In this document
We will show you how to personalize the application and access the application’s general settings.
Personalizing the Analyst application
Analyst application can be configured to match your color preferences, manage quality control flags, or customize charts displayed in the Analysis. On top of that, you can add your own measuring instruments if it’s not listed in the default instruments list. This configuration is available via the application’s settings.
Accessing the Settings
The Analyst settings are accessible via the main menu in the Project category. We will introduce each section of the settings separately in the following chapters.
Tip: Most of the categories contain “Reset to defaults” button. Use it to clear all customizations and return the particular settings to defaults.
General settings
This settings section lets you change the following configuration parameters:
Log level: Determines how often the application log will be recorded. Useful when tackling issues and frequent/more detailed logging is required.
Working directory: Sets the default working directory.
Database and cache memory timeouts: Increase these values when encountering timeout errors.
Startup options: Defines what the application shows on startup.
Login configuration
If you are connecting via a proxy network, you can set it up in the Login configuration section. Once you set the connection, you can test it using the “Test connection” button. Your login details are also displayed here for tracking, and the login timeout can be set to up to 60 seconds.
Flags settings
The application offers over 50 default flags with default colors that it uses to flag data during the quality control checks. You can customize the color of any default flag or add new flags if required.
Flag ID: Helps to track flags by their ID.
Flag color: Flag color is used to segregate different flags when displayed with the data. You can change the default colors if required.
Validity indicator: indicates if the flagged data is still valid (True) or not (False).
Flag description: Describes what the flag means.
Complete flags list
Flag number | Flag description | Flag validity |
-9 | missing flag | false |
-1 | invalid values | false |
0 | sun below horizon | false |
1 | passed | true |
2 | below physical minimum | false |
3 | above physical maximum | false |
4 | consecutive static values | false |
5 | consistency | false |
6 | two-component tests | false |
8 | not specified data issue | false |
10 | post filtering | false |
11 | shading | false |
12 | reflections | false |
13 | dirt or soiling | false |
14 | dew or frost | false |
15 | snow | false |
16 | degradation | false |
21 | instrument misalignment | false |
22 | tracker issue | false |
23 | shading ring issue | false |
24 | logger issue | false |
25 | calibration issue | false |
26 | time-reference issue | false |
27 | tracker in stow position | false |
28 | noise | false |
40 | maintenance | false |
41 | invalid pattern detection | false |
42 | point outlier detection | false |
50 | gap filled - calculated | true |
51 | gap filled - interpolated | true |
52 | gap filled - model value | true |
Editing default flag color
If you want to change the color of any flag, follow these steps:
Select the flag you want to change the color.
Click the “Edit” button.
Change the color to the preferred one.
Confirm changes by clicking the “Edit” button.
Adding new flags
If you need additional flags to the default ones, you can create them by following these steps:
Click the “Add” button.
Set the flag ID number and define the flag value validity (True/False). Please use numbers above 100 for custom flags.
Add flag description for identification and choose preferred flag color.
Save the new flag using the “Add” button.
Tips:
You can delete custom flags only. Default flags can not be deleted.
If you want to delete all custom flags and reset all to defaults, use the “Reset to defaults” button.
Graphs customization
This section provides access to various graph and chart parameters to customize their looks.
Axes: Define the size of the labels displayed on the chart axes.
Plot: Add preferred line width, marker style, and marker width.
Scatterplot: Decide how to display the markers.
Heatmap: Choose from available color schemes for heatmaps.
Quality control settings
Quality control setting offers the following options:
Solar radiation: You can change the methodology used for Solar radiation quality checks.
Interactive QC: Use the checkbox if you want solar parameters to be selected by default when opening QC windows.
Time Series: Use the checkbox if you want to rescale the graphs after the redraw (zooming, etc.)
Instruments
The Instruments section provides a full list of instruments the Analyst application offers to pair with the measured data (e.g., during import). Instruments can be filtered by name, parameter type, or manufacturer. Every filter change must be confirmed by clicking the “Apply” button to reflect the changes. You can add new instruments if required.
Adding custom instrument
If you want to add a new instrument, click the “Add” button at the bottom-left and proceed with the following steps:
Select the parameter the instrument measures.
Add description and manufacturer information, select class, and add uncertainty if provided.
Add the instrument by clicking the “Add” button.
Tip: You can edit or remove custom (added) instruments only. The default instruments can not be edited or removed.
Color palette settings
The Palette section lets you configure the color palette for charts. You can expand the default palette with more parameters and add further colors if required. This is useful when, for example, you have multiple readings from various instruments and want to display each reading with a different color for clarity. Additionally, you can define the default chart line width and its opacity for every parameter separately.
Click to change the parameter color.
Add new parameter type.
Add additional color to the parameters.
