The correct handling of cycles within the Facilitator has not yet been implemented. As a result you are constrained when performing a run within the current analysis.

The constraint is:

• The current user interface only supports a single cycle.
• Within a single cycle the alternatives, base criteria and matrix are immutable (they cannot be changed).

The good news is cycles are supported in the core model of this version of the Facilitator. All it requires is some support code for the user interface to be designed/written.

The run produced by this action will not be compatible (or comparible) with the current run list. The reason for this is one of the following items has changed since creation of the first run in the current run list:

• One or more data values in the matrix.
• An alternative.
• A criteria.

1. DELETE

   Choosing the delete action will remove all existing runs in your run list, run the analysis and place the resulting run in the now empty run list. The only way you can recover the old run list following this action is to load an analysis file which has been saved prior to this action; that is if you are lucky enough to have one.

2. CANCEL

   Choosing the cancel action returns you to the application without generating an analysis. This does not change anything. However, it also does not generate the analysis, the action which is what brought you here in the first place.

• Select CANCEL.
• Save the current analysis (giving it a name you can reference at a later date).
• Return here and select DELETE.
• Save the analysis again, making sure to use Save As, and assigning a different file name so as to avoid clobbering the file which contains your removed runs.

There is a more elegant solution to this problem which allows you as the user to maintain runs across what is referred to a CYCLE. This is slated to be implemented in future software releases.