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- select the correct election database
- enter the correct election date
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Defining Scenarios
Before running a simulation, scenarios must be defined. This is done from the Edit Scenarios tab on the main form.
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Leaving their party blank gives you a riding with 0 polls reported/0 votes which is reasonable for elections that may have different time zones or remote ridings.
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Running the Simulator
To define a simulation, choose the number of steps and the minutes for each step. For each step, the grid allows defined the scenario for each step. The first step always needs a scenario but it's fine to leave some blank. When blank, it continues the previous scenario.
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While a simulation is running, the progress of the simulation is displayed in Flow's agent status:
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Displaying Existing Scenarios
At any time, a scenario can be browsed from the Display Scenario tab. It's a handy way to look at scenarios especially while a simulation is running.
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Questions and Answers
Q: I am noticing that sometimes the name of the step does not save.
A: Sometimes when you do a Save As… the new name you gave is automatically selected in the dropdown list in the Edit tab and sometimes it stays with the previous scenario selection. However if you then select the new scenario name in the list – the list displays correctly.
Q: When I edit the change to a step, the changes are not always reflected in the Party/Total box next to the "display scenario" display.
A: To see the changes you make in the Edit tab appear in the Display tab there are 2 things you need to do:
Save the changes in the edit tab
Reload the scenario in the Display tab
If the scenario was already selected in the Display tab while you were editing – when you go back to the Display tab you’ll need to select a different scenario from the list and then re-select the scenario you edited. That will cause it to refresh with your latest saved changes.