An evaluation group is analogous to a plot group: It has zero or more numerical evaluation nodes (all evaluation nodes that are also available under Derived Values) as subnodes. The
Evaluation Group node contains common settings and also acts as the table to which its subnodes evaluate. The values in an evaluation group’s table can be reevaluated automatically when solving (see
Update of Results). For information about the available evaluation nodes, see
Derived Value Types. For information about the evaluation group tables, see
The Table Window and Tables Node. To add an
Evaluation Group node (
), right-click the main
Results node and select
Evaluation Group. Then right-click the
Evaluation Group node to add the evaluation nodes to be evaluated within that evaluation group. You can evaluate all nodes under an
Evaluation Group node by right-clicking them or by clicking the
Evaluate button (
).
From the Evaluation Group contextual ribbon toolbar, you can also add evaluation nodes and evaluate them. In addition, you can create graph plots and surface plots by clicking the
Graph Plot (
) and
Surface Plot buttons, respectively; click the
Clear button (
) to clear the selected evaluation group; and click the
Copy to Table button (
) to copy the selected evaluation group to a table.
The Evaluation Group node’s
Settings window contains the following sections:
For the storage in the model, specify the buffer size in the Maximum number of rows field. The default for new evaluation group tables is taken from the
Results page in the
Preferences dialog box (factory setting: 10,000 rows). If the table size exceeds that number of rows, the software removes rows from the top. If you use a large number, most table data will fit in the table without being truncated.
If you change the storage format to or from storage on file, then click Update (
) in the
Storage section’s header to refresh the contents of the table.
Select the Transpose check box to transpose the data in the
Evaluation Group window so that the table presentation contains row headers instead of column headers.
From the Type list, choose one of the following transformation types:
In this section, use the Include parameters list to control which parameters value columns to include in the evaluation group’s table: Use
Automatic (the default) to include the parameter value columns are included for the first active evaluation subnode, which is a good choice if all evaluation subnodes have the same parameter value columns. Otherwise, use
On to include all parameter value columns, or use
Off to include no parameter value columns.