Understanding Dashboard Views

Within GoldSim, a Dashboard A special GoldSim element that allows you to build custom interfaces or "control panels" for your models. can be in one of two views: Design view and Active view One of the two types of views that a Dashboard can be in within GoldSim. A Dashboard is automatically placed in Active View whenever the model is in Run Mode or Result Mode. When in Active View, the Dashboard appears as it would in the Player, and the controls cannot be edited or moved.. When you are creating and editing your Dashboards, you will generally be in Design view. Within this view, you can add, resize and edit controls, and add other objects (e.g., images and text) to your Dashboard.

The following Dashboard is in Design view:

When a Dashboard is in Design view, you will note the following:

• The Graphical Tools toolbar is available for adding new objects such as text and images;
• The Dashboard Tools toolbar is available for adding new controls; and
• All controls on the Dashboard are grayed out and inactive. You can edit the properties of the controls by double-clicking on them.

While you are designing and editing a Dashboard, you will occasionally want to see how the Dashboard will appear when it is viewed in the Player. You can do this by placing the Dashboard into Active View. You can do this by pressing the Dashboard Active button in the Dashboard toolbar (the first button at the top (or left) of the toolbar, right-clicking inside the Dashboard and selecting Dashboard Active from the context menu, or pressing the Ctrl+D shortcut key.

In Active view, the various controls can be used, and the Dashboard appears as it will when viewed within the GoldSim Player A program that allows you to "play" or "read" an existing GoldSim model without having to license the GoldSim software. The GoldSim Player is available as a free download from the GoldSim website.. When in Active view, the controls cannot be resized, their properties cannot be edited, and new controls (or graphics and text) cannot be added.

To return to Design View One of the two types of views that a Dashboard can be in within GoldSim. When you are creating and editing your Dashboards, you will be in Design View. (so that the Dashboard can be edited), toggle the Dashboard Active button in the Dashboard toolbar, right-click in the Dashboard and de-select Dashboard Active from the context menu, or press the Ctrl+D shortcut key.

The following Dashboard is in Active view:

When a Dashboard is in Active view, you will note the following:

• The Graphical Tools toolbar is grayed out and can not be used to add new objects;
• The Dashboard Tools toolbar is grayed out (except for the button to toggle the Dashboard between Active and Design view) and can not be used to add new controls; and
• The controls on the Dashboard are active and can be used. You can no longer edit the properties of the controls by double-clicking on them.

Active view only applies to Dashboards. If you navigate out of the Dashboard to a Container An element that acts like a "box" or a "folder" into which other elements can be placed. It can be used to create hierarchical models., you will be able to edit the contents of the Container. If you then return to a Dashboard, it will remain in Active view.

Note: When your model enters Run Mode within GoldSim, Dashboards are automatically placed into Active View. After you run a model such that the file is in Result Mode The state of a model when it has been run and contains simulation results for a single set of input parameters., the Dashboard controls remain active (they are not grayed out), but they are locked (e.g., you cannot move sliders or modify edit fields). You can, however, modify input controls under some circumstances when a model is in Scenario Mode The state of a model when it contains scenario results, allowing multiple scenarios to be compared..