Self Managed Display (Complete Flexibility) - Revision history

EmoryFerguson at 19:54, 27 July 2017

2017-07-27T19:54:21Z

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	This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.		This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.

	[[File:Fullset1.png\|~~center~~\|~~Fullset1.png~~]]		[[File:Fullset1.png\|frame\|right\|Full Variable/Parameter Selection Window]]

	When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.		When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.
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	After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:		After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:

	[[File:Fullset2.png\|~~center~~\|~~Fullset2.png~~]]		[[File:Fullset2.png\|frame\|right\|Geographical unit selection window]]

	You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.		You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.
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	Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs. Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:		Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs. Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:

	[[File:Varsearch1.png\|center\|~~Varsearch1.png~~]]		[[File:Varsearch1.png\|frame\|center\|Variable Search Window]]

	Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:		Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:
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	Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:		Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:

	[[File:Selfmanaged1.png\|center\|~~Selfmanaged1.png~~]]		[[File:Selfmanaged1.png\|frame\|center\|Validation Graph Example]]

	Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.		Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.
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	Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:		Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:

	[[File:Selfmanaged2.png\|center\|~~Selfmanaged2.png~~]]		[[File:Selfmanaged2.png\|frame\|center\|Flexible Display Window Example]]

EmoryFerguson at 20:49, 20 July 2017

2017-07-20T20:49:13Z

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	This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.		This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.

	[[File:Fullset1.png\|center]]		[[File:Fullset1.png\|center\|Fullset1.png]]

	When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.		When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.
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	After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:		After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:

	[[File:Fullset2.png\|center]]		[[File:Fullset2.png\|center\|Fullset2.png]]

	You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.		You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.
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	Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs. Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:		Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs. Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:

	[[File:Varsearch1.png\|center]]		[[File:Varsearch1.png\|center\|Varsearch1.png]]

	Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:		Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:
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	[[Repeated_Features#Define,_Drivers,_Explain,_View_Equations,_View_Code,_and_Delete\|Define; Block Diagram; Equations; Linkages]]		[[Repeated_Features#Define,_Drivers,_Explain,_View_Equations,_View_Code,_and_Delete\|Define; Block Diagram; Equations; Linkages]]

	== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Display Options for Self-Managed Display</span> ==		= <span style="font-size:xx-large;">Display Options for Self-Managed Display</span> =

	After you have chosen the variables/parameters you would like to display on the Self-Managed Display (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) form, click on the Go to Display option. This will bring up the Display Menu window. This window is important and useful for a number of reasons. An especially important function is Select Names/Full Set option and sub-option, allowing return to the previous screen for selection of more variables for display. Most users will use this screen for creating graphs or tables of their information. The information below helps you walk through those steps.		After you have chosen the variables/parameters you would like to display on the Self-Managed Display (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) form, click on the Go to Display option. This will bring up the Display Menu window. This window is important and useful for a number of reasons. An especially important function is Select Names/Full Set option and sub-option, allowing return to the previous screen for selection of more variables for display. Most users will use this screen for creating graphs or tables of their information. The information below helps you walk through those steps.
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	'''Regional Displays''': This feature allows users to display their data in map form, calculate the Gini Coefficient or display a Lorenz Curve (for a single variable like GDP across all countries/regions).		'''Regional Displays''': This feature allows users to display their data in map form, calculate the Gini Coefficient or display a Lorenz Curve (for a single variable like GDP across all countries/regions).

	== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Validation</span> ==		= <span style="font-size:xx-large;">Validation</span> =

