Effective scenario management tools need to meet these objectives:

• Minimize the number of hydraulic model files the modeler needs to maintain.
• Maximize the usefulness of scenarios through easy access to things such as input and output data, and direct comparisons.
• Maximize the number of scenarios you can simulate by mixing and matching data from existing scenarios (data reuse).
• Minimize the amount of data that needs to be duplicated to consider conditions that have a lot in common.

The scenario management feature in HAMMER CONNECT successfully meets all of these objectives. A single hydraulic model file enables you to generate an unlimited number of What If? conditions; edit only the data that needs to be changed and quickly generate direct comparisons of input and results for desired scenarios.