Managing Options and Alternatives in AHP

You can add a new option by clicking the "Add New Option" button. You can also right-click the options panel to open a context menu with commands to edit, delete, or disable an option.

AHP Software left vertical Options panel with the 'Add New Option' button and the right-click context menu exposing Edit, Delete, and Disable commands for managing alternatives.

Editing an Option Name

Double-click an option name in the vertical menu. The name becomes editable, and you can type the new option name.

AHP Software Options panel with an option double-clicked into an inline editable textbox so the user can rename the alternative without leaving the page.

Deleting an Option

Right-click an option and choose "Delete" from the context menu. You can also select the option in the left vertical menu and press Delete on your keyboard.

Adding a New Option

Click the "Add New Option" button in the left vertical menu. The software opens the interface shown below.

AHP Software wizard panel shown after 'Add New Option' is clicked, allowing several new options to be entered in one go before clicking Finish.

Add as many new options as you need from this panel. When you are done, click "Finish". The wizard then opens the pairwise comparisons required for the newly added options.

AHP Software pairwise comparison wizard listing the additional comparisons needed against the newly added option before the model can be recalculated.

Click "Next" to complete the remaining comparisons. After the comparisons are finished, the new option appears in the model and the calculations update.

If you previously selected "Matrix view", you may see the matrix view instead of the step-by-step pairwise comparison view at this stage.

AHP Software pairwise comparison matrix view loaded after adding a new option (when Matrix view was previously enabled), letting the user fill in all new comparisons in a single grid.