Settings



This section includes Analyst settings that can be modified according to user needs. Analyst stores all your personalized settings in its configuration file on your hard disk. These include, e.g., visual appearance of plots, flag colors and description, and many other properties controlling the behavior and look of Analyst.

General

General - general settings

 

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Component

Description

HTTPS proxy

Custom https proxy that overrides connection to the internet. Often used for securing internal networks.

Custom hostname

Custom device name

Log level

Threshold for logging application logs into log file. 0 for no logs, 100 for all logs.

Working directory

Sets default working directory

Browse

Opens Browse dialog for setting up working directory

Database connection timeout

Sets waiting time for connection. After the time has passed, the database is marked as disconnected

Cache memory timeout

Sets time for storing data in cache memory. After timeout data are deleted from cache memory.

Solar geometry

Choose which algorithm to use for solar geometry calculations

Startup

Sets starting project after abortion "Getting started" dialog or their disabling. Options: Open last project - open last opened project; Open blank project - open empty project

Show "Getting started" dialog

Allows displaying "Getting started" dialog when Analyst starts

Restore Defaults

Set predefined (factory) settings

Save

Save changes

Close

Close dialog

Flags

Flags - flags settings; add, remove or edit flags

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Component

Description

Add

Add new flag to global flag scheme. It is possible to add only flag values bigger than 56.

Remove

Remove flag from global flag scheme. It is possible to remove only flag values bigger than 56.

Restore Defaults

Set predefined (factory) settings for flag scheme.

Table with flags

Default flag scheme with number, color, validity and description. User is able to edit all of the properties for flags bigger than 55, and color for default flags.

Graphs

Graphs - graphic settings

Component

Description

X label size

Set the label size for the x-axis.

Y label size

Set the label size for the y-axis.

Tick label size

Set the tick label size for both axes.

Line width

Set the width of lines in plots

Marker style (plot)

Set the line marker style

Marker width (plot)

Set the width of line marker

Marker style (scatterplot)

Set the scatterplot marker style

Marker width (scatterplot)

Set the width of scatterplot marker

Colormap

Set the color ramp for heatmap plots

Modules

Modules - specific module settings

Component

Description

Methodology

Set the methodology for automatic quality control of irradiance data.

Show solar radiation columns at start

When opening interactive quality control, all irradiance columns are checked and plotted.

Check flags at start

Sets which flags should be checked when opening interactive quality control.

Scale graphs when redraw

If checked, time series graphs in Visualize module will be scaled to min/max values after each redraw.

Check first column at start

If checked, first column of first dataset is plotted when opening Visualize module.

 

Instruments

Instruments - table of most common instruments, with possibility to add new ones.

Component

Description

Component

Description

Filter

Filter table by input. Filtering is performed on all of the columns at once.

Table

Table of default and custom instruments with parameter type, instrument name, manufacturer, uncertainity and instruments class columns.

Add

Add instrument at the bottom of the table.

Remove

Remove instrument from table. Only added instruments can be removed.

 

Palette

Pallete - visual setting for parameters for better visual experience

Component

Description

Component

Description

Parameter

Parameter type for which line width, opacity and colors options will be applied in plots.

Line width

Set the line width in points.

Opacity

Set the alpha value used for blending. Opacity could be within range 0.3 - 1.

1/2/3 color

Set the first/second/third color of line in plots. Color can be changed by clicking on specific color button.

Restore defaults

Restore default parameters. Leaves added ones.

Add parameter

Add new parameter with options.

Add column

Add new color column for all parameters.

Clear Caches

Releases cache memories.