The
Waste Information Management
System (WIMS) is a web-based
system, built for the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE)
by the Applied Research
Center (ARC) at Florida
International University
(FIU). WIMS provides a
user-friendly online system
to gather, organize, and
present waste forecast
data from DOE sites and
provides the tools necessary
to easily visualize, understand,
and manage the vast volumes,
material classes, and disposition
pathways.
Users
need to register and can
then immediately access
the system. Registered
users can view information
online or can generate
reports which can be exported
in different formats and
downloaded. WIMS can be
accessed at the following
URL: http://wims.arc.fiu.edu/wims/.
In
order to register with
the WIMS, click on the Register link
on the homepage (Figure
1).
Figure
1. WIMS homepage.
This
will bring up the user
registration page (Figure
2). Fill in all the fields
(required) . Then click
on the Save button.
Figure
2. WIMS user registration.
Once
you are a registered user,
you can access the WIMS
website. In order to log-in,
your e-mail address will
be your username and the
password will be the one
entered during the registration
process (Figure 3). If
you forget your password,
you may click on the Forgot
Your Password? link. The system will then send your password to
the e-mail address provided
during registration.
Figure
3. WIMS log-in feature.
If
you want the website to
remember your password,
click on the check box
labeled “Remember
Me”. This password
feature will only work
from the last computer
you were working on when
you logged into the WIMS
website.
Once you have logged into
WIMS, the website will
appear as in Figure 4. To
return to this page at
any time, click on the Home button
at the top left of the
page. To log-out of WIMS,
click on the Logout button.
Figure
4. WIMS homepage after
user log-in.
By clicking on the Contact
Us button at the
top of the screen, the
user can view the contact
information for the technical
and project contacts
(Figure 5). Users
may phone or e-mail any
of the contacts for assistance
with the WIMS website.
Figure
5. General contact information
for WIMS.
Click on the Profile button
at the top of the screen
to view the user registration
information (Figure 6).
To edit this information,
click on the Edit Profile button. This
will take you to the registration
input screen. Make
any changes that you need
and click on the Save button,
just as you did during
the original registration
process (see Registration
section of this help file).
Clicking the Back button
will return you to the
WIMS homepage.
Figure
6. WIMS user profile.
To view forecast data,
click on the Forecast
Data tab at the top
of the WIMS homepage. This
will take you to the forecast
data screen where you can
select the parameters from
pull-down menus for the
data you which to view.
(Figure 7).
Figure
7. WIMS forecast
data.
By clicking on the down
arrow next to each pull-down
menu, you can select the
site from which the waste
will be coming, the facility
the waste will be going
to, the fiscal years forecasted
for the waste, and the
waste type (Figures 8-12).
Figure
8. WIMS waste from
selections.
Figure
9. WIMS waste to
selections.
Figure
10. Fiscal year
range from.
Figure
11. Fiscal year range
to.
Figure
12. WIMS waste type
selections.
After making your selections,
click on the Display Forecast
Data button to display
the forecast data matrix
(Figure 13). Use the scrollbars
along the data matrix table
to view the columns to
the right and the rows
below. Users are able to
sort the data contained
on this page alphabetically
or numerically by clicking
on the column headers (e.g.,
reporting site, disposition
facility name, wastestream
name, etc.). In order to
print the waste forecast
data, see the Reports section
of this help document.
Figure
13. WIMS forecast
data matrix.
To view a disposition
map, click on the Disposition
Map tab at the top
of the web page. This will
take you to the disposition
map screen where you can
select the parameters from
pull-down menus for the
data you which to view
(just as described in the
Forecast Data section of
this help document). Once
these parameters are chosen,
click on the Display
Disposition Map button
to view the disposition
map (Figure 14).
Figure
14. WIMS disposition
map.
To print the disposition
map, click on the Print
Disposition Map button
just below the Generate
Disposition Map button.
A print help window will
open, as shown in Figure
15. Adjust
your printer settings as
recommended to optimize
your printing results. Once you have
clicked the Close button
on the print help box,
the disposition map formatted
for printing will appear
on your screen (Figure
16). Use your browser
print function to print
the disposition map to
your network printer.
Figure
15. Print help window
for WIMS disposition map.
Figure
16. WIMS disposition
map formatted for printing.
To view a GIS map, click
on the GIS Map tab
at the top of the web page.
