Continuum Main Screen Overview :
This is the main screen you will use in Continuum. It is focused around analysis of data
generated by the projector.
At the top you will notice a toolbar resembling a 'Ribbon-Bar' found in latest
versions of Microsoft Office. This area allows you to adjust the time
frame for displaying results of the projection. You can pick dates or use
the trim buttons to adjust these dates for display. Next to those are the
'Zoom Left' button which toggles whether the graph area takes up the entire
width of the form. Fullscreen button attempts to eek out even more visible
area for persons using lower resolution netbooks. Next to those buttons
are the primary projection statistics : ProjectedValue, ProjectedDebt, and
ProjectedIndex... the meanings of these can be displayed by hovering over their
numbers.
The
Projected Index is a statistic i created and it basically equates to
this : 0.00 - 1.00 values imply you have more debt than value, 1.00 means
you are in balance, 1.00 - 2.00 designates how close you are to being debt free,
and 2.00+ is for everything beyond being debt free. Now this Index
statistic does not imply wealth, someone with a value of 1,000 and debt of 10
would have higher Index than someone value of 100,000 and a debt of 2,000.
But the first person IS debt free.. so this index is geared toward being
providing benchark to being debt free. It attempts to be linear in nature
but if your value drastically exceeds your original debt values, then it can
become skewed... more often someone would pay down the debt with that surplus
value however and then the scale becomes relevant again.
The lower portion of the screen is divided into the Graph Pane and Statistics
Pane.
The
Graph Panes currently provides four graph types :
- Fund Activity : Shows individual line graphs for all funds
- Fund Disbursal : Shows projected inflow or outflows, by Actor, for any single fund
- Stacked Income : Shows aggregated graph of value
- Stacked Debt : Shows aggregated graph of debt
The
Statistics Pane is divided into five tabs :
- Statistics : This area shows derived statistics and upcoming Activities
- Transactions : This area shows detailed transaction log for any single fund
- Balances : This area shows detailed balance log for any single fund
- Activity : This area shows detailed activity log for any single fund
- Notes : This area provides a means to save notes regarding your continuum
Most of these statistics can be used for verifying the model is projecting
and reminding accurately or just for viewing data in tabular format. I
have made every attempt to resolve bugs and/or calculation errors which I myself
find, but want to leave this level of openness for diagnosing any potential
issues which might be discovered by others. Please do report any issues
you find at
http://continuum.codeplex.com