Summary View
Overview
The Summary viewer gives a table-based overview of a loaded scenario. It answers two questions:
- What does this scenario contain?
- How did the objects in the scenario perform overall?
Summary does not display a chart: it has no axes, zoom, tooltips or chart export. It shows the scenario information followed by summary tables, one table per object type. Each row is an object and each column a result taken from the scenario's output.
The tables and columns depend on the scenario's output, so different scenarios can show different columns.
Summary Sub-Tabs
The Summary viewer has five sub-tabs. Their buttons sit in the Chart Toolbar row:
| Sub-tab | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Summary | Scenario Info, Scenario Check and the summary tables (described on this page) |
| Historical & Database | The Historical and Database Error Report. Greyed out when the scenario has no Historical Database error report. See Historical and Database Error Report. |
| Events | The scenario's events as stored, in a table with Excel-style filters on each column, Show all and Clear all filters |
| Maintenance & Outages | A Gantt chart of the scenario's maintenance and outage events, with Group by, period navigation, Jump to Today, Show capacity, a fuel colour Legend and export. Six time scale modes: Day, Week, Month, 3 Month, 6 Month, Year. Export produces PDF, PNG or JPEG; clicking the export button runs the save pipeline directly (no dialog is opened). |
| Collate Data | The raw data of the selected object in a table. Drag more objects from the tree onto the table to see them side by side. Export CSV saves the table. |
Opening the Summary Viewer
- Click Summary in the Viewer Bar. It is the first chip for most object types.
- Collections in the Objects tree (Links, Groups, Portfolios, Storages) open in Summary.
- In the Scenarios tree, click the ≡ button on a scenario row, or right-click the scenario and choose Load Summary, to load only the scenario's Summary.
What the Summary Sub-Tab Contains
- Control bar — chips to show or hide tables and column groups. It stays at the top while you scroll.
- Scenario Info — information about the loaded scenario.
- Scenario Check — a check of the scenario's files for problems.
- Historical Database warning — shown when the scenario's Historical Database error report has records.
- Summary tables — results per object type.
Scenario Info
The Scenario Info card is grouped under headings such as Run, Period, Results, Data source, Engine settings, Files, and Notes and remarks. It is compact by default; click Scenario Info — Show More to see every field, including the run record (engine version, data window, run settings).
Scenario Check
The Scenario Check card checks the scenario's files for problems. The check runs only when you open the card with Scenario Check — Show.
Table Visibility Controls
There is one chip for each object-type table present, for example Pool, Zone, Region, Fuel Type, Portfolio, Site, Storage and Link.
- Click a chip to show or hide that table.
- Right-click a chip to scroll straight to that table without hiding it.
- All shows every table; None hides every table.
Column-Group Controls
Three chips show or hide groups of columns in all visible tables at once:
| Chip | Columns | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Price & Energy | Prices, installed capacity, energy, demand and generation | On |
| Operation | Fuel, CO₂ emissions, number of starts, availability factor, capacity factor, load factor, LOLP | Off |
| Cost | Costs, revenue, profit and O&M | Off |
The chips change only which columns are shown, not the data.
Summary Tables
Each table has:
- a coloured header with the table name;
- Export CSV — saves the table as a CSV file;
- Copy — copies the table so you can paste it into Excel;
- sortable columns — click a column header to sort;
- a first column that stays in place while a wide table scrolls sideways. The mouse wheel scrolls a wide table sideways when it has no room to scroll down.
Numbers in the tables use the decimals set in Settings → Dashboard → Summary decimals (default 3 for numbers and 2 for money).
Site Location Filter
When the Site table has rows, a Filter by Location row of chips appears above it. Choose a location to show only the sites there. If no site matches, the table says "No sites match the current filters."
Historical Database Error Warning
When the scenario's Historical Database error report contains records, a warning appears above the tables:
Historical Database errors detected: followed by each error type and its count, for example MaxGen Error (5).
Click View Historical Database to open the Historical & Database sub-tab.
How to Use the Summary Viewer
- Load the scenario and select an object, or a collection in the Objects tree.
- Click Summary in the Viewer Bar.
- Check Scenario Info to confirm you are looking at the intended scenario.
- Turn on the column groups you need (Price & Energy, Operation, Cost).
- Use the table chips to keep only the tables you want.
- Filter the Site table by location if needed.
- Sort by a column, then Export CSV or Copy the table.
What the Summary Viewer Does Not Provide
- No chart, axes, zoom, tooltips or chart export.
- No time navigation: the tables cover the scenario's results as reported.
- Summary cannot be shown in Chart 2.
Common Tasks
I only want to see operational results
Turn on Operation, and turn off Price & Energy and Cost.
I only need Site results
Click None, then click Site.
I need the underlying data instead of the summary
Open the Collate Data sub-tab.
I see a Historical Database error warning
Click View Historical Database and review the error types listed there.
Quick Reference
| Task | Use |
|---|---|
| Open Summary | Summary chip, or ≡ on a scenario row |
| Show more scenario details | Scenario Info — Show More |
| Check the scenario's files | Scenario Check — Show |
| Show or hide a table | Table chip; All / None |
| Jump to a table | Right-click its chip |
| Show or hide column groups | Price & Energy, Operation, Cost |
| Filter sites | Filter by Location |
| Save a table | Export CSV or Copy |
| See events | Events sub-tab |
| See maintenance and outages | Maintenance & Outages sub-tab |
| See raw data | Collate Data sub-tab |
See Also
- Series Summary — the same kind of tables across many scenarios.
- Historical and Database Error Report
- Views and Charts