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'''After you have edited (or created any missing) Monthly log files, you can:''' | '''After you have edited (or created any missing) Monthly log files, you can:''' | ||
* update the highs and lows in [[Alltime.ini]] by choosing ''all time records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions on how all available monthly logs are used. | * update the highs and lows in [[Alltime.ini]] by choosing ''all time records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions on how all available monthly logs are used. | ||
* (if the created/edited monthly log is within the current year) | * update (if the created/edited monthly log is within the current year) the highs and lows in [[year.ini]] by choosing ''This year's records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions on how all available monthly logs for the year are used. | ||
* (if the created/edited monthly log is for the current month) | * update (if the created/edited monthly log is for the current month) the highs and lows in [[month.ini]] by choosing ''This month's records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions. | ||
* (from version 1.9.3) | * update (from version 1.9.3) the highs and lows in [[monthlyalltime.ini]] by choosing ''Monthly records'' from the '''Edit''' menu. Click the ''Help'' button for detailed instructions on how all relevant monthly logs for all years are used. | ||
'' '''Note''' in each of above | '' '''Note''' in each of above you can: | ||
# | # see the currently stored extremes, and | ||
# | # load the monthly log(s) and dayfile.txt to view extremes calculated from those figures (as available) and | ||
#optionally '''Copy''' the logged values (and associated date/time information) into the relevant ini file. | # optionally '''Copy''' the logged values (and associated date/time information) into the relevant .ini file. | ||
Each of these is a text editor, and works best when at full screen.'' | (Each of these screens is a text editor, and works best when at full screen).'' | ||
* see | * see '''[[Heat/cold_degree_days_and_Chill_hours | Air frosts]]''', '''[[Gale_Days |Gale days]]''', and Total '''[[Windrun |Wind run]]''' using '''View''' menu displays for ''This month'', ''This period'', and ''This year'' (These figures are generated by reading the appropriate monthly log(s) and doing the necessary calculation, they are not stored anywhere nor available as webtags). | ||
* create the relevant monthly and/or annual NOAA style report by choosing ''NOAA Monthly Report'' or ''NOAA Annual Report'' from the '''View''' menu, then select the required period using the selectors, click the ''Update Display'' button to see various statistics calculated from processing the monthly log files, and finally press ''Save'' button to store the new or amended report. (Note: You can generate a NOAA report for a period without a monthly log, if data for that period is present on [[dayfile.txt]]. Generation of complete NOAA reports requires information in dayfile.txt, and the monthly logs for period in question). | * create the relevant monthly and/or annual NOAA style report by choosing ''NOAA Monthly Report'' or ''NOAA Annual Report'' from the '''View''' menu, then select the required period using the selectors, click the ''Update Display'' button to see various statistics calculated from processing the monthly log files, and finally press ''Save'' button to store the new or amended report. (Note: You can generate a NOAA report for a period without a monthly log, if data for that period is present on [[dayfile.txt]]. Generation of complete NOAA reports requires information in dayfile.txt, and the monthly logs for period in question). | ||
* use '''create missing''' button in the ''[[dayfile.txt]]'' selection in the '''Edit''' menu; This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Cumulus will then look through all monthly log files and create approximate records for any ''missing dates'' in the dayfile if those dates have observations stored in the relevant monthly log. (It creates a file in the Cumulus folder called dayfileeditlog.txt which contains the entries it created). Click the ''Help'' button for more information. In past and current versions (including 1.9.3), ''create missing'' will not affect any records | * obtain (by [[Monthly_log_files#Viewing_monthly_log_files | viewing the created/edited log file]] just before rollover time) figures needed for correcting rogue figures in [[dayfile.txt]]. See for example [[FAQ#My_monthly_and.2For_annual_rainfall_totals_are_wrong | FAQ re correcting rainfall]]. | ||
* use '''create missing''' button in the ''[[dayfile.txt]]'' selection in the '''Edit''' menu; This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Cumulus will then look through all monthly log files and create approximate records for any ''missing dates'' in the dayfile if those dates have observations stored in the relevant monthly log. (It creates a file in the Cumulus folder called dayfileeditlog.txt which contains the entries it created). Click the ''Help'' button for more information. In past and current versions (including 1.9.3), ''create missing'' will not affect any records that are incomplete or contain some rogue values (see [[Monthly_log_files#Using_Monthly_logs_to_deal_with_shorter_.28or_incomplete.29_dayfile.txt_records_for_particular_dates | workaround]] below). | |||
==Correcting any logged data problems== | ==Correcting any logged data problems== | ||