Project manager: project list

The project manager list page lists all the projects within the folders in your BCal work space. Each line provides basic information about a particular project, along with actions that can be performed on that project. The project manager list page is intended to be used to gain access to most other parts of BCal.

Accessing this page

This page can be accessed by selecting "Project Manager" from the BCal menu. This page is also shown each time you login to the software.

Description

All projects within the selected folder are shown. By default the "Main" folder is selected. You can select another folder by choosing it from the list box and selecting the "Change" button. You can add and delete folders by selecting the "Add" and "Delete" buttons next to the "Change" button.

Each project is shown on a separate row. Each row contains:

the project name,
the current status of the project, which is one of:

Undefined - the calibration definition is not yet compete,
Defined - the calibration definition is compete and ready for calibration,
Submitted - the project has been submitted for calibration,
Calibrating - the project is currently being calibrated,
Checking Convergence - BCal is currently performing convergence checking on the project (during calibration),
Post Processing - the project has been calibrated and now post processing is taking place,
Calibrated - the project is calibrated and the results are available,
Cancelled - the project was cancelled during calibration,
Convergence Problem - after calibrating the project, it appears that there is a convergence problem,
High Dependence Factor - after calibrating the project, it appears to suffer from a high dependence factor problem,
Convergence Checking Error - the calibration failed due to an internal problem with the convergence checking mechanism,
Out Of Bounds - the project could not be calibrated because dates within it exceeded those of the calibration curve used and so the calibration failed,
Too Small - the posterior distributions were too small to be analysed and so post processing failed, or
Failed - the calibration failed for an unknown reason.

action buttons, active only when that action may be performed. These are:

Edit - launches the definition editor to edit the calibration definition (see notes below),
View - launches the definition editor to view the calibration definition (see notes below),
Submit - launches the calibration tool to submit the project for calibration,
Results - launches the results presentation tool to view the results of the calibration,
Copy - makes a copy of the project (see notes below),
Move - moves the project to another folder, and
Delete - deletes the project from your work space.

the date the project was last modified.

Notes

If you edit a calibrated project, you will lose the results. BCal will display a warning to this effect when you try to edit a calibrated project.
In order to view the definition of a calibrated (or calibrating) project, without making changes to the definition, you should choose "View" not "Edit".
To make changes to the calibration definition of a project, but keep the results for that project safe so that you can view them again, you should copy the project and make changes to the copied version.
Copying a project only copies the calibration definition, not the results.