings page by clicking on the ‘Documents’ button.

The dialog will display the documents configured.

Click on the ‘New’ button to add a new document to the configuration.

Click on the ‘Details’ button to configure the document.

Item Description
Active
Activate the document by checking this field.
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Id
Id of the document.
The id is used as a reference.
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Name
Name of the document, which will be shown in the ribbon.
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Description
Description of the document.

The description will be shown as a tool tip when hovering over the ribbon item.
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Document Path
The path to the document in the Document Explorer in MIKE Workbench. The path can be either a path to a document or a path to a document folder.

Specifying a path to a document, will create a ribbon item for opening the document with the associated program in Windows.

Specifying a document group, will create a dropdown ribbon item, allowing the user to browse for a document in the specified folder.

The document can then be opened using the context menu.
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Browsing and opening a document from the ribbon when configuring a document path.
Ribbon Page Name
The name of the ribbon page where the button of the document is shown.
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Group Name
Group name, sets the group of the document in the ribbon.
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Ribbon Item Type
Ribbon item type controls the type of control added to the ribbon.
  • Check Item
    A simple check item for selecting or activating the item
  • Gallery Check Item
    A check item added to a gallery of items for selecting or activating the item.
  • 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 (default)
    A simple item like “Check Item” without “check mark” functionality for executing or opening the item.
  • Menu item
    A menu item like “Menu Check Item” without “check mark” functionality, for executing or opening the item.
  • Hidden (Always on)
    The item is not shown in the ribbon. This ribbon item type is used when a feature layer should be always visible on the map.
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    Resource Image Name
    Resource images are a list of built in images for ribbon items. Clicking on the dropdown, will display the available images.

    The selected image will be used where the item is displayed, E.g. in the ribbon, in tooltips and the Table View Images with a ‘_32’ postfix have 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.
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    Document Image Path
    Document Image Path is for additional user images placed in the Document Manager in MIKE Workbench.

    Images specified in this path will overwrite the image specified in the Resource Image Path.
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    Theme
    Specify the theme where the web link should be shown.

    If no theme is specified, the web link is shown on all themes.
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    Show on Web
    Check this to display the item in MIKE OPERATIONS Web.
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    Summary Views

    Summary Views allows configuring summarized values of time series of the selected Observation Period.

    Summary Views are configured from the General Settings page by clicking on the ‘Summary Views’ button.

    The dialog will display configured Summary Views.

    Click on the ‘New’ button to add a Summary View to the configuration.

    Click on the ‘Details’ button to configure the Summary View.

    Item Description
    Active
    Activate the Summary View by checking this field.
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    Id
    Id of the Summary View.
    The id is used as a reference.
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    Name
    Name of the Summary View shown in the ribbon.
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    Description
    Description of the Summary View.
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    Calculation Type
    Specify the calculation type.
  • Sum
    Display the sum.
  • Minimum
    Display the minimum value.
  • Maximum
    Display the maximum value.
  • Average
    Display the average value.
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    Time Unit
    The Time Unit of the Value Intervals used for calculation.
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    Value Intervals
    The period intervals for the calculations.
    The periods are separated by a semi colon.

    The date time the intervals are calculated from depend on the observation period type:
  • Entire Forecast Period, Relative To ToF
    Time of Forecast of the selected simulation.
  • Relative To DateTime
    The selected reference date.
  • Fixed Dates
    The start date of the observation period.
  • Relative To Now
    The start date of the observation period.
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    Observation Time Series
    Select the observation time series definition to use for the calculation.
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    Forecast Time Series
    Select the forecast time series to use for the calculation.
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    Ribbon Page Name
    The name of the ribbon page where the button of the summary view is shown.
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    Group Name
    Group name sets the group of the summary view in the ribbon.
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    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.
  • 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 (default)
    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 script is not shown in the ribbon.
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    Resource Image Name
    Resource images are a list of built in images for summary views.

    Clicking on 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 have 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.
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    Document Image Path
    Document Image Path is for additional user images placed in the Document Manager in MIKE Workbench.

    Images specified in this path will overwrite the image specified in the Resource Image Path.
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    Theme
    Specify the theme where the summary view should be shown.

    If no theme is specified, the summary view is shown on all themes.
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    Show on Web
    Check this to display the item on MIKE OPERATIONS Web
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    Chart Panels

    A panel constantly showing a pre-set group of plots/charts may be configured in MIKE OPERATIONS. This adds an additional customizable Chart View to the Home page, which may be shown or hidden through the menu.

    Chart Panels allows configuring user defined charts with multiple chart areas. Time series Data will show the data of the selected observation period.

    Configure Chart Panels from the General Settings page by clicking on the ‘Chart Panels’ button. A list of available Chart Panel configurations is shown.

    Click on the ‘New’ button to add a Chart Panel configuration.

    Click on the ‘Details’ button to configure properties for the Chart Panel.

    Item Description
    Active
    Activate the Chart Panel by checking this field.
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    Id
    Id of the Chart Panel.
    The id is used as reference.
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    Name
    Name of the Chart Panel, shown in the ribbon.
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    Description
    Description of the Chart Panel.

