About scenarios

An analysis A Scenario 360 analysis is a means of evaluating an issue or opportunity, including alternative approaches (“scenarios”), input, analysis, outcomes, and decisions. In Scenario 360, an analysis provides the overall framework for a project. It includes all of the map data, scenarios, calculations, and indicators for the various alternatives you may consider when evaluating an issue or opportunity. A Scenario 360 analysis is comparable to a Microsoft® Word "document", PowerPoint "presentation", or Excel "workbook". contains one or more scenarios.  Each scenario represents a different decision-making alternative.  The first scenario in your analysis is called the base scenario.  For example, it can represent existing conditions, the primary proposal under evaluation, business as usual, or the first of several alternatives you wish to compare in an analysis.  You can customize the name of your scenario to better reflect your decision-making process.

 

Scenarios within an analysis have the SAME..

...but they may have DIFFERENT...

  • map layers

  • symbols for each map layer

  • designation for each layer as dynamic or not

  • map features within layers

  • attributes for non-dynamic layers

  • formulas for dynamic attributes

  • dynamic attribute values

  • charts created

  • chart values

  • chart elements

  • alerts created

  • alerts currently triggered

  • indicator formulas

  • indicator values

  • assumptions created

  • assumption values

 

In Scenario 360 you can view and work on several scenarios at one time.  In the ArcMap table of contents, each scenario is displayed with the Scenario icon .  The active scenario is the one whose map is currently showing in the map view and whose heading is bold in the ArcMap table of contents. You can make a scenario active  by selecting a scenario from the Active Scenario list on the 360 Analysis tab or by right-clicking on the scenario name in the table of contents and clicking Activate on the pop-up menu (see image right).  You can only have one active scenario at a time.

 

To compare multiple scenarios, use the Scenario Compare window, or use scenario-specific assumptions and indicators in your formulas.

 

What is the difference between an analysis, a scenario, and a layer?