Displaying Chart and Table Results Using a Button

Output controls in Dashboards (e.g., Result Displays, Thermometers, Status Displays) can be used to display single items, and they respond dynamically as the simulation progresses. In many situations, however, you will want to display an entire result chart or table. This can be done by using a Button control that is linked to a Result element. When you click on the button, the result is displayed.

Note: An alternative way to display a result window via a Dashboard is to embed the result directly in the Dashboard using a Result Window control. This allows the result to be displayed without requiring the Dashboard user to press a button.

Within the Button control, you must select Show Result for the command. You then select the Result element that you want to display. Note that when you click on <Click to select>, the dialog to select an element will only display Result elements.

When you link a Button control to a Result element, the specified Result display opens when the button is pressed. The Result element remembers the last state of the display (i.e., table or chart), and displays that when the button is pressed.

If the Player user presses the Button prior to running the model, GoldSim indicates that there are no available data to display.

The window for the result can be moved and resized by the Player user. The Author, however, can control the initial size and position of the result window by placing the file into Active view within GoldSim, pressing the button, and moving and resizing the result chart/table appropriately.