Overview
The Viewer Bar (production component: SubBar) sits below the Scenario Tab Bar and lets you switch between dashboard views for the currently selected object. Views that are not available for the selected object are shown as dimmed chips and are not interactive. Click any active chip to switch to that view.
Some views are dimmed because they require specific run outputs — for example, the Historical & Database view requires a HistDBErr.csv file in the scenario folder, and the Zonal Trace view requires a zonal-mode simulation run. The Price Duration Curve chip is always dimmed in the current build regardless of the selected object — its configuration is not active in the current product.
| View | What it shows | When to use it | Available for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net Load | Net load (demand minus variable renewable energy generation) over time, with Residual Load, VRE Generation, Demand, Generation, and Price series | When you need to see how much of the load must be served by dispatchable generators (not VRE) at each dispatch interval | Pool, Region, Zone |
| BidStack | The merit-order bid stack for each dispatch interval, overlaid with Demand, Generation, and Price curves | When you need to see which generators were dispatched, at what offer prices, and in what quantities | Pool, Region, Zone, Site, Unit |
| DGP | Demand, Generation, and spot Price on a single timeline | The primary "at-a-glance" view for any dispatch object; answers "what was the market price and how much was generated vs. consumed?" | Pool, Region, Zone, Site, Unit |
| Fuel Summary | Generation broken down by fuel type in a stacked chart (Coal, CCGT, Hydro, Wind, Solar, Geo, OCGT, Pump, etc.) with Demand and Price overlay | When you need to understand the fuel mix driving the market at each dispatch interval | Pool, Region, Zone |
| Reserve Price | Ancillary service prices (SMP, Frequency Regulation, Reserve Up, Reserve Down, Dispatchable Reserve) alongside the energy spot price | When you need to see what ancillary services cost at each interval and how they compare to the energy price | Pool, Region, Zone |
| Link View | Power flow through an interconnection link (MW Flow, Unconstrained Flow, To/From Limits) and prices at each end (price difference, To Price, From Price) | When you need to check whether a link is congested and what price differential is driving flow | Link |
| Profiles | Typical-period profiles — Demand, Generation, or Price aggregated by period number rather than calendar date (user-selectable: Demand Profile / Gen Profile / Price Profile) | When you need to understand the typical shape of demand/generation/price by time of day, independent of specific dates | Pool, Region, Zone, Group |
| Storage | A storage unit's charge/discharge power (Generation = discharge, Demand = charge) and state-of-charge level in MWh (Level) alongside the price signal | When you need to see when a storage unit is charging vs. discharging and whether it is arbitraging price differentials as expected | Storage |
| Flow Duration Curve | The cumulative distribution of flow levels through a link — how often (as % of time) the link carries at least X MW | When you need to understand how frequently a link is congested or at various flow levels | Link |
| Regional Trace | Price, Demand, or Generation traces for all regions on a single chart simultaneously (user-selectable trace type) | When you need to compare how prices, demand, or generation differ across regions at each dispatch interval | Pool, Zone |
| Zonal Trace | Price, Demand, or Generation traces for all dispatch zones on a single chart simultaneously — the zonal analogue of Regional Trace | When you need to compare price/demand/generation across sub-regional dispatch zones; only meaningful in zonal-mode simulation runs. The chip is dimmed for non-zonal runs. | Pool (zonal runs only) |
| Historical & Database | A tabular error/diagnostic report produced by historical and backcasting runs, grouping units by error category (Remarks column) with colour-coded fuel-type badges | When you need to review which units had data quality problems or capacity constraints during the historical calibration run | Any object when HistDBErr.csv exists in the scenario folder — chip is dimmed otherwise |
| Economics | Financial economics of a generation site over time: Revenue, Cost, and Profit/Loss, with stats showing Avg Price, Margin, and Breakdown by Fuel Type. Stats panel is hidden in compare mode. | When you need to assess whether a site is profitable under this scenario, and which fuel types contribute most to its margin | Site |
| Contract Settlement | Contract settlement between generator and counterparty: Strike Price, Reference Price (spot), Net Settlement Price, and contracted Quantity | When you need to see whether a contract is paying out (strike above reference = payable to generator) and what quantity is being settled | Contract |
| Sub-Group Trace | The combined load/generation trace for all children in a portfolio sub-group, with Price overlay | When you need to see the aggregate dispatch profile of all loads, sites, or contracts within a specific sub-group of a portfolio | PortfolioSubGroup |
| AggregateStack | Stacked generation from all portfolio children (sites/units) over time, with total load overlay — shows how each asset contributes to the portfolio total | When you need to understand the aggregate generation profile of an entire portfolio and see which assets are contributing at each interval | Portfolio |
| Comparison | Same metric compared across multiple scenarios side by side (selectable metric: Price, Generation, Demand, Net Load, and others depending on object type) | When you need to compare how a key metric differs between two or more scenarios for the same object | Pool, Region, Zone, Load, Site, Unit, Participant, Meter, Link, Generator, Group, Portfolio, Storage, Contract |
| Price, Generation + Demand | Price, Generation, and Demand on a single timeline for load-type and group objects — the Load/Group/Portfolio/Storage equivalent of the DGP view | When you need the at-a-glance price/generation/demand view for a load, group, portfolio, or storage object | Load, Group, Portfolio, Storage |
| Price Duration Curve | (Temporarily unavailable — this view is not active in the current build. The chip is always dimmed.) | — | — |