Network controls

Element display

You’ll have different elements or assets displayed such as pipes, junctions, hydrants, valves, pumps, sensors, tanks, or supply sources. 

As you can see, we represent the network assets with icons: some indicate the element type and also their status. 

Here is a guide so you don’t get lost!

	Assets with deviations highlighted in the map	Green: low error deviation
		Orange: medium error deviation
		Red: high error deviation
	Check valve	Used to represent check valves in the map
	Customer point	Used in the Network elements panel to represent points where there are water meters/water consumption.
	Customer point	Used to represent points in the map where there are water meters/water consumption.
	Demand spike	Used to display or hide the Demand Spike panel
	Deviation	Used to show the model deviation
	Discoloration risk, turbidity	Used when performing a demand spike/flushing scenario to alert of discoloration risk
	Flow	Used to display or hide the flow panel
	Flushing	Used to perform a flushing scenario
	Highlighted asset	Used to highlight the assets in the map you are applying changes to (e.g.: if you close a valve, a blue ring will appear)
	Hydrant	Used to represent junctions specified as hydrants in the map
	Hydrant with issues	Used to highlight hydrants with issues when there are threshold configured and warnings active
	Inlet (asset)	Used to represent an asset that allows water to flow into and out of the network (e.g. inlet/outlet pipes) or controls the rate at which water flows along and out of it (e.g. inlet/outlet valves)
	Outlet (asset)
	Junction	Used to represent junctions in the map
	Junction with issues	Used to highlight junctions with issues when there are threshold configured and warnings active
	Lateral (pipe)	Used to represent lateral pipes in the map (specified as that in the model imported to Qatium)
	Locked, closed	Used to display the pipes that are set to "closed" status. This is very common in networks that haven´t got valve assets, where the pipes are used instead to define closed boundaries.
	Elements search	Used to quickly locate assets in the map
	Network layers	Used to open Network layers panel
	Network levels	Used to display or hide the Network levels panel (associated with pipes in Qatium)
	Network versions	Used to group different versions of the network (My network, My scenario), so you can assess the changes when performing scenarios.
	Optimal velocities	Used for let you know if the pipe's velocity is considered optimal for flushing.
	Non-optimal velocities
	Pipe	Used to represent pipes in the network/map
	Pipe (unsupplied)	Used to highlight unsupplied pipes in the map
	Pipe (with changes)	Used to represent changes in the pipes while performing scenarios
	Pipe with issues	Used to highlight pipes with issues when there are thresholds configured and warnings active
	Pressure hexagons	Used to represent different pressure ranges in the map and the network, from the lower (purple) to the higher ones (yellow). Each one shows the average value for the junction's clustering (the farther away the zoom is, the more junctions a hexagon will cluster).
	Pressure panel	Used to display or hide the pressure panel
	Pressure range	Used inside the pressure panel to filter pressure map visualization by pressure range. It corresponds with the pressure hexagon color, from the lower (purple) to the higher ones (yellow).
	Active pump	Used to represent pumps in the map
	Non-active pump
	Regulating valves (PRV) - open	Used to represent Regulating valves in the map and the Network elements panel
	Regulating valves (PRV) - closed
	Regulating valves (PRV) - partially open
	Sensor without readings	Used to represent sensors in the map
	Sensor with readings
	Shutdown	Used to perform a shutdown in the network and hide or display the panel
	Supply source	Used to represent supply sources on the map
	Synoptic (work mode)	Used to work with a high-level representation of the network
	Tank	Used to represent tanks on the map
	Tank with issues	Used to highlight tanks with issues when there are thresholds configured and warnings active
	Tank volume panel	Used to display or hide the tank volume panel
	Toggle ON	Used to activate/deactivate some panel's view (pressures, flows), or change the asset status
	Toggle OFF
	Shut-off valve (closed)	Used to represent shut-off valves on the map
	Shut-off valve (open)
	Shut-off valve (partially open)
	Warning / Issues	Used to alert about problems in the network
	Work modes	Used to switch between different work modes inside the platform
	Zone	Used to represent different areas in the network

The first elements that you’ll see are supply sources and arterial pipes. But as you zoom in, tanks, distribution pipes, pumps, valves, junctions, and hydrants will display. When clicking or hovering on the icons in the map, you will see the information for that asset.

You can also customize your view with the left bottom corner buttons: 

• Network layers: see, organize, and recategorize the data in your model
• Network level: display Arterial and/or Distribution levels
• Network elements: hide or display assets or other objects as desired to have a clear vision of your network.

These panels will only show those elements present in the network. E.g.: if you don't have any tanks in your network, it won't be visible here. 

Elements search

To navigate quickly to your network assets, you can use the elements search:  

1. Just click on the magnifying glass button
2. Type the element ID (E.g.: Nellybay)
3. And you’ll be redirected automatically to the element highlighted on the map

You can use this to search for assets or any other network elements such as zones or junctions.

Background layers

To have a wider view of your network, you can add background or zone layers containing any kind of geometry. This can be useful to establish demand zones, display neighborhoods, restricted areas, or building labels, for example. Once added, the new layer can be seen in the background of your network in blue.

Learn how to add background layers by reading this article.

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