> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.transitionzero.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing Results

> How to read your scenario results: headline metrics, charts, filtering by geography, and downloading the data.

Results become available once a run reaches the **Done** status. Before then, the results view shows a status message instead of charts:

| Run status             | What you'll see                                      |
| :--------------------- | :--------------------------------------------------- |
| **Not yet run**        | *No results available yet. Please run the scenario.* |
| **Generating results** | *Results are being generated. Please wait.*          |
| **Done**               | Headline metrics, charts, and downloadable data      |

<Info>
  For what each run stage means and how to respond, see [Run statuses](/platform/run-statuses).
</Info>

## Headline metrics

At the top of the results, key figures summarise the scenario:

* **Total system cost**: the discounted cost of the whole system over the modelling period. It includes capital investment costs, fixed operating costs, and fuel and variable operating costs, with salvage values offset against capital investment. All costs are discounted to the start year. See [Financial inputs](/methodology/financial-inputs) for how discounting works
* **Total emissions (CO2e)**: total emissions across the modelling period, from the start year to the end year

## Charts

Results are presented as a set of charts, each broken down by technology and summed across the geographies in your scenario:

* **Total Operating Capacity by Technology**: installed capacity by technology in each model year
* **Total Generation by Technology**: electricity generated by each technology. For capacity expansion this is shown by year; for dispatch it is shown across the hours of the modelled year
* **Emissions**: emissions by technology over time
* **Total Cost Breakdown**: total discounted cost split by technology and cost type:
  * **Capital Investment Cost**
  * **Fixed operations & maintenance cost**
  * **Fuel and Variable Operations & Maintenance Cost**

## Filtering by geography

In a regional (multi-node) model, the results default to **All geographies**. Use the geography selector to focus on a single node and see its capacity, generation, and emissions in isolation. This is useful for understanding regional differences, such as where renewable generation is concentrated or where a zone relies on imports.

## Capacity expansion vs dispatch

The two model types answer different questions, so their results differ:

* **Capacity Expansion** results focus on the long-term investment pathway: how capacity, generation, emissions, and total system cost evolve year by year
* **Dispatch** results focus on the operation of a single year at high temporal resolution, showing how generation is dispatched across the hours of the year

For more on choosing between them, see [Model frameworks](/methodology/model-frameworks).

## Downloading the data

Use the **Download** button to export the underlying results as a CSV file, so you can analyse them in your own tools or keep a record alongside your inputs.

## Comparing and interrogating results

* **Compare scenarios**: use **Compare scenario** to view two scenarios of the same model type side by side, with their charts overlaid
* **Ask AMP**: the [AMP AI assistant](/platform/amp-ai-assistant) can summarise and sanity-check your results, explain a generation mix, or investigate things like high renewable curtailment

<Tip>
  If a run does not produce the results you expect, check your inputs before re-running. An [infeasible](/platform/infeasibilities) result means no solution satisfies all your constraints.
</Tip>