Creating a Variable Using D3PLOT

Creating a variable using D3PLOT

The Objects floating menu allows you to define values to be returned to REPORTER as variables by pressing the Variables button (see Using capture to create a D3PLOT object), which launches the Variables floating menu. Variables are limited to the maximum and minimum values displayed on the lefthand side of the D3PLOT window with the corresponding entity type and entity id as additional variables that can be selected if required. Note that variables will only be available for selection in this panel if max/min values are set to be shown in the Data Panel and the plot is a data plot.

To create a variable first select the window containing the required value using the drop-down menu, then select the correct model using the drop-down menu. The variable type can be selected from the Variable Type drop-down menu. Default names and descriptions are then created for the value variable and the corresponding entity id and entity type variables. By default the entity id and entity type variables are not exported to REPORTER. To export them tick the appropriate box. The variable names and descriptions can be edited and the variable name can also be selected using the drop-down menu, which contains a list of the user-defined variables in REPORTER.

You should note that although the variables menu will prevent variable names being duplicated within a single D3PLOT session, care should be taken to avoid duplicating variable names across more than one D3PLOT session as REPORTER will only hold a single value for each variable name.