QUICK START / YOUR FIRST INVESTIGATION

A question. A workspace.
A clearer picture.

Get comfortable with Terminal in four steps. Start with source data, bring in an algorithm and build a view you can come back to.

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01 / START WITH THE DATA

Choose a window into the market.

Open Terminal to see your saved workspace, or the starter market view on your first visit. To create a fresh starting point, choose Workspaces → Market preset.

  1. Set the start and end dates in the toolbar. A few days is a useful first window.
  2. Hover over the chart to compare values across linked views. Click a period, or use the chart’s arrow keys, to pin it and inspect its source records.
  3. Write a question in the notes tile. Click outside the field to save it.
Terminal showing a wind and imbalance-price chart, a selected-period inspector and investigation notes.
A source chart, period inspector and notes share one workspace.View full size ↗

02 / ADD AN ALGORITHM

Bring a method to your question.

Choose Search / Add, or press Ctrl/⌘ + K. Open Algorithms and search for a method. Each entry explains its inputs, outputs and limitations.

  1. For a simple first comparison, look for price_naive_backtest. It compares baseline forecasts with settled prices.
  2. Choose Open analysis layout to create a workspace with an algorithm chart, its results table and notes. You can also add outputs to an existing chart.
  3. The app opens a completed, stored run. If a method has no results yet, it shows “Not computed yet”.
Search / Add drawer with the Algorithms tab selected and the price naive backtest’s chart, table and analysis-layout actions.
Find an algorithm, check its limitations and choose how to open it.View full size ↗

03 / MAKE THE VIEW YOURS

Keep the evidence side by side.

Use the chart to explore the forecast traces and the table to inspect their errors. Companion widgets retain the same run ID, so you can tell which calculation produced the results.

  1. To compare with actual prices, open the chart’s gear and select Imbalance price under Overlay source data.
  2. Drag a tile tab to an edge to split the view, or to the centre to stack it as a tab. Drag a divider to resize. Widget settings also offer Move without dragging.
  3. Use each widget’s gear to change its series, outputs, display or selected result table. Use the letter badge to link widgets into the same group, or make one independent.
  4. On narrow screens, use the widget bar to switch views. Your desktop arrangement stays saved.
A docked analysis workspace with baseline forecast traces, a same-run results table and notes about comparing model errors.
Charts, tables and notes give the investigation a shape you can customise.View full size ↗

04 / SAVE & EXPORT

Leave yourself a way back.

Workspace changes save in this browser automatically. Open Workspaces to name or duplicate the view, or choose Save current view as preset to reuse its layout.

  • Export data: open a chart or table’s gear, then use Data export → Export chart CSV or Export table CSV. Charts export their loaded data; tables export the selected whole-run result.
  • Back up your setup: choose Workspaces → Export configuration for a JSON file containing layouts, settings and notes.
  • Restore a setup: choose Import configuration, select the JSON file, review the preview and confirm replacement. You can undo the replacement.

CSV contains data. JSON configuration contains your workspace setup, not a copy of market data.

Workspaces panel showing workspace naming, presets, JSON export and configuration import.
Save a reusable view or take a configuration backup with you.View full size ↗

KEYBOARD REFERENCE

Keep the keys close.

Open this reference any time with the keyboard icon beside Settings. These controls apply while Terminal is open.

Workspace
KeysAction
Ctrl / ⌘ + KOpen Search / Add
Ctrl / ⌘ + ZUndo a workspace change
Ctrl / ⌘ + Shift + ZRedo a workspace change
EscapeClose the active drawer, cancel a drag or leave a maximised widget

Use while Terminal is open. Undo and redo leave text editing to the focused field.

Charts
KeysAction
← / →Inspect and pin the previous or next visible point
Home / EndInspect and pin the first or last visible point

Tab to a chart’s time-selection control first.

Layout
KeysAction
← / ↑Move the divider back one snap step
→ / ↓Move the divider forward one snap step

Focus a divider. Resizing respects minimum tile sizes and workspace lock.

Linked groups
KeysAction
↓Open the group picker
↑ / ↓Move between options in an open picker
Home / EndJump to the first or last group option
Enter / SpaceChoose the focused option
EscapeClose the group picker

Focus the letter badge at the top right of a widget.

YOUR NEXT QUESTION

Build your first investigation.

Start with a small date range and a question you can test.

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EisengrauSources: Elexon · NESO · stored weather records2026