CDSS Online Data Tools - User Guide

https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools

Specific Tool Help Index List

Navigation

Main Menu

The CDSS site content is accessed through the menu. Click the “hamburger” (3 vertical bars) to open the site menu.

Dataset Search Pages

Each dataset has a search page with unique search parameters. See the search filters on the left side.

Detail Page Menu

Detail level pages have tabs in the menu bar to access additional information. A triangle next to the menu item indicates a sub-menu will appear when the mouse hovers over the item.

How to Search for Data

Primary Filter Options

Enter the desired search criteria in the left side panel and click the Search button.

Additional filter options

See ‘More Options’ available in that dropdown. All search criteriaare queried as AND conditions.

Table / Map View

Search result pages have a table/map split view. One or the other can be hidden/reshown by clicking the arrows on the divider bar or the switch controls at the top , the divider bar can be clicked and dragged to adjust the size of each panel , the orientation (horizontally vs vertically stacked panels) can be changed by clicking the button with the following icon , and the panel order can be switched by clicking the button with this icon .

Table controls

Table columns can be sorted (ascending or descending) by clicking on the column name.

Click the three dots on the right side of the column header to display a menu of column options. Check boxes are used to display or hide columns in the output. Filter options are used to restrict the values displayed. When the ‘Lock’ option is clicked for a column, that column is moved to the left and becomes locked/frozen. When the table is scrolled to the right, those columns remain visible.

Custom Table Layouts

Table columns can be created if you’re signed into your account (sign in or create an account through the link in the upper right corner of any of the pages). If you’re signed in, you can choose a layout from the dropdown in the table header, and start customizing (rearranging, resizing, or hiding/showing columns, or applying sorting and filtering). The next time you open the page and choose that layout, your setup will come back. To rename a setting once you have created it, click on the icon (A with a pencil) next to the name within the dropdown.

Map Options

By default, maps display just a green circle for each point, with no labels. When a point is clicked, an information box is displayed with all available information for that location.

Click the “Layers” button in the upper left corner of maps, then “Map Options” to display options for maps.

The options that can be configured are:
a) Label field - the label that is displayed on the map for each point
b) Hover field - the information that is displayed when the mouse hovers over a location.

c) Cluster points - checked to group points together when they are close together on the map until the map is zoomed in
d) Label background - checked to add a light background to labels to differentiate the text from the points or layers behind it.

Saving the Search URL

Copy and paste the search URL from the address bar to save/share.

Display Limits

Table results are limited to 10,000 rows. If the search returns more than this, a message will be displayed instructing user to refine the search.

Clusters of points are shown as ‘hot spots’ with a count. To view individual map points, zoom in to that area. This can be turned off in the Map Options

View Details

Click on ‘View’ in the table tab of Search results, or ‘View Details’ in the map.

Export Products

Save URL

Copy and paste the URL in the address bar save or share any page in CDSS.

Export CSV snapshot (details pages)

Click the CSV button above tables in details pages

Export CSV dataset (Search pages)

Click the Export button near the top right in the Search pages, and you will get an option to produce a single csv file from the data on the page:

Click the Export or Report button in the Details page will give you different options to generate csv files, pdf reports, or zip files with multiple reportsa zip file containing up to three csv files:

Export PDF snapshot

Click the PDF button on a graph.

Export PDF file

Click either the ‘Diversion Records’ or ‘Structure Summary’ link in the ‘Structure Reports’ box in the lower left corner of Table or Graph view.

The dialog box will display options for Diversion Records or Structure Summary report, depending on which link was clicked, but can also be changed from here.

A PDF file will be created including the elements selected, and saved to Downloads.

Location Converter and Distance Calculator

The Location Converter and Distance Calculator tools are accessed from the main menu.

Location Converter

Location converter is used to convert a map location to different coordinate systems.

A map point must first be placed on the map, using either by clicking the mouse on the map itself, or by entering the information in the input box on the left. Once a location is mapped, the boxes on the left show the location expressed in different coordinate systems.

The map point can be moved on the map using the mouse, and the results fields will update.

Distance Calculator

Distance calculator is used to calculate the distance between any two map points (within Colorado only).

The first map point A is placed on the map either by clicking on the map, or by entering the coordinates in the left panel. One of eight coordinate systems can be chosen using the dropdown. After point A is placed, point B can be placed on the map.

The distance between the points will be calculated, and displayed on the map. Either point can be moved on the map using the mouse. If the coordinate system is changed for either point, that point will be removed and a new point will need to be placed before it is re-calculated and displayed.

Site Content

Subject Areas

Administrative Calls

Active

Historical

Structure Call Analysis

Water Source Call Analysis

Climate Stations

Groundwater

Geophysical Logs

Water Levels

Structures

Surface Water

All Stations

Current Conditions Only

Water Rights

Net Amounts

Transactions

Well Permits

Tools

Aquifer Determination Tools

Colorado Information Marketplace

DNR Portal

Location Tools

Location Converter

Distance Calculator

Map Viewer

Other Tools

REST Web Services

Help Content

Click the ‘Help’ link in the upper right corner to access the documentation. A dialog is displayed with a description of the current subject matter area, and links to find further information. Clicking on ‘User Guide’ brings up this document.
show the help UI and describe the content therein

Click ‘Data Dictionary’ to display a document with a description of the current dataset, and descriptions of terms used in the dataset.

Click ‘Ask DWR’ to display an interactive page to submit questions to DWR staff.

Click ‘Subscribe’ to receive email notifications from DWR. A confirmation email will be sent to complete the subscription process.

Additional Resources

The ‘Additional Resources’ panel in the lower left corner of the Search page contains links to other pages with related content.

Click the ‘Colorado Information Marketplace’ link to open the Colorado Information Marketplace page, which hosts an alternative view of DWR data, available for filtering and download.

Click the ‘DWR Map Viewers’ link to open the Data & Maps tab in the DWR home page, which contains water related research tools.

Click ‘DWR Web Services’ link to open the REST Web Services page. DWR provides RESTful GET services for users to get CDSS data from HydroBase programmatically. Visit the REST Service API for more information.

Hover

Many items on screen, such as table headers, show popup definitions when you hover your mouse there.

Search Results

Data Limits

For recurring or large-size data grabs, read about DWR web services below. For on-screen display and download, restrictions are applied to the allowable record count for performance purposes. Note the count allowed to the map may be lower than for the data table. Whenever data is restricted, a red message alerts the user to that.

Table

The datagrid showing the search results has extensive capabilities related to filter, sort and display, plus column hide and lock functions. Click the three dots by each column header to explore these functions.

Map

The map shows the content of the data table.

Clusters of points are shown as ‘hot spots’ with a count.

Click the Map Options button to set map label options.

Click on the map points to see additional details.

Detail Reports

Detailed reports are available for each item in your search results. The content of the report pages varies based on the dataset, and can be reached in one of two ways:

Click the link ‘View’ in the left most column of a search results table
Click the point on the map, and then the ‘View Details’ link in the popup box

Download/Retrieve Data

Data can be downloaded - as csv, PDF, or image, depending on the content - via the Export button.

Users can also query the data using REST web services - via the DWR Web Services link.