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Many times injection groups need to be created comprised of generators, loads, or switched shunts grouped by areas, zones, super areas, owners, or some other criteria. Injection groups can be created automatically by setting the grouping options by using the Auto Insertion of Injection Groups Dialog.
The Auto Insertion of Injection Groups Dialog can be accessed by selecting Records > Auto Insert Injection Groups... from the case information toolbar on an Injection Group Display. The following options are available:
Element Type
This option is used to select the type of element, Generators, Loads, or Switched Shunts, to add to the new injection groups. Only a single type of element can be added to the new injection groups.
Group By
This option dictates the common property by which all elements in the injection group will be grouped. Elements can be grouped by Areas, Zones, Super Areas, Owners, or a selected Custom Field. If for example the Area option is selected, then injection groups will be created for each of the defined areas in the case. The same holds true for Zones, Super Areas, and Owners. If the Custom Field option is selected, then injection groups will be created for all elements whose Custom Field value is the same. For example, if the Custom Field option is selected and Cust Float 1 is set as the field to use, then all of the elements whose Cust Float 1 field are the same will be grouped together. If there are elements whose Cust Float 1 field is set to 1 and there are elements whose Cust Float 1 field is set to 2, then two new injection groups will be created. One will contain all of the elements whose Cust Float 1 field is 1 and the other will contain all of the elements whose Cust Float 1 field is 2. Elements whose selected Custom Field is blank will not be included in any of the new injection groups.
For Areas, Zones, Super Areas, and Owners, the creation of injection groups can be limited by only creating injection groups for which the Selected field is set to YES for these groups. To use this option, check the Only Selected checkbox.
Participation Factor
The options for specifying participation factor are the same as those used on the Add Participation Points Dialog.
Delete Existing Injection Groups
When this option is checked, all existing injection groups will be deleted before inserting the new injection groups.
How to Name the Injection Groups
The new injection groups will be named based on the options set in this section. The Use Prefix field determines the prefix that will be used on all injection groups. This field can be blank. The Start at field determines what integer to start at when counting the new injection groups. The new injection groups will all be numbered in sequential order starting at the value specified. The Group By property chosen will also be part of the injection group name. The Group By property can be identified based on Numbers, Names, or Both. The field at the bottom of this section provides an example of how the injection groups will be named based on the option settings.
Set Name to Use Prefix
If the options chosen on the injection group dialog are set such that exactly ONE injection group will be created, you can check this option to name that single injection group using the text entered in the Use Prefix field. If more than one injection group will be automatically inserted from the options set in the dialog, this check box option will be ignored, and the injection groups will be create as usual, with the Use Prefix text used as a prefix for the naming convention options selected.
Do Insert Injection Groups
Click this button to implement the options selected and create the injection groups.
Save to Aux
This saves the option settings specified on the dialog to an auxiliary file.