Decision entry

When you choose Decision entry, a decision entry screen similar to that shown in the Player's Manual appears.  If decisions have not been entered for the current quarter, entries on the screen are values from the decision set from the previous quarter, otherwise they are the most recent values entered for the current  quarter.  For your first set of decisions, Year 3, Quarter 1, the default values are the same ones that were used to generate the reports for Year 2, Quarter 4 (see the BPG Player's Manual, Appendix C).

Decision values are entered by moving the cursor to one of the variable fields in the window and entering the new value for that variable. Use the mouse to select a field or move the cursor to the next field by pressing <TAB> or move it back one field by pressing <Shift-TAB>.

If you should enter a value outside of the range permitted by the rules of the simulation, an error message will appear in a dialog box indicating the range of values that you may enter.  When you click OK, the cursor will be returned to the field in question.

 For information on a specific variable and the range of values which may be entered, click on the heading of the field for that variable and context sensitive help will appear.

When you are satisfied that the decision set has been entered correctly, click the Save button in the lower right corner of the form..  All values from the screen will be checked for conformation to the rules of the game.  If any values fall outside of the permitted ranges you will be returned to the decision-entry screen with the cursor located in the field in question.  A dialog box will identify the problem.  Additional help can be obtained by pressing the <F1> function key.

If the values pass the test, the decisions will be saved.