Monitor Properties

Properties are described for residual monitors and report monitors.

Because of the similarity, the information for both types is documented here, and differences between the two monitor types are noted where relevant.


Report	This property appears only if the monitor was created from a report. It selects the source report.
Active	This property appears only if this is a residual monitor (read-only).
	Activated	The monitor is active in the current simulation.
	Deactivated	The monitor is inactive. This would happen if you changed models in the middle of the simulation and you had not deleted any monitors specific to the previous models.
Enabled	Controls whether to update the particular monitor.
	Activated	Allows updates of the monitor.
	Deactivated	Does not allow updates of the monitor.
Value Type	Controls whether to access overall report results or a particular part for a report monitor. See Extracting Report Results on a Per-Part Basis. For a monitor that is generated from a Minimum or Maximum report, this property includes additional options for collocation of field functions. See Reporting Additional Field Functions at Maximum or Minimum.
	Total Value	Selects the overall report results.
	Part Value	Allows access to values for a particular part. Activates the Report Part sub-node which lets you select that part in the Parts property.
	Collocated Value	Activates the Collocated Field Function sub-node to let you select any of the collocated field functions of the source report.
	Part Collocated Value	Activates the Collocated Field Function and Report Part sub-nodes to let you select collocated field functions on particular parts from the source report.
Trigger	Defines what action will trigger collection of a sample. For report monitors, the default setting depends on whether you are using the Steady model (iterations) or Implicit Unsteady model (time-steps).
	Iteration	A sample will be taken every N iterations, where N is defined by the Frequency (default for residual monitors).
	Time-Step	A sample will be taken every N time-steps, where N is defined by the Frequency.
	Delta Time	Triggers an update when the simulation time advances by the amount you specify in the Delta Time property field. This trigger type is only appropriate for transient simulations.
	Update Event	Triggers an update based on a user-defined update event. User-defined update events are based on monitor values and provide you with more flexibility in controlling the updates. See User-Defined Update Events.
Normalization Option	Defines how the monitor data will be normalized.
	Off	Do not normalize.
	Auto	Lets Simcenter STAR-CCM+ do the normalization as derived in the Automatic Normalization node that is added as a sub-node when you choose this option.
	Manual	Lets you define a specific normalization factor in the Manual Normalization node that is added as a sub-node when you select this option.
Maximum Plot Samples	Limits the number of sample points used in the monitor plot.