MIKE OPERATIONS Desktop Overview¶

MIKE OPERATIONS Desktop (Operator UI)

Users need to login to use MIKE OPERATIONS and the login is the same as for MIKE Workbench. The login form is shown during the start-up of MIKE OPERATIONS.

Note

If this is your first time using MIKE OPERATIONS or MIKE Workbench and you have not set up any users you can log in as the default administrative user. The user name is admin and the password is dssadmin.

Login parameters consist of the following:

Server connection which is an alias for various database parameters. To define server connections, click the Setup... button; see Manage server connections.
User name and password.
The name of the workspace within the server connection.

Select Always use the same user name and password to have the user name and password field pre-filled when starting MIKE OPERATIONS. This is convenient if you always use the same user name and password.

Select Always login with the above settings to perform an automatic login with the entered parameters. This is convenient if you always log in to the same workspace with the same user name and password.

Connection Parameters¶

Manage server connections¶

Click the Setup... button on the Login form to open the Connection Manager.

The Connection Manager displays the existing connections and has the following possibilities.

The Add... button for adding a new connection.
The Edit... button for editing the selected connection.
The Delete button for deleting the selected connection.

Add or edit a server connection¶

Click the Add... or Edit... button on the Connection Manager to open the connection Setup menu.

The following parameters must be specified:

A server connection name. This name is used in Connection combo-box on the Login form.
The type of database.
The name of the server.
The port used for communication with the server. The default is 5432 for PostgreSQL.
The name of the database.

If the Database Type is SQLite, Server and Port are automatically filled and cannot be changed. Additionally, the database field can be filled by browsing for the database file.

MIKE OPERATIONS Desktop User Interface¶

MIKE OPERATIONS has an IDE-style user interface (UI) where all windows reside under a single parent window, referred to as the Shell.

The Shell contains dockable and collapsible child windows, tabbed windows and splitters for the resizing of child windows.

There are several types of docking windows (Views) available as follows:

Time Series View
Thresholds
System Status
Table View
Chart View
Document View and Legend.

Each of these Views can be docked at different locations around the map, which always remains open.

The default window’s docking configuration is displayed below, but the user may change this.

Figure 1 - The MIKE OPERATIONS User Interface

Windows are rearranged by clicking the tab or title bar of a window and dragging the window to a new location.

Dragging the title bar, will move all tabs of the window. Dragging the tab, will only move the selected tab.

When dragging begins, a guide diamond will appear.

Figure 2 - Guide Diamonds

Move the mouse cursor to the guide diamond to dock the window under, over, beside or on top of the existing window.

Figure 3 - Drop the window (mouse curser) on the guide diamond

The right hand side of the MIKE OPERATIONS user interface contains a navigation pane for selecting the items of the model.

Figure 4 – Microsoft Office style Navigation Panel

The navigation pane can be shown as a List View or a Tree View, depending on the user setting ‘Use Tree Navigation’ specified in the configuration of MIKE OPERATIONS.

‘Zoom to selection’ will zoom to the first selected item on the map.

The Quick Access Toolbar provides quick access to the internal help and to the refresh functionality.

Ribbon commands can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar by right clicking the ribbon command and selecting ‘Add to Quick Access Toolbar’.

Commands added to the Quick Access Toolbar will be available at the next startup.

Right click the command and select ’Remove from Quick Access Toolbar’ to remove the command from the Quick Access Toolbar.

Map¶

The map window of MIKE OPERATIONS is the focal point of MIKE OPERATIONS. The map contains the following functionality:

Zoom Slider

The Zoom Slider allows the user to zoom in and out on the map.
‘Zoom to Extend’ will zoom to the extent of the layers displayed.
‘Box Zoom’ will allow the user to mark the area to zoom into.
Time Slider

The Time Slider is for going back and forward in time.
The ‘Play’ button is for playing the entire period automatically.
The Time of Forecast (ToF) is shown above the Time Slider. In brackets, the actual selected time relative to Time of Forecast (TOF – 1H : 1 hour before Time of Forecast) appears.
In case a model setup is not included, TOF refers to the start of the selected observation period in the View.
Context Menu
The context menu is displayed when the user right clicks the map.
- Info - will display information about the selected layer.
- Background Map type - selects the background map type. Favorite background maps can also be selected here, if maps are saved as favorites in the MIKE Workbench. Please refer to the Workbench online help for information.
- Zoom in - zooms one step in on the position of the mouse cursor.
- Zoom out - zooms one step out on the position of the mouse cursor.
- Center map - centers the map to the position of the mouse cursor.
- Previous Zoom - zooms back to the previous zoom level and map position.
- Bookmarks - saves and loads map bookmarks. A map bookmark will save the current location and zoom of the map, so that it can be loaded when needed.
- Show Coordinates - toggles the x, y coordinates on and off. Coordinates are shown in the Source Coordinate System specified in General Settings.
- Copy Coordinates - Copies the coordinates of the point clicked to the clipboard.
- New - allows the user to create point features on the position of the mouse cursor. This goes for Feature Types without feature classes only.
- Edit Layer - allows the user to edit static feature layers.
- Associations - allows the user to change the time series associations of the station.
Map Tool Tip

The Map Tool Tip shows information about the station, reach or catchment above which the mouse is hovering.
The header displays the feature type image with the id and name of the station, reach or catchment.
Below the separator, the value of the current date time (time slider) is displayed for the threshold time series of the feature type.

Ribbon¶

The ribbon contains access to almost all functionality in MIKE OPERATIONS Desktop.

The home ribbon is divided into groups of buttons. Each group can contain a Caption Button for setting additional functionality.

