--- title: "How to plot and customise an XY Series of 1D river results | Tutorials" slug: "how-to-plot-animate-and-customise-a-xy-series-of-1d-river-results" description: "Learn how to plot and customise an XY Series of 1D river results. " tags: ["1D river modelling", "running simulations", "river section"] updated: 2022-11-01T15:25:41Z published: 2022-11-01T15:25:41Z canonical: "help.floodmodeller.com/how-to-plot-animate-and-customise-a-xy-series-of-1d-river-results" stale: true --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.floodmodeller.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to plot and customise an XY Series of 1D river results NoteTo plot an XY Series of 1D river results, you will need to be on **1D River** selection mode and have your river network active. In the **Results tab**, click the **XY Series** button. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5074bc26-a9ef-4bf4-b1de-a5c6ce628aca/Images/Documentation/1DRiverimagesplotresultsxyriver.png) The **XY Series Selection (River Results)** window will open. You will be prompted to browse to a results file (extension .zzl) if the currently active simulation does not have compatible results available. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5074bc26-a9ef-4bf4-b1de-a5c6ce628aca/Images/Documentation/1DRiverimagesriverxyseries.png) NoteThis window can also be accessed by right-clicking on one of your selected nodes (in the **map** view or in the **1D River Network** panel), then selecting **XY Series** from the menu. Alternatively, from the **1D River Network** panel, you can use the shortcut keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Q. If you have a plot settings file (extension .psf), load this using the **Load Plot Settings** button in the **Toolbar** at the bottom. Otherwise, specify your plot settings as listed below (click on each item for further information). #### Select nodes The **Available Items** list on the left displays all nodes available for plotting from your active 1D river network. Those currently selected are displayed in the **Selected Items** list on the right. These are the ones that will be added to the plot. Click the buttons located between the lists to move items from one list to the other. When a node is added to the **Selected Items** list, it is removed from the **Available Items** list (and vice versa when nodes are removed from the **Selected Items** list). Two ways to make this faster: - Use the **Load** button (below the **Available Items** list) to load a pre-defined list of nodes from a text file. A **Save** button is also provided to store node lists (as text files) for re-use with other simulations. - Select one or multiple nodes in your river network before clicking the **Time Series** button and these will automatically populate the **Selected Items** list. You may find this page on [Selecting multiple nodes](/v1/docs/how-to-select-multiple-nodes) helpful. --- #### Confirm results files (and/or calibration data!) Your results file(s) will be displayed in a list. Use the checkboxes provided to select which results to plot. Add more results files by clicking the **Add Results/Cal. File(s)** button located below the list. You can browse to results files (extension .zzl) or calibration data files (extension .cal). Files you add should contain data associated to (at least some of) the nodes selected in the network. Calibration data files can be created using the **Cal (Time Series) File Editor** tool in the **Calibration Tools** section of the **Toolbox panel**. Calibration data can also be specified in a simple .csv format with times specified in the first column and data in subsequent columns (and a single header row). --- #### Select variable(s) A table lists all possible variables available for plotting. The default selection is the **Flow** variable on the x-axis and the **Stage** variable on the y-axis. You can untick these and select different variables. --- #### Select the plot time range Click in the fields provided and enter the required **Start Time** and **End Time**. The default is the full analysis period of the specified results file, and a button is provided to reset the values to these defaults. NoteThe **Selected Time** box is disabled in this window as it is not applicable to this type of plot (it is only used by **Long Section** and **Cross Section** plots that share the same window design). --- #### Save settings for future use All your settings can be saved using the **Save Plot Settings** button in the **Toolbar** at the bottom. The plot settings file (extension .psf) is an xml format text file. This can then be recalled in a later session to quickly recreate the same charts again, e.g. if you make changes to your model and re-run the simulations. --- Click the **Plot** button in the **Toolbar** to display the **XY Series** graph. The plot will have a title and legend added automatically. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/5074bc26-a9ef-4bf4-b1de-a5c6ce628aca/Images/Documentation/1DRiverimagesriverxyseriesplothowto2.png) Charts can be fully customised using the **Quick-Edit** button on the chart **Toolbar**. XY charts cannot be animated. Please see the technical reference for details on [Quick-Edit functionality](/v1/docs/time-series-plot-windows-river-results#quickedit-functionality), [Toolbar functionality](/v1/docs/time-series-plot-windows-river-results#toolbar-functionality) and [Right-click menu functionality](/v1/docs/time-series-plot-windows-river-results#rightclick-menu-functionality). Use the X in the upper right corner of the chart to close the chart window when you’ve finished with it.