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Selection window

The Selection window allows you to work with a selection of objects.

The window is displayed by doing one of the following:

  • Clicking the Selection tab on the Baseline page.
  • Selecting Window | Selection.
  • Clicking the Request Projection dialog button (Selection) tool on the Window toolbar.

The Selection window may initially be empty, or may be populated with a previous selection.

You can populated the Selection window, or change the items shown in it, by selecting objects in the map view and then clicking the Current selection button. If you click this button when there are no objects selected on the map view, the list is cleared.

The list of objects displayed in the window may also be populated by choosing a previously saved selection list.

The currently displayed object list can be saved to a new selection list.

Option

Description

Selection grid

Displays a list of objects created from a selection in the Map view, or from a selection list chosen from the Saved selection lists dropdown.

Name Name of the object, displayed according to display name setting in the Configure Display Rules dialog.
Description Type of object
ID Object ID of object
Select and find Highlights and zooms to the object(s) in the selected row(s) of the Selection grid.
Select Highlights the object(s) in the selected row(s) of the Selection grid. The map view zoom will not be changed.
Action buttons

Display more information about objects selected in the selection grid.

Properties button

Displays the object properties in the Properties window.

Graph button

Generates a graph of the results for the object in the Results Graph window.

The Graph Pick Selection dialog, offering a choice of time varying data to graph, will be displayed.

Results button

Click this button to display a grid of the results for the object in the Results Grid window.

Isolation trace button

Implements an isolation trace to determine the nearest valves / pump stations to be closed in order to isolate the selected object. This opens the Isolation window.

Downstream trace

Available to link-type objects only.

Selects on the Map view objects in the downstream direction of flow from the selected link.

Upstream trace

Available to link-type objects only.

Selects on the Map view objects in the upstream direction of flow from the selected link.

Adds labels to network objects on the map view.

Current selection Populates the selection grid with the currently selected objects in the map view.
Saved selection lists (dropdown) For choosing a previously saved selection list from the dropdown. The objects in the selection list will be displayed in the Selection grid.
Remove list Deletes the selection list currently displayed in the Saved selection lists dropdown.
Save As

Saves the objects in the Selection grid to a new selection list.

Clicking this button will display a Save As dialog, on which you can name the list and decide whether to make it public (available to all users). Not making the list public will save the list as a private list (available only to the user who created the list).

Export to CSV

Exports the contents of the Selection grid to a .csv file.

Clicking this button will display a standard Windows Save As dialog.

Import from CSV

Imports data from a .csv file to the Selection grid.

Clicking this button will display the Import Selection from CSV dialog.

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