	Many users will be interested in validating the IFs model. One approach to validation is the process of examining how well a model's historical forecasts compare with actual empirical data. Such comparison can be done through specific display features in the Self-Managed Display. It should be emphasized that there will be many discrepancies between historical forecasts with IFs and data for several reasons including: (1) a model run over 50 years without any correction processes (often historical analysis with models correct every year before proceeding to the next, which we do not do) will inevitably result in drift of forecasted variables from data; (2) in the years of the historical run there were many shocks to the global system (such as the energy crises of the 1970s, the movement of China to market economics and its introduction of a one-child policy; the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe) that IFs could not have anticipated. This reality should, of course, give us much humility in our forecasting of coming years.		Many users will be interested in validating the IFs model. One approach to validation is the process of examining how well a model's historical forecasts compare with actual empirical data. Such comparison can be done through specific display features in the Self-Managed Display. It should be emphasized that there will be many discrepancies between historical forecasts with IFs and data for several reasons including: (1) a model run over 50 years without any correction processes (often historical analysis with models correct every year before proceeding to the next, which we do not do) will inevitably result in drift of forecasted variables from data; (2) in the years of the historical run there were many shocks to the global system (such as the energy crises of the 1970s, the movement of China to market economics and its introduction of a one-child policy; the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe) that IFs could not have anticipated. This reality should, of course, give us much humility in our forecasting of coming years.
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	Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:		Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:

	[[File:Selfmanaged1.png\|center]]		[[File:Selfmanaged1.png\|center\|Selfmanaged1.png]]

	Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.		Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.
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	Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:		Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:

	[[File:Selfmanaged2.png\|center]]		[[File:Selfmanaged2.png\|center\|Selfmanaged2.png]]

EmoryFerguson at 20:44, 20 July 2017

2017-07-20T20:44:29Z

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	= Self Managed Full Set of Variables/Parameters Display =		= <span style="font-size:xx-large;">Self Managed Full Set of Variables/Parameters Display</span> =

	== Self Managed Display Overview  ==		== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Self Managed Display Overview</span>  ==

	The Self Managed Display, with Full Variable/Parameter Selection capability, is an option under Display on the Main Menu of IFs.		The Self Managed Display, with Full Variable/Parameter Selection capability, is an option under Display on the Main Menu of IFs.
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	This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.		This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.

	[[File:Fullset1.png\|~~RTENOTITLE~~]]		[[File:Fullset1.png\|center]]

	When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.		When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.
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	After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:		After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:

	[[File:Fullset2.png\|~~RTENOTITLE~~]]		[[File:Fullset2.png\|center]]

	You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.		You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.
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	Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs. Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:		Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs. Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:

	[[File:Varsearch1.png\|~~RTENOTITLE~~]]		[[File:Varsearch1.png\|center]]

			Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:

	'''Type Variable Name and Search''': In the top box, type in a variable name (or a concept of interest to you) and click Search. This will bring up any variable/parameter that has your search term in its name or definition.		'''Type Variable Name and Search''': In the top box, type in a variable name (or a concept of interest to you) and click Search. This will bring up any variable/parameter that has your search term in its name or definition.
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	[[Repeated_Features#Define,_Drivers,_Explain,_View_Equations,_View_Code,_and_Delete\|Define; Block Diagram; Equations; Linkages]]		[[Repeated_Features#Define,_Drivers,_Explain,_View_Equations,_View_Code,_and_Delete\|Define; Block Diagram; Equations; Linkages]]

	= <span style="font-size:x-large;">Display Options for Self-Managed Display</span> =		== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Display Options for Self-Managed Display</span> ==

	After you have chosen the variables/parameters you would like to display on the Self-Managed Display (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) form, click on the Go to Display option. This will bring up the Display Menu window. This window is important and useful for a number of reasons. An especially important function is Select Names/Full Set option and sub-option, allowing return to the previous screen for selection of more variables for display. Most users will use this screen for creating graphs or tables of their information. The information below helps you walk through those steps.		After you have chosen the variables/parameters you would like to display on the Self-Managed Display (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) form, click on the Go to Display option. This will bring up the Display Menu window. This window is important and useful for a number of reasons. An especially important function is Select Names/Full Set option and sub-option, allowing return to the previous screen for selection of more variables for display. Most users will use this screen for creating graphs or tables of their information. The information below helps you walk through those steps.
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	'''Horizon''': This Display feature allows users to alter the time horizon for which they would like to display.		'''Horizon''': This Display feature allows users to alter the time horizon for which they would like to display.

