Leading up to election day, you can run data simulations to ensure the confidence you need to have a flawless broadcast. When you have completed your simulations and training, you can reset the system to be ready for election day coverage. During your broadcast, Elector can seamlessly mix automated data with content entered manually by your operators to ensure that you can broadcast up-to-the minute results on election day.

Running a scenario involves four (4) steps:

1. Reset Election Data
2. Enter data into Elector manually.
3. Create a Scenario Backup File
4. Restore a Scenario Backup FileReset election data

Enter Data into Elector Manually

You can configure Flow to allow users to toggle between automated and manual data riding data updates for Party Standings. See Preferences/Configuration Keys for details.

You can manually update election data, including votes, polls reporting, and party standings, as part of a pre-broadcast simulation run-through or as a staff training session.

Elector is typically configured for an automated data feed, and when it is, you can update data manually; however, your data may soon be replaced with incoming automated data feed updates. An automatic data configuration will display a warning as follows:

Update Votes & Polls Reporting

1. From the Home page, click or select Manual Election Updates > Update Votes & Polls Reporting.
2. Select a Riding from the list.
3. Modify the Votes values as needed.
4. Modify the Polls Reporting value if needed.
5. Click Update Now. Flow is instantly updated with the latest data.

Flow tracks all riding changes in the system in the Recent Riding Changes list and provides you with quick access to any changed interface using the Go To icon.

Update Party Standings

1. From the Home page, click or select Manual Election Updates > Update Party Standings.
2. Update party standings data as needed.
3. Click Update Party Seats.

Backup/Restore Manager

You can run data simulations and training exercises including full data backup and restore operations, in Elector to ensure the confidence you need to have a flawless broadcast.

Create a Scenario Backup File

1. From the Home page, select System Maintenance > Scenario Backup/Restore.
   
2. In the Create Scenario Backup section, enter a Comment to help you identify this backup in some meaningful way.
3. Click Run Backup Now.
   
4. When the backup process is complete, you will see the backup listed in the Restore Scenario list.

Restore a Scenario Backup File

To restore data from a previous backup, select the Restore option from one of the backups listed in the Restore Scenario list.

Reset Election Data

You can reset all election votes back to a count of zero (0) while maintaining candidate information including headshots, riding information, and previous election results in the system. When you reset the election data, all of your election vote content, elected candidates, and interesting events are reset as well. Any election parser agents running will repopulate on the next refresh.

1. From the Home page, select System Maintenance > Preferences/System Reset. 
   
2. Click reset election votes now.
   
3. Click OK to confirm.