What If Scenarios
A workbank shows the current plan in place, and the results of the interventions taking place.
Users may wish to see what would happen if interventions, costs, technologies or work types were changed. This is the perfect use case for a What If scenario.
How To Setup A What If Scenario
Options can not be duplicated if there are outstanding rebuild reasons (i.e. out of date asset data). The option must be re-built before it can be duplicated.
From the workbank view, select Options from the breadcrumb menu.
Find the option to use as a basis for your scenario, then select the duplicate option.
The duplicate option modal will now be displayed.
After providing a name and description for your new option, click Next.
Any changes to interlocking areas, tracks, trains or locations can now be made.
Once changes have been made, click Next.
A confirmation box is displayed to show what options have been selected during setup.
To confirm the creation of the new workbank, click Save New Option
The new workbank can now edited without having any affect on the live workbank.
Importing Scenario To Workbank
Once a user is happy with the planning in their What If Scenario, they can import those changes into the main workbank.
Open the main workbank, select the dropdown arrow beside Add, and choose Import From Option. Enter the What If option's ID or name and select it from the results.
Choose Replace all to replace all interventions in an area, Replace only selected CPs to keep dates outside the selected control periods, or Copy blockers only to leave destination interventions unchanged. The import can only use areas shared by the two options.
Select the Interlocking Areas or Level Crossings tab, choose the required shared area, and use Add selected & related areas or Add selected areas only as appropriate. Review the plan, settings differences and area list before selecting Import Interventions in Area or Copy Blockers in Area.
For the complete Import From Option workflow and the current dry-run guidance, see Import From Options.