This will take you to the
GIS Map screen where you
can select the parameters
from pull-down menus for
the data you which to view,
just as described in the
Forecast Data section of
this help document (Figure
17). Once these parameters
are chosen, click on the Generate
GIS Map button to view
the GIS map.
Figure
17. WIMS GIS Map.
Note that you may choose
to display the forecasted
waste from one site to
all disposal facilities,
a forward GIS map, as shown
in Figure 18, or you may
choose to display the forecasted
waste from all sites to
a single disposal facility,
a reverse GIS map, as shown
in Figure 19.
Figure
18. Forward GIS Map
displaying waste from one
site to all disposition
sites.
Figure
19. Reverse GIS Map
displaying waste from all
sites to one disposition
site.
To print the GIS map,
click on the Print GIS
Map button just below
the Generate GIS Map button.
A print help window will
open, as shown in Figure
20. Adjust
your printer settings as
recommended to optimize
your printing results. Once you have
clicked the Close button
on the print help box,
the GIS map formatted for
printing will appear on
your screen. Use
your browser print function
to print the GIS map to
your network printer.
Figure
20. Print help window
for GIS Map.
To view the transportation
data, click on the Transportation tab
at the top of the web page.
This will take you to the
Transportation screen where
you can select the parameters
from pull-down menus for
the data you which to view,
just as described in the
Forecast Data section of
this help document (Figure
21). Once these parameters
are chosen, click on the Display
Forecast Data button
to view the transportation
data (Figure 22). Use the
scrollbars along the data
matrix table to view the
columns to the right and
the rows below.
Figure
21. WIMS Transportation
Data Feature.
Figure
22. WIMS Transportation
Data Display.
To
export waste forecast data
from WIMS or to print the
waste forecast data as
a data table, click on
the Reports tab
at the top of the WIMS
home page. This will
take you to the WIMS Reports
feature page (Figure 23).
(NOTE:
reporting functionality
works with Internet
Explorer only).
Figure
22. WIMS Reports
Feature.
Three report options are
available from this page. The
first, Waste Stream Report,
can be used to export the
waste forecast data from
WIMS to Excel, PDF, TIFF
as well as other formats.
It will contain all of
the columns and rows from
the forecast data display
but will not be formatted
to print. The next
two report options are
designed to aid the user
in printing the waste forecast
data. Because the
number of columns can not
be formatted onto a single
page and still be readable,
the columns are broken
into 2 separate reports. The
Waste Stream Info Report
contains all the columns
that identify the wastestream,
but no waste volume data. The
Waste Stream Forecast Report
contains all the forecast
waste volume data as well
as the reporting site,
the disposition facility,
and the waste stream field
identification number.
Clicking on any of the
three View Report buttons
will bring up the parameter
selection drop-down menus
as shown in Figure 23. Click
on the down arrow beside
each of the parameters
(Waste From, Waste To,
and Waste Type) to select
the data for your report.
Once your selections are
made, click on the View
Report button located
on the right. A new report
will be generated based
on the selected parameters.
Figure 23. WIMS Reports pull-down
menus for selection of
report parameters.
Once
the report is generated,
use the “Select a
format” drop-down
menu to choose one of several
formatting options: HTML,
Excel, Web archive, PDF,
TIFF, CSV, or XML. After
choosing the preferred
format, click on the Export link
(Figure 24).
Figure
24. WIMS reports
display and export selection.
In order to view the downloaded
and formatted report, choose
if you want to Open or
Save the file (Figure 25).
If the “Save” option
is selected, you must select
a location within the computer
in which to save the file.
Some downloading/conversion
processes may take a long
time. If the “Open”
option is selected, the
report will open in the
selected format (e.g.,
Excel as shown in Figure
26). The user can
then save and/or print
the file using the tools
in their selected format
software.
Figure
25. File download
choice to open or save
file.
Figure
26. WIMS report exported
to Microsoft Excel format.
The
report generated on the
web browser (HTML viewer)
has several navigating
functions to facilitate
user finding, viewing and
exporting the information
displayed. The icons of
Figure 26, from left-to-right,
feature: change of page,
zoom level, find text or
value, exporting and refresh
screen (when a value from
the pull-down lists is
changed, and help (to the
HTML Viewer).
Figure
26. Navigating functions
within the WIMS report
feature.