Series Summary
Overview
Series Summary compares the summary results of many scenarios side by side. It reads each scenario's summary results and builds comparison tables, so you can review a batch of runs from one screen without loading each scenario into the Dashboard.
You can compare:
- Pool Data — overall system results
- Zonal Data — results per zone (zonal scenarios)
- Regional Data — results per region
- Fuel Type Data — results per fuel type
- Portfolio Data — results per portfolio
- Storage Data — results per storage unit
- Comparative tables — Reserve Prices and Region Profiles
In each table the scenarios are rows and the results are columns. The tables look and work like the tables in the Summary viewer.
| Summary viewer | Series Summary | |
|---|---|---|
| Scenarios | The loaded scenario | Many scenarios (a folder, or a set you pick) |
| Purpose | Review one scenario's results | Compare results across scenarios |
| Opened from | Summary chip in the Viewer Bar | Series Summary button in the Scenario Tab Bar |
Opening Series Summary
Click Series Summary at the right of the Scenario Tab Bar. It is always available, also with no scenario open. Click it again (Exit Series Summary) to return to the normal viewers.
While Series Summary is open, the Objects tab of the left panel is disabled, and the Scenarios tree shows a button on each scenario row to add it to, or remove it from, the Series Summary set.
Choosing the Scenarios
There are two ways to choose which scenarios to compare:
- A folder of scenarios — click the folder button next to the Series Summary title and choose a parent folder that contains scenario folders. Every scenario in it is analysed.
- A custom set — drag scenarios from the Scenarios tree onto Series Summary, or use the row buttons in the Scenarios tree. The chosen scenarios appear as chips under Custom scenario set (N); remove one with its ×, or all with Clear all.
Choosing the Data Types
Under Select Data Types to Compare:
- Pool Data is a single checkbox and is selected by default.
- Zonal Data, Regional Data, Fuel Type Data, Portfolio Data and Storage Data open as a list of the zones, regions, fuel types, portfolios or storage units found in the scenarios. Tick the items you want. One group is open at a time.
- Comparative offers Reserve Prices and Region Profiles; for Region Profiles, choose the regions.
The lists of zones, regions, fuel types, portfolios and storage units are built from the first three scenarios in the folder. All scenarios are still analysed, but an item that exists only in later scenarios does not appear in the lists.
Zones are found only in zonal scenarios; otherwise the list says "No zones found. Zones are only available in zonal scenarios."
Running the Analysis
Click Analyze (with a custom set: Analyze N Scenarios). The results appear under Analysis Results, with a header showing:
- Directory — the folder analysed
- Scenarios Found — how many scenarios were read
- Data Types — the data types in the results
- Currency Format — the currency used for prices and money
If no data is found, Series Summary says so and reminds you to choose a folder that contains scenario results and at least one data type.
Working with the Result Tables
Showing and Hiding Tables
A row of chips above the tables has one chip per table:
- Click a chip to show or hide that table.
- Right-click a chip to scroll to that table.
- All shows every table; None hides every table.
Each Table
Every table is a card with a coloured header, like the Summary viewer tables:
- Export CSV saves the table as a CSV file.
- Copy copies the rows and columns shown, as formatted on screen, so you can paste them into Excel.
- Show/Hide Columns — Price and Energy and Operation are shown by default; Cost is hidden by default. The choice applies to all tables.
- A search box filters the rows (by scenario, or by fuel type or portfolio in those tables).
- Click a column header to sort by that column.
- Wide tables scroll sideways inside the card. The first column stays in place while you scroll, and the column headers stay at the top. The mouse wheel scrolls a wide table sideways when it has no room to scroll down.
Columns
The first columns identify the row: Scenario ID and, except in the Pool table, the zone, region, fuel type, portfolio or storage unit. The result columns depend on the scenarios' output and include, for example:
| Column group | Example columns |
|---|---|
| Price and Energy | Avg Price, Avg Price VW, Installed Cap (MW), Energy Demand (GWh), Energy Gen (GWh), Energy Net (GWh), Max Demand (MW) |
| Operation | Fuel (KTonnes), CO2 Emissions (KTonnes), Num Starts, Avail Factor (%), Capacity Factor (%), Load Factor (%), LOLP (%) |
| Cost | Capital Cost, Fixed O&M, Total Fixed Cost, Production Cost, Carbon Cost, Variable O&M, Start-Up Cost, Total Variable Cost, Total Cost, Total Revenue, Other Revenue, Profit |
Columns with no data in any scenario are not shown.
Scenarios That Could Not Be Read
If a scenario's results cannot be read, it appears as a highlighted error row. Hover over the scenario ID to see the reason. The other scenarios are still compared.
Basic Steps
- Click Series Summary in the Scenario Tab Bar.
- Click the folder button and choose the parent folder of your scenarios — or drag scenarios from the Scenarios tree to build a custom set.
- Under Select Data Types to Compare, tick the data types and items you need.
- Click Analyze.
- Use the table chips, Show/Hide Columns, search and sorting to focus on what matters.
- Click Export CSV or Copy on a table to take the results elsewhere.
Important Fields, Buttons, and Options
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| Series Summary (Scenario Tab Bar) | Opens and closes Series Summary |
| Folder button | Chooses the folder of scenarios to analyse |
| Custom scenario set | Scenarios dragged in or added from the tree; Clear all empties it |
| Select Data Types to Compare | The tables to build, and the items within each |
| Analyze | Reads the scenarios and builds the tables |
| Table chips, All, None | Show or hide tables; right-click to scroll to one |
| Show/Hide Columns | Price and Energy, Operation, Cost |
| Search | Filters a table's rows |
| Column headers | Click to sort |
| Export CSV / Copy | Save or copy one table |
Expected Result
After Analyze, Series Summary shows one table per selected data type and item, with one row per scenario. Rows can be sorted and filtered, column groups shown or hidden, and each table exported or copied. Scenarios whose results could not be read are marked as error rows.