The Account Series Slot Viewer is used by all account types, which look similar although there are different slots for each type of account. The Account Series Slot Viewer is the main window used to view an account’s data, as shown in Figure 3.14.

This section describes the user interface for the Account Series Slot Viewer and windows, and then presents a tool used to select methods on multiple objects.

To access the Account Series Slot Viewer, use one of the following methods:

Figure 3.13 shows both an Account Series Slot Viewer and an Account Series Slot window.

The operation of the Account Series Slot Viewer is similar to the Open Account Viewer. See Open Account Viewer Operations for information on using the viewer to dock, undock, close tabs, and so on.

Whether you use the Account Series Slot Viewer or Account Series Slot window for an individual account, the content of the window is the same--an organized table of series slots, one column per slot. The following screenshot shows many of the features.

On the top of the window, the account name is given in the form Object^Account. There is an icon for the object type on which this account resides. In this case, it is a Storage Reservoir. In addition, there is an icon that shows the type of this account; that is, a storage account. On the left side of the window are the timesteps for the accounting system. Each column in the table represents a slot that may contain data.

The slots displayed in this window depends on the type of account; that is, storage, passthrough or diversion. Additionally, the Show menu allows you to specify whether to show All Slots, Only Slots with values (non NaNs) or Only slots with non-zero values.

In addition to Outflow, Gain Loss, Slot Inflow, Storage and Accrual, there are now empty columns for Inflow, Diversion, Return Flow, Maximum Accrual, Transfer In, Transfer Out, Begin Year Allocation, and Carry Over.

Above the timesteps, there is an Alt Units button menu that allows you to switch between Flow units and Volume units.

As shown in Figure 3.15, the button opens a menu that switches the display between

Select Flow to see the flow values as a volume. Notice that the values have changed and the columns now say acre-feet instead of cfs. The value shown is the volume over the timestep. Slots on accounts use the active Unit Scheme for display and input; see Unit Schemes in User Interface for details. As with the physical system, the accounting system maintains its values in internal units, regardless of the units chosen for display.

Accounting series slot windows use colors to represent the process used to set the accounting values. A key is provided that shows the meaning of each color.

In addition, there is a letter flag on each value that corresponds to each color. Use the key to determine the meaning of each letter. In addition, slots that are Read-Only are shown with a cross-hatch.

In a Rulebased Simulation run, the Account Series Slot Viewer also can show the priority of the slot at the given timestep. This can enable/disabled using the View, then Show Priorities menu

The Account Series Slot Viewers show tooltips indicating which rule or DMI was responsible for the specified value, where applicable. See Tooltips in User Interface for additional information.

Back on the Account Series Slot Viewer, a scroll button and DateTime spinner allows the user to jump to a specified date. Either type in a valid date in the date box and select the Scroll button to move to that date. Or, use the up and down arrows to advance to the desired timestep.

When the user selects a range of cells in the Account Series Slot Viewer, the window displays information about the name and summary information of that selection in the bottom of the window. If the selection is just in one slot, it displays the name of the slot or that the slots consists of one or more supplies. If the selection spans multiple slots, then the name displays how many slots are selected. In addition, summary data at the bottom of the window shows the sum, average, minimum, maximum, and range of the selection.

At the bottom of the window, the summary information says that the average is 6440.6 acre-ft, as shown in Figure 3.17. It also displays that the NymphLake^Upper.Storage account is selected.

Outflow, Inflow, Transfers, Diversion, and Return Flow slots on the Account Series Slot Viewer can actually consist of more than one value if the user has configured to have multiple supplies coming into or out of that slot. We will discuss this in detail later. For now, let us just be aware that a column can represent more than one time series of data. If a column in the Account Series Slot Viewer does in fact have multiple components, the column in the Account Series Slot Viewer will be cross hatched meaning it is read-only. Double-clicking the column opens a new windows showing the multi-slot which consists of the total sum and the component supplies.

A new window opens showing the multislot, as shown in Figure 3.18. On the left is the Account Series Slot Viewer. On the right is the multi-slot that results when double-clicking on the Outflow slot.

There is also the ability to hide or compress repeated values, a specified value, or NaNs. See Series Display Compression in User Interface for additional information about Series Display Compression.