The Time Points List dialog is opened by the Select Time for Analysis command, which is found on the main Analysis menu, as well as the Setup for Analysis Execution dialog. See Time Point Application Notes that follow dialog details for more information.
The Select Time
Points for Analysis list box allows user to highlight (i.e. select)
or clear (i.e. omit) specific time points for the analysis, via left mouse
click. The time points are listed by month, day-type,
and hour.
[Select
All] - selects all time
points listed for consideration by the analysis being run.
[Unselect
All] - refreshes list box
to clear all time points from selection.
Note: If analysis
is run without any time point selected, it uses the first time point shown
in the list box, i.e. January/-Weekday/-12am.
[Use
Default Analysis Time Point]
- sets the analysis time point to the current default value, which is
specified on the General
User API Options dialog, opened via Options/User
Options.../[General
API Options].
[Set
Selected Time Point as Default]
- sets the default time point to be the uppermost
highlighted value in the current time points list box.
[OK] - accepts current time point selections
for the analysis run and closes dialog.
[Cancel] - closes dialog without accepting
changes.
[Help] - opens related Help topic.
A time point corresponds to a defined type of month , day, and hour of day, where 24 hours per day are modeled.
Types of month are linked to seasons, where seasons are defined as summer, winter, or fall/spring.
Days are linked to types of day, where types of day are defined as weekday, weekend day, or holiday.
Multiple time points can be selected for analysis, however the usage of multiple selections may vary between applications. Refer to application-specific documentation for information on how the analysis utilizes the multiple time point selections.
If analysis is run without any time point selected, it uses the first time point shown in the list box, i.e. January/-Weekday/-12am.
The list box contents of available time points are determined by data entries in database table: ApiWorkDef.