Archive Example

Day Ahead Example. When archiving a 1-Day Ahead forecast, the forecast generated on June 1 for June 2 will be archived. The archive rule to perform this action will be set as follows.

ArchiveRuleID = UserArchive1DayAhead
Description = Day Ahead Forecast
Event = On Forecast
Type = Daily
StartOffset = 1
Duration = 1
Active = Checked

This rule will be run when the Generate System Forecast command is called from the Tools Menu. The type indicates that the StartOffset and Duration will be defined in days. The StartOffset indicates that one day forward is to be archived. The Duration indicates that 1 day of forecast data should be archived.

If multiple forecasts are run during the day, the last forecast made on June 1 will determine the data in the archive for June 2. The next day when the forecast is run, the data for all intervals on June 3 will be saved to the archive destination.

Hour Ahead Example. When archiving a 1-Hour Ahead forecast, the forecast generated at 6:00 a.m. for 7:00 a.m. will be archived. The archive rule to perform this action will be set as follows.

ArchiveRuleID = UserArchive1HourAhead
Description = Hour Ahead Forecast
Event = On Forecast
Type = Hourly
StartOffset = 1
Duration = 1
Active = Checked

In this example, when the forecast is generated at 6:00 a.m., the data archived is the forecast for all intervals between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. When the forecast executes again an hour later, all forecast intervals between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. will be saved. The result is a series of 1-hour ahead forecasts.