Edit Menu for Data Windows

When the active window is a Powerflow Data table, the Edit menu appears with the following items.

Undo Reverses the last change made in a data table (or property dialog) or a diagram. Repeated selection of this command reverses previous changes in sequence. The menu items toggles between Undo Data Change and Undo SLD Change depending on whether the change was made in a data table or in a diagram.

Redo Reapplies the last change that was undone by Undo command. Repeated selection of this command reapplies previous Undone commands in sequence. The menu items toggles between Redo Data Change and Redo SLD Change depending on whether the change applies to a data table or a diagram.

Insert New Row Adds a new component to the powerflow data by adding a new row in the selected table. For example, when the active window is AC Bus table, this command adds a new bus to the data. The Property dialog appears to view and modify the data items of the added component. When adding other components, a dialog appears first to select the bus where the new component will be added.

Duplicate Row Adds a new component to the powerflow data by copying a selected row (where the cursor is) in the table to a new row. In the case of duplicating AC buses, a new number and name is given to the new bus and the other data items are copied from the selected bus. In the case of other components, first a dialog appears to select the bus where the new component will be added, then other data of the selected row is copied to the new row.

Delete Row Deletes the selected row (where the cursor is) from the active table and removes the component from the powerflow data.

Property Dialog… Opens the property dialog, showing data items of the component in the selected row (where the cursor is) of the table. The shortcut for this command is double click on a row in data tables. Double click on the row number or a regular cell (e.g. Generator ID) opens the property dialog of the component in that row. Double click on an external cell (e.g. Generator Bus Number) opens the property dialog of the component corresponding to that cell (the AC bus in this example).

Edit Bus Connections… When a row (bus) is selected in the AC Bus table, this command opens the “Bus Connections” dialog where components can be added, deleted or modified at a selected bus.

Sectionalize… When a row of a regular branch is selected in the Line, Transformer or Series Compensator tables, this command first opens the “Select Branch” dialog where you can select a line, transformer or series compensator branch type to be added in series with the selected branch. Then, the “Sectional Branch” dialog appears where you can modify, add and delete sections of this new sectional branch.

Sectional Branch Properties… When a row of a sectional branch is selected in the Line, Transformer or Series Compensator tables, this command opens the “Sectional Branch” dialog where you can modify, add and delete sections of the selected sectional branch.

Save to Text file… Opens the “Save as” window to select a file and save the contents of the active table in that file in text (comma separated) format.

Save to Excel file… Opens the “Save as” window to select a file and save the contents of the active table in that file in Excel format. Depending on the version of Excel installed on your computer, you can select to save as either the older .xls format or the newer .xlsx format using the file type dropdown of the save dialog.

Save to Clipboard Copies the contents of the active table to the clipboard in text (tab separated) format.

Data Manipulation Opens Data Manipulation Submenu to manipulate data in the selected table.

7.5.1 Data Manipulation Submenu

When the active window is a Powerflow Data table, the Data Manipulation submenu of the Edit menu contains the following items. Refer to section 10 for more details on each item.

Reassign Zone… When the active window is the AC Bus Table, this command opens the “Set Zone” dialog to select an existing zone or create a new zone, and change the zone of all the buses in the AC Bus Table to the selected zone.

Reassign Area… When the active window is the AC Bus Table, this command opens the “Set Area” dialog to select an existing area or create a new area, and change the area of all the buses in the AC Bus Table to the selected area.

Scale MW Generation … When the active window is the Generator Table, this command opens the “Scale MW Generation” dialog to scale the MW output of all the generators in the Generator Table by a factor or scale them to a new value.

Scale Load … When the active window is the Load Table, this command opens the “Scale Load” dialog to scale all the loads in the Load Table by a factor or scale them to a new value.

Scale MVAr Load … When the active window is the Load Table, this command opens the “Scale MVAr Load” dialog to scale the reactive part of all the loads in the Load Table by a factor or scale them to a new value.

Scale Fixed Shunt … When the active window is the Fixed Shunt Table, this command opens the “Scale Fixed Shunt” dialog to scale the conductance, capacitance and/or inductance of all the shunts in the Fixed Shunt Table by a factor or scale them to a new value.

Covert Load Model… When the active window is the Load Table, this command opens the “Convert Load Model” dialog to convert all the loads in the Load Table to a new combination of 1 to 5 components where each component can have one of the existing models (constant power, constant current, etc.).

Delete Out-Of-Service When the active window is the Generator Table, Switchable Shunt Table, etc., this command deleted all out-of-service components in the table.