Editing an Annual Profile

The dialogue displaying the attributes of a project annual profile is shown in Figure 5. This dialogue appears when an annual profile is selected for editing by means of a double click or the Edit button. It displays the properties of a monthly profile and allows them to be edited.

Figure 5 Editing an annual profile

An annual profile is defined when different weekly profiles are needed for different times of the year (remember that weekly profiles used directly are assumed to repeat throughout the year).

The attributes of the annual profile are:

· Description: A description of the profile in words.

· ID: A unique identifier assigned to the profile when it is created. The ID may be edited on creation of the profile, but not thereafter.

· Modulating/Absolute: The type of profile, selected with a radio button when the annual profile is created. A Modulating profile specifies a time-varying value in the range 0 - 1, and is used to modulate an input parameter or as a control switch. An absolute profile specifies a time-varying physical variable such as temperature. An annual profile may only reference weekly profiles of the same type.

· Weeky profiles: This column displays a weekly profile for each entry. Selecting a weekly profile in the table and clicking the Weekly Profile button displays its attributes, but they may not be edited here.

· End month and End day: These columns display the end date for each entry. These dates must increase down the table. The start date for the first entry is always January 1^st. The start date for subsequent entries is one day later than the end date of the previous entry. The end date of the final entry must be set to December 31^st.

Buttons provide the following functions:

· Add: adds another entry to the end of the table.

· Insert: inserts another entry at the current row in the table.

· Remove: removes the current entry from the table.

· Save: closes the dialogue and saves any edits.

· Cancel: closes the dialogue and discards any edits.

· Help: provides help on editing monthly profiles.