Report Flat File Format

Units:	-
Default Value:	0
Validation Rule:	In (0,1,2)
Description:	Format for text solution files.

Report Flat File Format controls the format of 'flat' (text) solution files when the Write Flat Files setting is enabled. This setting can take the following values:

Datetime (value = 0)

The text files contain one line for each interval, with multi-band data (e.g.Generator Offer Price) specified with a BAND column.

The format is, for single-band data:

DATETIME, VALUE

and for multi-band data:

DATETIME, BAND, VALUE

Periods in Columns (value = 1)

The text files contain one line for each day, so the intervals of the day are in the columns. Again a BAND column specifies the band numbers for multi-band data.

The format, is for single-band data:

YEAR, MONTH, DAY, 1, 2, 3, ... , 24

for multi-band data:

YEAR, MONTH, DAY, BAND, 1, 2, 3, ... , 24

for block period type:

BAND, 1, 2, 3, ....., no. of blocks

Names in Columns (value = 2)

One file is created for each reporting property. Each file contains all objects that output that reporting properties, using the "names in columns" data file format. The text files contain one line for each interval, with multi-band data (e.g.Generator Offer Price) specified with a BAND column.

The format is, for single-band data:

DATETIME, GenA, GenB, ....., GenZ

and for multi-band data:

DATETIME, BAND, GenA, GenB, ....., GenZ

Notice that the formats uses different conventions for defining the date and time. 'Datetime' writes a date-time using the format defined by the Report Locale setting. 'Periods in Columns' is not affected by the locale.