Class: AddOutputVariable

Inherits:
OpenStudio::Measure::ModelMeasure
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/measures/AddOutputVariable/measure.rb

Overview

start the measure

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#arguments(model) ⇒ Object

define the arguments that the user will input



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# File 'lib/measures/AddOutputVariable/measure.rb', line 31

def arguments(model)
  args = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgumentVector.new

  # make an argument for the variable name
  variable_name = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgument.makeStringArgument('variable_name', true)
  variable_name.setDisplayName('Enter Variable Name')
  args << variable_name

  # make an argument for the electric tariff
  reporting_frequency_chs = OpenStudio::StringVector.new
  reporting_frequency_chs << 'detailed'
  reporting_frequency_chs << 'timestep'
  reporting_frequency_chs << 'hourly'
  reporting_frequency_chs << 'daily'
  reporting_frequency_chs << 'monthly'
  reporting_frequency_chs << 'runperiod'
  reporting_frequency = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgument.makeChoiceArgument('reporting_frequency', reporting_frequency_chs, true)
  reporting_frequency.setDisplayName('Reporting Frequency')
  reporting_frequency.setDefaultValue('hourly')
  args << reporting_frequency

  # make an argument for the key_value
  key_value = OpenStudio::Measure::OSArgument.makeStringArgument('key_value', true)
  key_value.setDisplayName('Enter Key Name')
  key_value.setDescription('Enter * for all objects or the full name of a specific object to.')
  key_value.setDefaultValue('*')
  args << key_value

  return args
end

#description ⇒ Object

human readable description



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# File 'lib/measures/AddOutputVariable/measure.rb', line 21

def description
  return 'This measure adds an output variable at the requested reporting frequency.'
end

#modeler_description ⇒ Object

human readable description of modeling approach



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# File 'lib/measures/AddOutputVariable/measure.rb', line 26

def modeler_description
  return 'The measure just passes in the string and does not validate that it is a proper variable name. It is up to the user to know this or to look at the .rdd file from a previous simulation run.'
end

#name ⇒ Object

define the name that a user will see, this method may be deprecated as the display name in PAT comes from the name field in measure.xml



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# File 'lib/measures/AddOutputVariable/measure.rb', line 16

def name
  return 'Add Output Variable'
end

#run(model, runner, user_arguments) ⇒ Object

define what happens when the measure is run



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# File 'lib/measures/AddOutputVariable/measure.rb', line 63

def run(model, runner, user_arguments)
  super(model, runner, user_arguments)

  # use the built-in error checking
  if !runner.validateUserArguments(arguments(model), user_arguments)
    return false
  end

  # assign the user inputs to variables
  variable_name = runner.getStringArgumentValue('variable_name', user_arguments)
  reporting_frequency = runner.getStringArgumentValue('reporting_frequency', user_arguments)
  key_value = runner.getStringArgumentValue('key_value', user_arguments)

  # check the user_name for reasonableness
  if variable_name == ''
    runner.registerError('No variable name was entered.')
    return false
  end

  # check the user_name for reasonableness
  if key_value == ''
    runner.registerInfo("Blank key isn't valid. Changing key to *")
    key_value == '*'
  end

  outputVariables = model.getOutputVariables
  # reporting initial condition of model
  starting_spaces = model.getSpaces
  runner.registerInitialCondition("The model started with #{outputVariables.size} output variable objects.")

  outputVariable = OpenStudio::Model::OutputVariable.new(variable_name, model)
  outputVariable.setReportingFrequency(reporting_frequency)
  outputVariable.setKeyValue(key_value)
  runner.registerInfo("Adding output variable for #{outputVariable.variableName} reporting #{reporting_frequency}.")
  runner.registerInfo("Key value for variable is #{outputVariable.keyValue}.")

  outputVariables = model.getOutputVariables
  # reporting final condition of model
  finishing_spaces = model.getSpaces
  runner.registerFinalCondition("The model finished with #{outputVariables.size} output variable objects.")

  return true
end