| Name | Units | Default Value | Validation Rule | Description |
|---|
| Base Year | - | 0 | ≥0 | Base year for mapping data from a file with month, day and period but no year |
| Datetime Convention | - | 0 | In (0,1) | Convention used when reading DATETIME. |
| Decimal Places | - | 0 | ≥0 | Number of decimal places in output written to text files |
| Downscaling Method | - | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2,3,4) | Method used to downscale data e.g. from 5-minute to hourly resolution. |
| Enabled | Yes/No | 0 | In (0,-1) | If the Data File is enabled for build in the next pass |
| Growth Period | - | 4 | In (1,3,4,7) | Cycle over which the growth algorithm matches energy targets (day, month, year, quarter) |
| Historical Period Type | - | 2 | In (2,3) | Take samples at each of these period types |
| Historical Sampling | Yes/No | 0 | In (0,-1) | Sample data from this file between the Year From and Year To |
| Historical Year Ending | - | 12 | Between 1 And 12 | Month that years end in the historical data |
| Historical Year From | - | 0 | ≥0 | First year read for historical sampling |
| Historical Year Start | - | 0 | ≥0 | Start year for historical sampling within the range Year From and Year To |
| Historical Year To | - | 0 | ≥0 | Last year read for historical sampling |
| Locale | - | 0 | ≥0 | The numeric index of the locale that should be used to read the file. |
| Method | - | 1 | In (0,1,2,3) | Method used to align maximum (and minimum if defined) and energy values |
| Missing Value Method | - | 0 | In (0,1,2) | Method used to fill missing values when reading Data Files |
| Periods per Day | - | 0 | Between 0 And 86400 | Number of periods per day for Data Files using the Period column |
| Relative Growth at Min | % | 0 | | Relative growth at the lowest end of the LDC for Method = Quadratic |
| Shape Distortion | - | 0 | ≥0 | Distortion of the original duration curve shape as a function of the difference in maximum and energy growth rates. |
| Time Shift | h | 0 | | Number of hours to shift data in time when interpreting dates where a positive value means the data are from a time zone that is behind the 'reference' time zone. |
| Upscaling Method | - | -1 | In (-1,0,1,2) | Method used to upscale data e.g. from hourly to 5-minute resolution. |
| Week Beginning | - | 0 | Between -1 And 7 | Start day for mapping file data to weeks (0=automatic, 1-7=weekday, -1=hydro weeks) |