Running Sectors

If you've defined one or more sector frames in your model, you can choose to run selected sectors rather than the entire model. This lets you run simulations for functionally-related building blocks, so you can observe their behavior in isolation.

To Run One or More Sectors in a Model

1. Navigate to the root module by clicking on the button in the Mode toolbar (if it's not visible, you're already in the root module).

2. Double-click an empty part of the model to open Model Preferences, and click on the Partial Simulation tab to access Partial Simulation Setup.

3. Select the sectors you want to run:

   • To run the entire model, including all sectors, select Run Entire Model.
   • To run one or more sectors within the model, select Run Selected Sectors, and then select the check boxes for the sectors that you want to run.
   • You can also run all variables that are not in sectors as long as all of them are valid (that is the only things that are invalid are contained in sectors).

Note: Sectors whose names are grayed out can't run, because they're not fully defined (don't have all variables defined), or have errors.

4. Run the model from the Model menu or the Run Toolbar. Depending on your selections, only a subset of the model will run.

Modules and Sectors

The sectors you specify to run can be in any module. However, if you have a module inside your sector the content of that module (including contained modules) will all be run if the sector is being run. This is true even if there are sectors in the module that are not marked as being run. In general, you will get the most predictable results if sectors do not contain module.

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