Adding Scenarios Using the Scenario Manager

From within the Scenario Manager (accessed from the main menu (Run | Scenario Manager…) or by pressing F7) you can add a new scenario by pressing the New… button. When you do so, you are prompted for a Scenario Name and Description:

Note: By default, the scenario Description is the Analysis description specified in the Information tab of the Simulation Settings dialog (which by default is blank).

After entering a Scenario ID and Description, this information is displayed in the Scenario Manager:

Note: After creating a scenario, you can edit its Name and/or Description by simply clicking in the field.

You can delete existing scenarios using the Delete button, and move the scenarios up and down in the list using the Move Up and Move Down buttons. (Holding the Ctrl key down switches the Delete button to a Delete All button which can be then used to delete all scenarios).

Of course, simply creating and naming a scenario is of no value if you do not specify the Scenario Data for each scenario (i.e., the specific Data elements that differentiate the scenarios). As discussed in the next topic,this can also be done via the Scenario Manager.

Note: In addition to using the Scenario Manager to create scenarios, once you are experienced with modeling scenarios, you will likely also create scenarios “on the fly” outside of the Scenario Manager using other methods provided by GoldSim. You can even create scenarios via a Dashboard.

The Style and Show columns control how e.g., the color) and whether a scenario’s results are displayed in charts.

The Action column is used to run scenarios (or delete scenario results).