Calculation panel

Please note: This page is currently being updated.

Introducing the Calculation Panel

The Calculation Panel helps you to manage the calculation time of your project. The Calculation Panel can be found by hovering with your mouse over the Refresh button, under the File menu tab in the top left corner.

The options in this panel will allow you to set up how indicators, panels and Overlays are being (re)calculated and provide an overview of the calculation time of some of the components in your project. For more guidelines on calculation performance see Troubleshooting calculation performance.

Auto-update indicators

This option is by default turned on and ensures that whenever you make a change in the Editor, the indicators, panels and Overlays will be recalculated immediately. When the auto-update is not checked, you will have to manually refresh the project after making an adjustment. You can refresh the project manually by choosing one of the available Reset options (see below) or by clicking on the Refresh button. Compare the three different states below.

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  Auto update on

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  Auto update off but the project is up to date

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  Auto update off and manual recalculation is required

Scheduled Update (long running)

When running long calculations, e.g. in a large project area with a grid overlay with a very small grid size, the calculation time allowed during office hours is capped at a maximum amount - one hour as of the time of writing. By selecting the option "Scheduled Update (long running)", your project is set to 'Keep Alive'. You can now exit the client and your calculation will take place after office hours, when there is no limitation on calculation time used on the server. This ensures that more complex calculations can take place in the background over night, whithout these long calculations hindering other users on the server during office hours. There is also an option upon completion of the calculation to be notified by text message (SMS) or email.

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• ===Reset to Start Values and Reset X Queries===
• Below an explanation of the difference between the two options:
• When using Reset to Start Values, for example if you changed an attribute of one of these areas, the three queries are recalculated.
• ====When to choose which option?====
• Choose Reset to X Queries if the amount of areas or neighborhoods is changed (for example by adding or removing an area/neighborhood).
• Choose Reset to Start Values if the amount of areas or neighborhoods stays the same (for example if you only changed an attribute of an area or if you did not use X Queries in your Excelsheet.
• ''Using one of these two option affects ''all'' indicators, panels and grid overlays.''
• ===Performance overview===
• The performance overview shows an overview of the components in a project and their calculation time. If your project performance is slow, check the overview to see which component(s) could cause this.
• ===GPU overview===
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  One of the clusters is busy with another job

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  The calculation time of one of the components in your project is visible and the option to cancel it

Peak hours

Also take note of our Peak hours.