Flexing Inputs

When you have any scenario with multiple fixed inputs and you ask the what if question, flexing is often the best way to create scenarios.

Flexing takes a scenario, asks the user what value they would like to investigate, asks for a range, and then creates a range of scenarios according to the specified range of values. It is the quickest way to create a collection of scenarios to a “What If” question.

If users decide to flex a scenario you can either flex it within the current study or you can create a new study and flex from the baseline scenario.

To flex a study:

1. Right click on the baseline scenario (the grey filled and bolded scenario).
2. Select Flex from the options menu.
3. A window will appear with all the possible inputs you can flex.
4. Select the input you would like to flex.
5. Set a starting value.
6. Set a step value.
   Note

   There is a hard limit of the number of scenarios that can be flexed at anytime (in a study). Akumen will inform you how many scenarios a flex will produce, and prevent you from exceeding the limit.

7. Set the final value.
8. Then press Generate.
9. A window will appear asking you to confirm the flex.
10. Press OK.
11. Then scenarios will be generated with new values from the stated starting value through to the stated final value.

Flexing can be done to more than one input at a time. For example you could flex the one input and then a second input at the same time with the same values. The model will create these scenarios as long as it has not reached the limit of scenarios that it can generate.