Save and Compare Results

How to save results data?

In many cases you can find a Save Data dialog similar to the Load Data dialog. The Save Data dialog page consists of three parts. In the first part you enter the details of the element to be created, while in the second part you see an overview of the existing datasets.

The first part consists of a widget to enter the Name and the Description.

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The length of the name must be less than 64 characters. We recommend keeping it short, but still provide some useful information in the name. Furthermore, use the description in order to provide more details, so that the next time you see this name and this description, you know what it is about.

The middle part of the screen shows all the existing datasets. The purpose of showing these is two-fold:

  • It helps you to see which names have been already used.

  • It helps you to keep up a certain naming structure.

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The last parts is a series of buttons that allow for some export related actions:

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Download Solution

The first button is Download Solution which can be used to download the results. The behavior of this buttons depends on the situation, this behavior has changed in version 24.5.1:

  • If multiple results datasets are being compared, a single file with the data of all these results datasets will be created. The name of the results dataset will be the value of the (new) column “Results”.

  • If only one dataset is loaded and a “Result Name” is specified, a single file with the data of the current dataset will be created and the specified name will be the value for the (new) column “Results”.

  • In all other cases, an Excel file will be generated that does not have the (new) column “Results”.

Download E2E Report

The next button is Download E2E Report which can be used to download the E2E Report. Normally the E2E report is included in the Excel file that is downloaded via Download Solution. However, Excel has a limit of about 1 million rows and if we have more than 1 million rows, the E2E report is not included, but can be downloaded separately as .csv via this button.

Export To Database/Export To Data Lake

The next checkbox Export To Database/Export To Data Lake can be used to indicate if the results need to be stored in the database/data lake. Every time you save the results, an element in this list is created, together with a binary file containing all the data, which can be loaded back. However, if you want make these results available outside the application in the database or data lake, you will need to check this box.

Results visible to everyone

The last checkbox Results visible to everyone can be used to indicate that other users should be able to load the results you are about to create.

This page discusses the functionality which allows to save and then compare different result data in the application.

You can compare results from the status bar as follows:

  1. Load the first dataset using the action Load Data Dialog

  2. Optimize

  3. Save Result data by clicking on the page actions icon help icon

  4. Load the second dataset

  5. Optimize

  6. Save Result data by clicking on the page actions icon help icon

  7. Click on the Result Data button on the status bar

  8. For the first scenario choose the Select Compare option and for the second choose the Select Active option

  9. Now the second scenario will be the active scenario and the first scenario is compared to it

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How to Compare

On the Results page (opened from the Results Data on the Status Bar), you can tick the Select Reference Map column to visualize the results not only the active scenario, but also for the reference case:

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On the KPI Summary dialog page (which is reachable from the Status Bar), you can compare the results of the two scenarios.

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After you have selected the active scenario and the scenario to compare, you can review the input data on the Data pages for both scenarios, while the results for the two scenarios can be seen on the Results pages.

For example, on the Supplier Data page you can compare the supplier related input data and you can also modify the Active scenario input data.

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Another example is the Production Results page, where you can overview the production related data for all scenarios:

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If you have already selected some scenarios, but you want to select new ones, then the Scenario Overview dialog page can be opened from Results Data button on the Status Bar.

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Here you can review the scenarios which are currently saved in the database.

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By clicking the checkbox in the Select Compare column, you can select the scenarios which you want to compare. By clicking the checked checkbox in the Select Compare column, you can deselect the scenarios which you want to remove from the comparison.