Explorer

When you create a study or open an existing study, it will appear in the Explorer. The Explorer provides you with an organized, step-by-step guide, to create a study and learn about the system under investigation. From the Explorer, you can review study details, identify batch commands, setup your study, add approaches, and access the Explorer context menu.

Throughout the study, each step will display one of the following status checkboxes:

	An empty checkbox indicates that this is the next step that needs to be completed.
	A white check mark indicates that you can proceed on to the next step in the study. This step may have an optional work button to perform tasks such as: Evaluate Expressions, Launch Post Processing and Create Report.
	A green check mark indicates that the step has been completed.
	A red X indicates that an action in this step is not yet allowed.
	A yellow caution sign is a warning of possible changes in the step since it was first performed.

The Explorer consists of the following sections:

The first section in the Explorer is Study. In this section, review study details and approaches, and identify batch commands.

The second section in the Explorer is Setup. In this section, define your model, input variables, and output responses. When setting up your Study, each step must be completed before progressing on to the next step.

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The third section in the Explorer is the approaches. Once the study Setup is complete, an unlimited combination of approaches (DOE, Fit, Optimization and Stochastic) can be added.

Add an approach by right-clicking in the Explorer and selecting Add Approach from the context menu. For step-by-step instruction on how to add approaches, see Add an Approach.

Note: A Fit approach can only be added once a DOE, Optimization, or Stochastic approach is completed.

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Approaches can be manipulated from within the Explorer using the context menu. Access the context menu by right-clicking in the Explorer.

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Aside from being able to add approaches, the Explorer context sensitive menu offers the following features:

•	Remove Approach

remove an approach from the study. For step by step instructions on how to remove an approach to go Delete an Approach.

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Copy

copy an approach that you previously added to the study. For step by step instructions on how to copy an approach go to Copy an Approach and Add as New.

•	Sort Approaches By

sort all of the approaches in your study based on the following: Label, Time Created, Type and Varname.

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Go To

navigate through your study and go to the study Directory View from the study Explorer.

For example, when you right-click on an approach and select Go to > Study Directory view; the corresponding folder in the study Directory will be displayed.

•	Collapse All

collapse your study setup and approaches all at once.

•	Expand All

expand your study setup and approaches all at once.