	'''Display/Run Horizon''': This allows users to select the time horizon they would like to display.		*'''Display/Run Horizon''': This allows users to select the time horizon they would like to display.
			*'''Run File Horizon Choice (With Multiple File Use)''': When users are using multiple files, this option allows displays to be either of the shortest time horizon among the files being used or the longest time horizon.
	'''Run File Horizon Choice (With Multiple File Use)''': When users are using multiple files, this option allows displays to be either of the shortest time horizon among the files being used or the longest time horizon.

	'''Regional Displays''': This feature allows users to display their data in map form, calculate the Gini Coefficient or display a Lorenz Curve (for a single variable like GDP across all countries/regions).		'''Regional Displays''': This feature allows users to display their data in map form, calculate the Gini Coefficient or display a Lorenz Curve (for a single variable like GDP across all countries/regions).

	= Validation =		== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Validation</span> ==

	Many users will be interested in validating the IFs model. One approach to validation is the process of examining how well a model's historical forecasts compare with actual empirical data. Such comparison can be done through specific display features in the Self-Managed Display. It should be emphasized that there will be many discrepancies between historical forecasts with IFs and data for several reasons including: (1) a model run over 50 years without any correction processes (often historical analysis with models correct every year before proceeding to the next, which we do not do) will inevitably result in drift of forecasted variables from data; (2) in the years of the historical run there were many shocks to the global system (such as the energy crises of the 1970s, the movement of China to market economics and its introduction of a one-child policy; the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe) that IFs could not have anticipated. This reality should, of course, give us much humility in our forecasting of coming years.		Many users will be interested in validating the IFs model. One approach to validation is the process of examining how well a model's historical forecasts compare with actual empirical data. Such comparison can be done through specific display features in the Self-Managed Display. It should be emphasized that there will be many discrepancies between historical forecasts with IFs and data for several reasons including: (1) a model run over 50 years without any correction processes (often historical analysis with models correct every year before proceeding to the next, which we do not do) will inevitably result in drift of forecasted variables from data; (2) in the years of the historical run there were many shocks to the global system (such as the energy crises of the 1970s, the movement of China to market economics and its introduction of a one-child policy; the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe) that IFs could not have anticipated. This reality should, of course, give us much humility in our forecasting of coming years.
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	Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:		Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:

	[[File:Selfmanaged1.png\|~~RTENOTITLE~~]]		[[File:Selfmanaged1.png\|center]]

	Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.		Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.
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	Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:		Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:

	[[File:Selfmanaged2.png\|~~RTENOTITLE~~]]		[[File:Selfmanaged2.png\|center]]

EmoryFerguson at 20:23, 20 July 2017

2017-07-20T20:23:54Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:23, 20 July 2017
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	This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.		This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.

	[[File:Fullset1.png]]		[[File:Fullset1.png\|RTENOTITLE]]

	When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.		When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.
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	After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:		After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:

	~~<span style="font-size:large;"></span>~~[[File:Fullset2.png]]		[[File:Fullset2.png\|RTENOTITLE]]

	You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.		You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.
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	Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:		Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:

	[[File:Selfmanaged1.png]]		[[File:Selfmanaged1.png\|RTENOTITLE]]

	Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.		Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.
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	Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:		Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:

	[[File:Selfmanaged2.png]]		[[File:Selfmanaged2.png\|RTENOTITLE]]

CamrynDreyer at 19:57, 20 July 2017

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	Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:		Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:

	~~IMAGE ~~[~~http~~:~~//www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation~~.~~html~~]		[[File:Selfmanaged1.png]]

	Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.		Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.
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	Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:		Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:

	~~IMAGE ~~[~~http~~:~~//www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation~~.~~html~~]		[[File:Selfmanaged2.png]]

CamrynDreyer at 19:55, 20 July 2017

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	== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Variable Search</span> ==		== <span style="font-size:x-large;">Variable Search</span> ==

	Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs.		Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs. Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:
	~~[[File:Varsearch1.png]]<br/>~~
	Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:		[[File:Varsearch1.png\|RTENOTITLE]]

	'''Type Variable Name and Search''': In the top box, type in a variable name (or a concept of interest to you) and click Search. This will bring up any variable/parameter that has your search term in its name or definition.		'''Type Variable Name and Search''': In the top box, type in a variable name (or a concept of interest to you) and click Search. This will bring up any variable/parameter that has your search term in its name or definition.