    The description will be shown as a tool tip when hovering the button in the ribbon.
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    Ribbon Page Name
    The name of the ribbon page where the button of the Chart Panel is shown.
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    Group Name
    Group name sets the group of the Chart Panel in the ribbon.
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    Ribbon Item Type
    Ribbon item type controls the type of control added to the ribbon.
  • Check Item
    A simply check item
  • Gallery Check Item
    A check item added to a gallery of items.
  • 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 (default)
    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 script is not shown in the ribbon.
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    Resource Image Name
    Resource images are a list of built in images for chart panels. 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 have 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.
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    Document Image Path
    Document Image Path is for additional user images placed in the Document Manager in MIKE Workbench.

    Images specified in this path will overwrite the image specified in the Resource Image Path.
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    Theme
    Specify the theme where the summary view should be shown.

    If no theme is specified, the summary view is shown on all themes.
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    Show on Web
    Check this to display the item on MIKE OPERATIONS Web.
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    Time Series

    Click on the ‘Time Series’ button to configure the time series for the Chart Panel.

    Add new time series by clicking on the “New” button.

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

    Item Description
    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.
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    Id and Name
    Give the time series an id and a name.

    Id is used as reference in spreadsheets.

    The name is used as display name in MIKE OPERATIONS.
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    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 display elsewhere.
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    Themes
    Specify the theme where the time series is visible.

    If no theme is selected, the time series is displayed on all themes.
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    Time Series Path
    Full path to the time series in the time series manager.

    The path supports placeholders.

    This means that selected themes and observation periods can be part of the path to the time series.

    Use e.g. [ObservationPeriod.Name] to insert the name in the path before fetching the time series.

    Refer a the section about placeholders for information about available placeholders.
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    Chart Type
    The type of the chart in the Chart View.
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    Color
    Color is the color of the line or bars (for step accumulated time series) of the time series.
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    Line Style
    Line Style is the line style of the time series in the Chart View.
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    Marker Style
    The style of the point marker in the Chart View.
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    Size
    Size is the line thickness of lines or marker in the Chart View.
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    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.
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    Custom Marker Color
    Color of the marker when “Custom Marker Color” is selected in “Marker Color Style”.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Ensemble

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

    Ensemble time series are defined as time series with more than one member.

    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.
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    Member selection
    Comma separated list of members to include in the selection (e.g. ‘1,2,6’).

    Member selection is only used in mode ‘Extract selection’.
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    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 used for EnsembleExtractionMode = Quantile only.
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    Exceedance Constant
    Sets the Exceedance Constant value option.

    Exceedance Constant is used for Extraction Mode = “Exceedance” and “Non exceedance”.
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    Custom data

    Additional information about stations can be specified. This is done by making custom data types.

    Create new custom data types by clicking on the ’New’ button.

    Clicking on the ‘Details’ button brings up the Details view of the custom data type.

    Item Description
    Active
    Activate the custom data type by checking this field.
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    Id
    Id of the custom data type.
    The id is used as a reference.
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    Name
    Name of the custom data type column.
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    Description
    Description of the custom data type.
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    Parent Type
    Optional parent custom data type.

    If a parent custom data type is specified, the custom data type will be shown on the parent custom data type and not in the root.
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    Columns

    Columns of a custom data type is configured by clicking on the “Columns” button of the custom data type.

    Create new columns on a custom data type by clicking on the ‘New’ button.

    To configure the column, click on the ’Details’ button of the column.

    Item Description
    Active
    Activate the column by checking this field.
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    Id
    Id of the column.
    The id is used as a reference.
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    Name
    Name of the custom data column.
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    Description
    Description of the column.
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    Column Type
    The type of the custom data column.

    A custom data column can have the following types:
  • String
    A simple string field.
  • Note
    A note field is a string filed with more lines.
  • Double
    A double value.
  • Integer
    An integer field.
  • Enum
    Enum values are specified in the Enum Values field separated by a semicolon.
  • Date
    A date field.
  • Time
    A time field.
  • Url
    An URl shown as a field with a link to web page.
  • Boolean
    A Boolean field shown as a check box.
  • Color
    A color field, shown as a field with a color picker control.
  • Expression
    A calculated expression. The expression is specified in the Expression filed.
  • Spreadsheet Link
    A link to a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet can be selected and opened.
  • Document link
    A link to a document. The documents can be selected and opened using an associated program.
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    Enum Values
    For columns of type Enum, the Enum values must be specified.

    Possible values are separated by a semicolon.
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    Expression
    Expressions are C# expressions. The expression must return a single object (double, int, bool, string).

    Columns as placeholders are supported. Use [ColumnName]. The [Parent] placeholder can be used for specifying that a Column placeholder should be taken from the Parent custom data type.

    Some samples:
    [MyDoubleColumn]*3 + [MyIntColumn]
    “[MyStringColumn]” == “Test” ? “Testing” : “Not Testing”
    [MyIntColumn] > 5 ? “Large value” : “Small value”
    [Parent.MyCountryColumn] == “Denmark” ? true : false

    If any placeholder value (column value) is NULL, the expression is not evaluated.

    If the evaluation fails due to errors, an error message is shown in the field.
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    Row selection
    Select if the column should be shown in the ‘Navigation Panel’.

    Row selection is only supported for column types: integer, double, date and time.
  • None (Default)
    The columns will not be shown.
  • Min. value
    The custom data row with the minimum value will be shown.
  • Max. value
    The custom data row with the maximum value will be shown.
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    Value column
    Select the column to be displayed instead of the actual column.
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