Period Plot Report

A Period Plot Report is used to present 2D graphical plots of the selected activities in a given time period.

Period Plots Report

What’s New

In APS versions 22.2 and newer, the functionality to create Period Plots has been moved into the Reporting tab. Therefore, the Period Plots tab in the Schedule is no longer present. In addition, several new configuration options have been added, including the ability only to show benches that have been scheduled and the ability to view the benches in a List form rather than a Tree form.

Period Plots reports moved to Reporting tab

Setup

On the Schedule > Reporting tab: Select Add Report > Period Plot to create a Period Plot for Drilling and Mining activities.

In the Setup tab, set the display parameters for the different components.

Plot Report Setup section

Plot Setup items are explained in the table below:

Settings	Main settings of the plot content.
Activity	Select the Activities to report. List will be filters based on the Production Mode Features setup.
Label	Use the Labels drop-down to select which labels you want to display on the plot (for example, drilling meters for the ProductionDrilling activity or wet_tonnes for Mining). The default setting is <Record Name>.
Period Subset	Select what Period Subset to show. The available subsets are configured in the Period Subsets step. The default setting is <All Periods>.
Show Scale	Select how to display a scale for the plot ("Scale", "Grid", "None"). Scale vs Grid display
Expand Distance (m)	Optionally specify Expand Distance, in meters.
Draw Layers Over Blocks	Flag this option, if you want to draw layers over blocks. Note that only polyline layers can be displayed.
Display Increment As	Select how you want to display benches/lifts, in a Tree form or in a List form. Tree vs List display
Draw Only Scheduled Blocks	Flag this option, if you don’t want to display outlines for unscheduled blocks.
Show Only Scheduled Increments	Flag this option, if you want to display in the tree/list of benches only those that are scheduled in your plan. The increments that are not being worked on during the specified time period will not be included in the list. All vs Only Scheduled increments
Shading Opacity	Specify a preferred Shading Opacity, from 0.1 to 1.
Scheduled Hatch Pattern	Select from the drop-down a preferred Hatch Pattern for the Scheduled Blocks. For better illustration, “Solid” type is recommended.
Already Done Text	Text for already done (already drilled/charged/mined) blocks, that will be shown in the Legend. The default text is <Already Done>.
Already Done Hatch Pattern	Hatch Pattern of already done blocks.
Already Done Color	Color of already done blocks.
Period	Periods display settings.
Min Period	Select from the drop-down Minimum period to show in the plot. The default selection is <Start of Schedule>.
Max Period	Select from the drop-down Maximum period to show in the plot. The default selection is <End of Schedule>.
Title	Title display settings.
Show Title	Flag to show a selected level Title at the top.
Font	Title font selection.
Size	Title size selection.
Style	Title style selection.
Labels	Labels display settings.
Show Labels	Flag to show a block property (i.e. blast type) over every block.
Font	Label font selection.
Size	Label size selection.
Style	Label style selection.
Show Labels only for Scheduled Blocks	Flag to show labels only for scheduled blocks.
Legends	Legend display settings.
Show Legends	If Show Legends is ticked, you will see a legend of color assignments by period on the right side of the viewport.
Font	Legend font selection.
Size	Legend size selection.
Style	Legend style selection.
Show Used Periods Only	Flag to show used periods only.
Image Size	Exported image settings.
Width	Enter the width of the plot.
Height	Enter the height of the plot.

Results

Select a bench/flitch or lift from the tree/list on the left and its blocks will be displayed in the main viewport.

Select the Activity to display from the bottom left.

Select the Level(s) and Activity to display in the Result tab

Use the <CTRL> and <SHIFT> keys to select multiple levels from the tree structure on the left.

Note that it is not possible to display the level of the entire pit or stage, the selection may only contain benches, flitches and lifts.

Nor is it possible to display more than one Activity in a period plot.

Exporting Results

You can save the displayed plot directly from the viewport by right-clicking and selecting Save from the drop-down.

Results tab > right click > Save option

In the Save As window specify the export path, name and format of the plot being exported, and click Save.
Open the saved file to review the results.

Exports allows user to export multiple benches directly to Powerpoint and PDF.

Use the Collapse Export Into One Page option to create a single output with all selected benches.

Note this will only export the activity selected.

Results tab > Exports option