The Output windows can display a collection of different windows depending on the situation. Per default the windows are shown as tabs. The individual windows are described below.
All type of output windows may be shown or hidden by unselecting the output window in the ‘View’ drop-down menu in the MIKE Zero menu bar. If new information is shown in a hidden window the window will automatically be shown.
Validation
Simulation
Time series
Cross section
Structure
Longitudinal profile
The Validation window shows validation status messages and error messages. Each time a model object is edited e.g. changing data in the Tabular view or the Property view the data is validated and any errors are shown in the Validation window.
Some extended validation checks are not performed on the fly, but can manually be run by selecting ‘Extended validation’ from the ‘Run’ drop-down menu in the MIKE Zero menu bar. Running the Extended validation will perform both the standard and extended validation checks.
Note that error messages from the extended validation checks are only updated when a new extended validation is performed. Hence extended validation messages may still appear even if the error has been corrected.
Running a simulation will automatically perform an extended validation.
The Simulation window shows progress and output from the computational engine.
The Time series window is automatically shown when plotting either input or output times series.
To add an input time series to the window, click on the 
button next to the time series in Tabular view and select ‘Add to new plot’ or ‘Add to current plot’. An input time series may also be added to the window by clicking on the input time series grid cell in the Property view. A 
button will appear in the right hand side of the cell and clicking on that button gives the options of ‘Add to new plot’ or ‘Add to current plot’.
To add an output time series to the window, navigate to the relevant model parameter group in Result tree view, right click on the relevant model object in the Property view and select the time series to be added to a new/current plot in the Time Series window. See section 2.6 Viewing Results (p. 41) for more details.
The Time Series window can contain one or more plots which are shown as tabs. A plot can be renamed by right-clicking on the tab and selecting ‘Rename’.
A plot can contain one or more time series. The layout of a plot has 3 controls. The first control shown on the left contains a list of each time series in the plot grouped by file name and time series type. Time series can be removed from the plot by right-clicking and choosing ‘Remove’ on either an individual time series or a group of time series.
The middle control shows the data of the time series. Depending on the focus in the left control either one or a group of time series are shown in the middle control. Data can be copied to the clipboard by selecting one or more cells and either right-clicking and choosing ‘Copy’ or using ‘Ctrl+C’.
The right control shows all time series added to the plot. Right-clicking on the plot provides a sub-menu for zooming, printing and user settings such as the use of secondary axis, position of legends, etc.
The Symbology dialogue from the sub-menu gives access to full control for specifying symbology, titles etc. for the plot.
Note on zoom in the window: Drawing a rectangle with the mouse from top left to bottom right will zoom in and drawing a rectangle from bottom right to top left will zoom out in the Time series window.
The configuration of plots is saved with the setup and will automatically appear when the setup is reopened. Any time series not available (either because they come from files that are not reloaded or because the files no longer contain the specified time series) are automatically removed from the plots.
The Cross section window gives an option to graphically present cross sections in the river network.
Plotting of cross sections can be enabled by clicking the ‘Plot’ button under the Cross sections ribbon. With the ‘Plot’ feature active, cross sections can be plotted by clicking at cross section within the Map view.
The Cross section window presents individual cross sections and thereby, enables a visual analysis of any cross section within in the river model.
Drawing a rectangle with the mouse from top left to bottom right will zoom in and drawing a rectangle from bottom right to top left will zoom out in the Cross section window.
For detailed analysis of raw or processed data or plotting of multiple sections in same plot, it is required to open the Cross sections node in the tree view.
In the Structure window it is possible to plot a hydraulic structure together with the nearest upstream and downstream cross sections respectively. This is an effective way of checking the validity of the structure geometry. Structures introduce a head loss at the structure location through a contraction and expansion of the flow area. The structure geometry must therefore be smaller than the cross sections at any level within the structure.
To plot a structure, navigate to the structure Tabular view by selecting the structure in the ribbon and then changing to Tabular view or by activating the required structure type in the Tree view and opening the Tabular view. Plotting of the structure is made by pressing the ‘Plot/Refresh’ button in the Graphics section of the dialogue window.
It is possible to plot Culverts, Weirs, Bridges and Gates.
Drawing a rectangle with the mouse from top left to bottom right will zoom in and drawing a rectangle from bottom right to top left will zoom out in the Structure window.
The Longitudinal profile window gives an option to show longitudinal profiles along the river network. This view can display the following profiles:
· Thalweg: This shows the bottom level of the river bed along the river network. The bottom level is the lowest level in cross sections, between marker 1 and marker 3 of the cross sections.
· Left extent: This line shows the elevation of the left end of the cross sections, obtained from marker 1 in each cross section.
· Left bank: This line shows the elevation of the left bank of the cross sections, obtained from marker 4.
· Right bank: This line shows the elevation of the right bank of the cross sections, obtained from marker 5.
· Right extent: This line shows the elevation of the right end of the cross sections, obtained from marker 3.
It also shows vertical lines indicating the locations of cross sections, as well as polygons indicating the locations of structures.
The longitudinal profile view can be enabled by clicking the 'Trace route' button under the Map ribbon. With the 'Trace route' button active, it is then necessary to trace the route on the Map view defining the location of the longitudinal profile. A first click on a branch will start the route tracing, additional single clicks will add intermediate locations to define the route to follow, whereas a double-click will stop the route tracing. The longitudinal profile view will then show up. For looped river networks, the selected route is always the shortest path between two points.
It is then possible to edit the route, by dragging any intermediate point used to trace the route to another location. Double-clicking further downstream the route will extend the route down to the new selected location. Whenever the route is modified, the longitudinal profile is updated simultaneously.
Right-clicking on the graphical view provides a sub-menu for zooming and for copying or saving as image file. The Symbology dialogue from the sub-menu gives access to display options, including:
· Control of the symbology for the various profiles (controlling line type, color, etc.)
· Show or hide locations and labels of structures
· Show or hide locations and labels of cross sections
· Control the visibility, location and title of the legend
· Show or hide the branch names and their chainage range above the horizontal axis
· Reverse the direction of the profiles: when the Reverse profiles option is selected, the start point of the route is shown on the right-hand side of the plot and the end point on the left-hand side.