CamrynDreyer at 19:54, 20 July 2017

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	Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs.		Sometimes it is difficult to find your variable in the [[Self_Managed_Display_(Complete_Flexibility)#Type_Name_Box\|Type Name Box]] because it may be obscure, or labeled in a way that is unfamiliar to you. If you are having a hard time finding what you are looking for, the best option is to open the Variable Search feature. This will search through brief definitions of all of the variables and parameters used in IFs.
			[[File:Varsearch1.png]]<br/>
	~~<span style="font-size~~:~~large;">IMAGE~~</~~span~~>~~ [http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/search.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/search.html]~~

	Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:		Selecting this option will bring up a new window as displayed above. From this window you can accomplish the following:

CamrynDreyer at 19:52, 20 July 2017

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	The Self Managed Display, with Full Variable/Parameter Selection capability, is an option under Display on the Main Menu of IFs.		The Self Managed Display, with Full Variable/Parameter Selection capability, is an option under Display on the Main Menu of IFs.

	This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.~~<span style="font-size:large;"></span>~~		This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.

	~~<span style="font-size:large;">IMAGE</span>~~ [~~http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview.html http~~:~~//www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview~~.~~html~~]		[[File:Fullset1.png]]

	When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.		When you access the Self-Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display you will see a menu and three boxes: the Type Name Box, the Files Available for Display Box, and the Show a Subset of Names Box. Just below the menu and above the Type Name Box are radio buttons with geography options. These can all be seen in the screen-shot above.
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	After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:		After you have loaded the variable or parameter of your choosing, you will be prompted to select a geographical unit. Click on the geographical unit of your choosing and your variable/parameter will appear in a new fourth box: Status Box for Display. For example, if you selected GDP for France using the Working File based on the IFsBase.run file, it will appear as the following:

	<span style="font-size:large;">~~IMAGE~~</span> [~~http~~:~~//www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview~~.~~html~~]		<span style="font-size:large;"></span>[[File:Fullset2.png]]

	You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.		You have the ability to choose geographic units in IFs that are structured as country/regions, groups, decomposed groups, or geography-lists. The default setting is country/region. There are four radio buttons located above the Type Name Box that allow you to choose the geographic category that you would like.

CamrynDreyer at 19:50, 20 July 2017

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	The Self Managed Display, with Full Variable/Parameter Selection capability, is an option under Display on the Main Menu of IFs.		The Self Managed Display, with Full Variable/Parameter Selection capability, is an option under Display on the Main Menu of IFs.

	This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.		This is the form that gives you the most flexibility for choosing and formatting your displays. From this feature of IFs, it is possible to choose any variable or parameter for display from any run file for any geographic unit. It is also possible to open up the historic data set that underpins the functionality of IFs in order to create historical plus forecast displays or export that data into Excel. This is also the form that gives users access to historical runs of the model, those that start in 1960 rather than the normal base year. There is a learning curve for the use of Self Managed (Full Set of Variables/Parameters) Display, but going up that curve will prove a useful investment of time.<span style="font-size:large;"></span>

	<span style="font-size:large;">IMAGE</span> [http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview.html]		<span style="font-size:large;">IMAGE</span> [http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/fullset/overview.html]

CamrynDreyer at 14:09, 19 July 2017

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	Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:		Click on Go to Display, Graph and then Line to see the degree to which historical forecasts parallel empirical data. What you produce may look similar to the graph produced below:

	IMAGE http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html		IMAGE [http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html]

	Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.		Another opportunity for validating the IFs model also involves opening the IFsBaseHist option from the Self Managed (Full Variable/Parameter Selection) Display. After that file has been opened, Continue back to the main menu of IFs and click on the Display menu. From there, two display features have validation options.
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	Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:		Below is a screenshot taken from Flexible Displays after IFsBaseHist has been opened. If you highlight the Historic Comp Economy category, for instance, all pre-packaged displays comparing historical forecasts and empirical data under Economy are shown in the Displays box in the middle:

	IMAGE http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html		IMAGE [http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html http://www.du.edu/ifs/help/use-online/display/selfmanaged/validation.html]