Configuration Group

The configuration group contains a drop down for selecting the configuration and a dropdown for selecting themes.
Note that the themes dropdown hidden until Themes has been created.
In Data & Maps, the simulation selection is the simulation showing the latest time of forecast. In Scenario mode, selection refers to the baseline simulation.
Observation Periods

When more than one observation period has been configured, the ribbon will display an observation period navigation panel for selecting observation periods.
In the observation period navigation panel, an observation period can be selected. Observation periods are configured in the backstage view.
Feature Type Groups

Feature type groups show all the active feature types of the configuration.
The group that each feature type belongs to is specified in the Feature Type setup.
When clicking the ‘Caption’ button (lower right corner of the feature type group), a dialog for specifying the active threshold time series and threshold annotation visibility in the Chart View, is displayed.

Threshold Annotation Visibility for a Feature Type can have 3 states.
- *Unchecked – No threshold annotations are shown.
- *Checked – all threshold annotations are shown in the chart.
- Indeterminate – Only thresholds in the time series value range are displayed.
  The default value is Indeterminate.
  Note that Threshold Annotations* are saved as user settings. This means that every user defines his own defines his own annotations in the chart control.

Views¶

Views are all dock able windows that can be dragged and dropped anywhere on the screen.

They can even be placed on separate screens.

From the View tab of the context menu, all windows can be disabled and shown.

Reset layout will place all views in their default location.

Time Series

The Time Series view shows the time series of the selected station (point feature), reach (line feature) or catchment (polygon feature).
When selecting a grid column by clicking a cell, the context menu of the column can be shown by right clicking a cell in the column.

- Edit Time Series
A time series can be changed directly from MIKE OPERATIONS if ‘Enable Edit’ has been selected in the time series configuration. - Remove Time Series
This will remove the time series from the current session until the ’Refresh’ button is selected or MIKE OPERATIONS is restarted.
Thresholds

The Threshold view shows the threshold values for the selected station (point feature), reach (line feature) or catchment (polygon feature).
System Status

System Status shows the status in scenario mode when creating, deleting and running scenarios.
Table View (Navigation)

Table View shows all items of the selected feature type and the values of the threshold time series on the specified date and time. The actual threshold symbol is included in front of each item.
Each tab in the Table View contains a Feature Type. Only Feature Types selected in the ribbon are shown.
The Table View also contains a field for selecting the filter groups that must be shown.
Filter Groups are created in General Setup.
Select features by clicking a row in the Table View.
More features can be selected and displayed in the chart view by using holding the Shift+Ctrl buttons while selecting.

Features can be added to new or existing charts, using the context menu of the Table View.
Chart View

The Chart View contains charts containing time series for the selected station (point feature), reach (line feature) or catchment (polygon feature).
The Chart View has a annotations for:
- Time of Forecast (vertical red dashed line).
- Current date time (vertical solid line).
- Threshold (horizontal dashed lines).
  Right clicking the Chart View, will display the context menu of the chart.
- Show Legend
  
  Show/hide the legend of the chart.
- Remove time series
  When selecting a time series in the legend, the time series can be removed/hide from the current session. The time series will be hidden until the Refresh button is clicked or MIKE OPERATIONS is restarted.
- Statistics
  
  Make statistics chart based on the current time series of the chart.
- Copy to Clipboard
  
  Copy time series values of the chart as an image or table to the clipboard. When copying to a table, right click the time series in the legend or the chart, to selected chart series.
  To copy every chart series in the chart, right click the chart area.
Document

The document view shows the document for the selected point feature, line feature or polygon feature.
Only PDF documents are shown. All other document types are shown as links.
Specify the document on each feature in the configuration.
Legend

The Legend View shows the legend for the layers including grids.
The context menu contains the following functionality.
- Info
  Will display an information window with attributes of the layer.
- Layers and Grids - Add
  
  Add a user feature layer or raster layer to the map.
- Layers and Grids - Remove
  Removes an added user feature layer. Note that layers of the configuration cannot be removed.
- Layers and Grids – Edit Layer
  Ediy static feature layers.
- Layers and Grids - Load
  Loads a saved layer template adding the layers of the template to the map.
- Layers and Grids - Delete
  Deletes a layer template.
- Layers and Grids - Save
  Saves added user layers to a template, so that the template can be applied (loaded) at any time.
  Saving the template includes saving the symbology of the user layers. Change the symbology using the properties window of the layer.
- Move up
  Moves the layer up in the list of layers on the map.
- Move down
  Moves the layer down in the list of layers on the map.
- Hide
  Hides a configured feature layer.
- Zoom to layer
  Zooms to the selected layer.
- Reset symbology
  Resets the saved symbology of the layer for either workspace or private user settings.
- Set as default symbology
  Saves the current layer symbology as default symbology. Choose between saving to workspace (affects all users) or private user settings.
  The symbology can be changed using the Properties window when selecting the layer in the legend control.
- Properties
  Show the properties window for the selected layer.
  The legend control now also supports changing Layer symbology using the Properties view of the layer.
Properties

The Properties view shows the properties of the layers selected in the legend control.
In scenario mode, the Properties view will show the properties of model objects associated with the selected feature for the current scenario.
In scenario mode, the properties of a model object can be changed so that simulations will use the specified properties.

Available properties and which properties can be changed is fixed and specified by the current version of the model adapter.
Statistics
The Statistics window shows statistics results from analysis performed with R-Statistics.
Refer to the section about configuring Statistics on a feature type.
Two different types of statistics can be shown in the statistics window:
- Skill Scores
  
  Displays the skill score results in a table.
- Goodness of Fit
  
  Goodness of Fit measures are displayed in a chart.