Storm Management Storm Administration Environment
Upon completion of a storm (that is, all of the control zones belonging to the storm have been transitioned back to the non-storm mode of operation), authorized users can change completed storm data with Storm Management's Administration window. Users can view completed storm records and make changes to the control zone, storm type, storm level, beginning and ending dates of the storm, and define an excludable period for the storm (portion of a storm that can be excluded when reporting reliability metrics).
You can open the Administration window by clicking the Storm Management icon found under the appropriate program group in your Windows Start Menu, or by double clicking the Storm Management icon on your desktop (depending upon how it was installed). The Storm Management Login window will appear.
Login with a User Type of "Storm Administration" to proceed to the Administration window.
Administration Environment User Interface Features
Administration Menus
The Storm Administration environment provides the following menus:
Administration System Menu
The options in the System menu are available at all times. The following table describes the System Menu options.
Administration Help Menu
The Help menu provides links to online help content for Storm Management and information about the application, including release version and the Web Gateway that the application is using.
Administration Logout Menu
Provides the User Logout option. If you try to exit the window while there are unsaved changes in the table, a dialog box prompts you to save changes. Click Yes to save the changes in the table and exits the window. Click No to discard the changes in the table and exits the window. The Cancel button closes the dialog box without altering the changes in the table or exiting the window.
Storm Administration Table
The Storm Administration table displays the following fields and buttons:
• The Storm Name column contains the name of the storm as defined in the Start Storm dialog box. This field is not editable.
• The Zone column contains the name of the control zone affected by this storm. Unless explicitly defined elsewhere in the table, all of the children of the control zone are considered part of this storm as well.
• The Special Condition column contains the storm type indicating a predefined condition of the storm, as defined in the Start Storm dialog box.
• The Start Date column contains the date and time when the storm began in the zone, as defined in the Start Storm dialog box.
• The End Date column contains the date and time when the storm ended in the zone, as defined in the End Storm dialog box.
• The Storm Level column indicates the severity of the storm, as defined in the Start Storm dialog box.
• The Excludable Period Start Date column contains the start date and time of the portion of the storm that can be excluded when reporting reliability metrics.
• The Excludable Period End Date column contains the end date and time of the portion of the storm that can be excluded when reporting reliability metrics.
• The Excludable Period Comment column contains the comments for this excludable period.
Printing the Storm Administration Table
To print the contents of the Storm Administration table, complete these steps:
1. Do one of the following:
• Click the Print Preview button on the toolbar, or
• Select Print... option from the System menu. The Print Preview dialog box opens.
2. Adjust the scale, orientation, and page setup as desired.
3. Click the Print button to print the pages. The Print Preview dialog box disappears and the print output appears at your selected printer.
Editing Storm Records
The Storm Administration window has many of the same editing capabilities as Storm Management's Crew Information table. The behavior of the editable field depends on the type of data in the field. When you right‑click in a row, the context menu provides the following options:
• The Cut Row option removes the selected row from the table. You can paste the removed row back into the table with the Paste option. The row stays available for pasting until a new row is copied or cut from the table.
• The Copy Row option copies the selected row, enabling you to paste it into the table with the Paste option. The selected row that was copied remains in the table.
• The Paste Row option inserts the copied or cut row into the table.
• The Delete Row option removes the selected row from the table. The removed row cannot be pasted back into the table. To undo a deletion, you must select the Revert Changes option from the System menu to restore the table to its last saved state.
Example
The steps below show an example of how you can add new data to the Storm Administration window:
1. Select the row in the table that pertains to the storm whose data you want to change.
2. Copy the row and paste it in the table using the right-click menu.
3. Click in the Zone, Start Date, or End Date column. A cursor appears and you can enter new data.
4. Click in the Special Condition or Storm Level column. A drop-down list appears with a list of eligible choices for you to select from.
5. Click the Save button to keep the changes. Storm Management validates the entries. If any of the following conditions is true, an error dialog box appears and changes are not saved:
• A storm has multiple entries for the same control zone.
• An invalid Start Date or End Date is entered (that is, Start Date is later than End Date or End Date is earlier than Start Date).
• A storm has both an entry for a parent control zone and child control zone where the parent zone's Start Date is earlier than the child zone's Start Date. (Having both a parent and child control zone entry for the same storm with different Start Dates would indicate that the child zone was placed into storm mode within Storm Management first, and then later the parent zone was placed into storm mode within Storm Management. The parent zone entry would have to be removed and replaced with entries for each child zone if it's desired to record that one of the children had a later Start Date than the rest of the zones within that parent.).
• A storm has both an entry for a parent control zone and child control zone where the parent zone's End Date is earlier than the child zone's End Date. (Having both a parent and child control zone entry with different End Dates for the same storm would indicate that the child zone was placed back into non-storm mode within Storm Management first, and then later the parent zone was placed into non-storm mode within Storm Management. The parent zone entry would have to be removed and replaced with entries for each child zone if it's desired to record that one of the children had a later End Date than the rest of the zones within that parent.)
Excludable Period Dialog
Excludable Period Dialog allows you to set or clear excludable period for multiple records that are part of the same storm.
The excludable period is the portion of a storm that can be excluded when reporting reliability metrics.
• The Period Start date entry field allows you to enter the excludable period start date. When the dialog box is opened, this field is populated with the excludable period start date for the selected record. If excludable period is not set, the field is populated with the storm start date.
• The storm start date reset button resets the Period Start field to the storm start date.
• The Period End date entry field allows you to enter the excludable period end date. When the dialog box is opened, this field is populated with the excludable period end date for the selected record. If the excludable period is not set, the field is populated with the storm end date.
• The storm end date button resets the Period End field to the storm end date.
• The Comment text area allows you to enter an optional comment for the excludable period.
• The Set button sets the excludable period for the selected storm record and all the records in the child control zones for the same storm. The dialog box closes when this button is clicked.
• The Clear button clears the excludable period for the selected storm record and all the records in the child control zones for the same storm. The dialog box closes when this button is clicked and any data entered in the dialog box is discarded.
• The Help... button opens the help page for this dialog box.
• The Cancel button closes the dialog box without making any changes.