# Visualization :::{important} The visualization is currently for the ART case only. ::: Some visualization jobs, plotting global 2D fields, can be enabled with the `--visualization` (or `-v`) or the `--animation` options of the init script. These jobs are configured via a file `conf/art/visualization/.yml`, as well as a general config file `conf/art/visualization/default.yml`. ## Short overview of the configuration :::{hint} For all configuration options, check out the file `conf/art/visualization/template.yml` which contains plenty of descriptive comments. ::: The basic structure of the configuration file is ```yaml PLOTS: #-- Section for all 2D plots VARGROUP1: #-- Configuration for variable group 1 ... VARGROUP2: #-- Configuration for variable group 2 ... ANIMATIONS: #-- Section for all 2D animations VARGROUP1: #-- Configuration for variable group 1 ... ``` Of course, you only need the respective sections for the jobs you want to execute. The configuration options are: * Each variable group will create the same kind of plot for one or multiple variables (i.e. same color bar, same processing, etc.). * For each group, you set the input files (wildcards allowed) and the variables to plot. * Specific times and levels can be selected. * Reduction of time or level dimensions can be done (e.g. temporal mean). * Multiplicative factors (e.g. for unit conversion) can be applied. * Colorbar properties can be adjusted. If your selection results in multiple levels/time steps, a single plot will be created for each (combination).\ For the animations, a single animation per variable group is created from all these plots, s.t. multiple levels and/or time steps need to be selected.