Running Simulations on Embedded Data

After you import data to your story, you might want to run some simulations by temporarily changing a few values.

You can use a set of basic simulation features in a table based on embedded data. The full set of features are available when working with data from a planning model.

Feature	Details
Data entry on booked and unbooked cells	Entering Values in a Table
Copying and cutting cells (records or aggregated values)	Copying and Pasting Cell Values Cutting and Pasting Cell Values
Deleting values	Deleting Values in a Table
Locking cells	About Value Lock Management
Undoing or redoing changes from the table cell menu, or from the History panel	Table Menu Options on Story Pages Undo, Redo, and Revert Changes to Versions

You won’t be able to publish these changes to your embedded data. When you’re finished with your simulation, you can right-click a table cell and select Start of the navigation path Version Next navigation step Revert End of the navigation path to go back to your original data.

Also, if you switch back to the Data view and make changes to your embedded data, you may lose the changes that you’ve made for a simulation. You’ll get a warning before any data is discarded.

Note

Simulating values isn’t supported if your embedded data creates members with NULL IDs. Change the null IDs in the Data view before starting a simulation.