Edit Chart
Chart viewing and adjustment happen in the Dashboard tab of iPool Suite (iPool → Dashboard). Open that tab, load a scenario, then use the chart toolbar described below. For a full reference on the tab itself, see Dashboard → Interface and Navigation.
"Editing" a chart means adjusting what you see — the time window, axis range, series visibility and styles, and tooltip behaviour — not changing the underlying scenario data. This page covers the controls in the chart toolbar. For series styles and Chart Settings, see Chart Customization.
Chart viewers are only available after the scenario is loaded. Click the scenario's name in the Scenarios tree (or right-click it and choose Load Site Data). The ≡ button on a scenario row loads only its Summary, which is not enough for charts. Once the scenario is loaded, the Objects tab in the left panel is enabled; click an object to see its charts.
Time Navigation
The chart toolbar shows a time navigation group whenever a chart view is active.
- Period Selector
- Date Picker
- Previous / Next
Choose a Display Period
Use the period segmented control to set the time window shown on the chart. Four periods are available:
| Button | Period |
|---|---|
| Daily (D) | One day |
| Weekly (W) | One week |
| Monthly (M) | One month |
| All (A) | Full scenario date range |
On narrow toolbars the labels collapse to single characters: D, W, M, A. You can also choose short labels in ⋮ → Customize toolbar….
When All is selected the date picker is disabled — the chart always shows the complete scenario range.
Set the Start Date
Click the date picker (displays the date in MMM DD, YYYY format, e.g. "Jan 01, 2026") to open a calendar and jump to a specific date. The date picker is greyed out when the period is All.
Step Through the Timeline
Use the Previous period (left chevron) and Next period (right chevron) arrow buttons to move the chart backwards or forwards by one period at a time. At the first or last day, week or month of the run the arrow is unavailable and its hover text says why.
Chart View Controls
Eight controls affect how the chart renders. On a wide toolbar they appear as icon buttons to the right of the time navigation group. On a narrow toolbar they move into the ⋮ (More chart options) menu, which is always available and also holds Add note, Hide/Show notes, Events, Event markers, Reset this chart and Customize toolbar….
| # | Control | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reset Zoom | Button | — |
| 2 | Start Y at Zero | Toggle | Off |
| 3 | Freeze Y Axes | Toggle | Off |
| 4 | Axis Labels | Toggle | On |
| 5 | Tooltip Location | Menu | Tooltip panel |
| 6 | Toggle Fullscreen | Button | — |
| 7 | Reset Series | Button | Amber when series are hidden |
| 8 | Show/Hide Legend | Toggle | Legend shown |
Start Y at Zero is stored per viewer and is on by default for Bid Stack, Fuel Stack, DGP, Net Load and Economics.
Control Details
Reset Zoom — Restores the chart to its default zoom level.
Start Y at Zero — When toggled on, forces the Y axis to start at 0. Useful when comparing series values against zero.
Freeze Y Axes — Locks the Y-axis scale at its current range. Panning or zooming the X axis will not rescale the Y axis while this is active. Useful when switching day types in Profiles view or stepping through periods.
Axis Labels — Shows or hides the axis titles. Default is on.
Tooltip Location — Opens a menu with three modes:
- Tooltip panel (default) — tooltip data appears in the Tooltip dock panel
- Follow Cursor — tooltip follows the mouse pointer over the chart
- Floating — tooltip appears as a draggable overlay on the chart canvas
Toggle Fullscreen — Expands the chart to fill the screen. Press again or press Escape to exit fullscreen.
Show/Hide Legend — Hides or shows the chart legend.
Reset Series — Restores all hidden chart series to visible. This button appears amber when one or more series have been hidden; it returns to its normal (uncoloured) state when all series are visible. The button is always interactive.
Series Visibility
Click any series name in the chart legend to hide or show that series. Hidden series are still included in export data but are not drawn on the chart.
To restore all hidden series at once, click Reset Series (the eye icon in the toolbar).
Right-click a series name in the legend to open its series options, where you can show only that series (Solo), rename it, and change its type, line width and style, colour, opacity and markers.
Panels
- Toggle left panel (leftmost button) — collapses or expands the Scenarios and Objects trees on the left.
- Panels ▾ (rightmost button) — opens and closes the dock panels around the chart (Statistics, Tooltip, Readout, Object Summary, Chart 2 and more), resets the layout, and switches between layouts such as Analysis and Presenting. You can also save your own layouts.
Compare Objects
The Compare button (two adjacent rectangles icon) activates object comparison mode. When active, you can drag additional objects from the tree and Dashboard overlays their data on the same chart. Compare is offered for DGP, Group DGP, Profiles, Reserve Price, Economics, Link View and Flow Duration Curve.
Object comparison ("Compare" button) is distinct from scenario comparison ("Comparison View" chip). The Compare button overlays multiple objects from the same scenario; Comparison View overlays the same object across multiple scenarios.
Export
The Export button (downward-arrow icon) opens a dropdown with the following options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Download PNG | Chart image (raster) |
| Copy chart | Chart image copied to the clipboard |
| Download JPEG | Chart image (raster) |
| Download PDF | Chart in PDF format (works offline) |
| Download SVG | Chart image (vector) |
| Download CSV | The chart's data as comma-separated values |
| Download XLSX | The chart's data as an Excel workbook |
| Add chart to report pack | Adds the current chart to the report pack |
| Report pack… | Opens the report pack management dialog |
| Export for every region… | The chart on screen once per region |
| Print chart | Opens the print dialog |
| Toggle fullscreen | Same as the fullscreen toolbar button |
| Export options… | Format, size, resolution, title, legend and other picture options |
Chart Type, Colours and Names
- Chart type — Chart Settings → Visual → Chart type switches the whole chart between Line, Area, Column and Spline; a single series can be given its own type from its series options (not on stacked charts).
- Series colours and series names — change them from the series options (right-click the series in the legend).
- Reset this chart (in the ⋮ menu or Chart Settings) puts the chart back to its defaults.
None of these change the scenario data.