InfoWater Control Center

The InfoWater Control Center is a collection of toolbar buttons that are used to access commonly used InfoWater commands. The Control Center may be invoked from ArcMap by using the ArcMap Toolbars command under the View menu or by right clicking on any portion of the Toolbar Area of the ArcMap user interface.

You may move the Control Center to any location on the screen. Additionally, you may dock the Control Center to the top or sides of the InfoWater display window. To do so, place the cursor in the background area (not on a button) in the Control Center, hold the cursor down, and drag the Control Center to the desired location.  

• InfoWater Main Menu - All the InfoWater menu commands can be accessed through the InfoWater menu. 

• Initialize Project - Use this button to initialize an InfoWater project. In order to access the InfoWater commands and features it is necessary to initialize InfoWater as the first step after loading an existing project or creating an new model project.

• Scenario Explorer - The Scenario Explorer is where InfoWater allows you to create, delete and modify scenarios.  The Scenario Explorer is what allows you to create "what if" situations throughout a water system. See: Scenario Explorer Main Dialog Box

• Edit Active Scenario - Edit Active Scenario - The Active Scenario dialog box allows you to select any of the scenarios created in an InfoWater project and to activate the datasets to be associated with each scenario. See: Edit Active Scenario Dialog

• Dataset Manager - The Dataset Manager is a "quick view" dialog box that allows you to create, view and edit data sets in one easy to use location. See: Dataset Manager Dialog

• DB Editor - All the InfoWater project data including data related to the different InfoWater data elements such as pipes, junctions, tanks, reservoirs, pumps and valves are stored in the DB Tables. The Database Editor allows you to open any InfoWater database and edit/modify or delete user input fields (except ID). 

• Report Manager - The Output Report Manger is where you can generate reports and graphs  of the input and output data for any of the elements modeled in InfoWater. See: Report Manager-dialog box

• Customized Report Manager - The Customized Report provides you with a means to customize your output report and to create a combination of input and output data. See: Customized Report Manager-Define Data Source

• Query Report - A query report is used to selectively choose which input and output data will appear in a report.  However, unlike a customized report, a query report is required to relate data from an Output Relate with output data in a report format. See: Query Report Dialog Box

• Project Preferences - The Preferences command is used to control the InfoWater system settings. 

• Output Unit Manager - This will initialize the Output Unit Manager which enables you to change the output units used in InfoWater.  (For example, using flow units of cfs instead of gpm.) See: Output Unit Manager Dialog

• Add-On Extension Manager - If you have licensed and installed any of the AddOn modules for InfoWater, they will be displayed and can be launched from the AddOn Manager. See: AddOn Extension Manager

• Setup Pressure Zone - This will launch the Pressure Zone Wizard. This wizard is used to create or modify pressure zones within the system.

• Run Pressure Zone - This will assume the default values for the Pressure Zone Wizard and skip directly to the last step.

• Show Pressure Zone - This will color the facility elements according to the pressure zone they are assigned to.

• GIS Gateway - GIS Gateway provides a means to create data exchange parameters that allow you to quickly load and save data between InfoWater and other GIS formats (including Geodatabases and personal Geodatabases) See: GIS Gateway Dialog Box

• Map Display - The Map Display button of the InfoWater Control Center is used by InfoWater to color code pipes or nodes based on information contained within the input and output databases.  The Map Display feature only works on InfoWater data elements. Click here to learn how to color code and annotate your Map using the InfoWater Map Display feature. See: Map Display-Classes

• Flow Animation - Allows you to view and analyze the model’s flow movement dynamic activity thoroughly.

• Reset Display - Choose this option to reset your Map Display. This will remove any Map Display settings and return the map to default settings.

• Model Tracker - The Model Tracker allows you to create and manage a running series of notes and logs of model development or model related information. It is a fast, convenient and simple way to share information about the model development with other users. 

• Model Notes - The Model Notes editor is a rich text editor that allows the storage and retrieval of text based model information. Through the use of the various function on the toolbar the model notes editor allows you to capture text directly from the message board, capture junction and conduit IDs, Insert hyperlinks from various data sources, such as email, web page, documents and documents on ftp sites. See: Model Notes

• Hotlinks - Hot links enable you to attach an external file to an element which can be viewed at a later time.  A hot linked file may contain a photograph of the element, a work order history sheet, a cost spreadsheet or a raster image of a construction drawing. 

• Message Board - Show/Hide the Message Board. See: Message Board.

• Model Explorer - Show/Hide the Model Explorer.

• Edit Network Toolbar - Press this button to show or hide the InfoWater Edit Network Toolbar.