Name

Description

Valid values

Default value

/len

Execute all forecasts with this length in hours.

48

/starthour

From which hour should we start. Either the hour of the day or an offset from current hour depending on the /starttype: given.

Ex: /starthour:-5 /starttype:now
Start the forecast at 5 hours before now.

1

/startdate

The offset from today on which to start the forecast.

Ex: /startdate:-1
Start the forecast yesterday

0

/starttype

How to interpret /starthour.

“Normal” means hour of the day
“Now” means relative the current hour.

Normal, Now

Normal

/resolution

The resolution of the forecast in minutes.

60

/selection

A comma-separated list of templates from which the series to be forecasted is selected. If missing, all series where Automatic is checked (batch=1 in database)

<none>

/querytype

The query type.
Added for future use, do not use yet.

Regular, Historical, Adjusted, Alternative, NormalWeather, WeatherForecast, Climate

Regular

/loadtype

How to interpret the load data file, with corresponding *.chg file or not.

El, Chg

El

/loadquantity

In case of exporting load forecasts having other than hourly resolution, this parameter switches between energy and power.

Energy means that one quarter will have 1/4 of the hourly value.   

Power, Energy

Energy

/exporttype

The export type to use in the export. Can be a list of values separated with @

Init2-Inti5 are the alternative export definitions. NB! The first definition does NOT have a 1 appended.

Init, Excel, ExcelTemplate, Xml, Init2, Init3, Inti4, Init5

Init

/forecasttype

The weather forecast type to use when calculating the load forecast.

Original, Adjusted, Observed, Normal, (Telegram  = Original, LatestEditable = Adjusted, these are still valid but will be replaced)

Original

/percentiles

The percentile p that should be exported together with the (100-p) percentile along with the forecast

0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50

False, Empty = No export of percentiles done

False

/ignoreobs

Do not use weather observations to replace weather forecast values.

This is intended for batch generation of forecasts from the past.

True, false

False

/savedatastatus

Flag whether to save results of the data status check, i.e. the same pressing the save button in the dialog when running AFS.

The file is saved in APPMAINDIR\tmp and named datastatus2012-08-22@14-40-10.txt where the date and time indicates when it was written.

True, False

False

/software

Flag indicating the type of software to run and export data from. Can be either Aiolos Forecast Studio or Power Flow Application.

AFS, PFA

AFS

/exportmodelposition

Flag that indicates whether forecast based on the default model should be exported (value 1) or based on any of the configured alternative models (values 2-10)

Integer ranging from 1 to 10

1

/savemodelpositions

Flag that contains a list of which forecasts based on alternative models should be saved for later evaluations in conjunction with the export

List of integers from 1 to 10 in a list separated by “@”

Empty list

/writeprogfile

Flag that indicates whether a .prog-file should be written in conjunction with the export for later evaluations

true,false

true

/compareextract

Specifies the extract used when retrieving the saved forecasts that the forecasts sent for export should be compared against and tested for tolerance limits. If the limits are exceeded, a warning or error message will be written to the status log depending on the block level (see below). If omitted, no comparison is made.

Valid extract name

<none>

/blockwarnings

The program will block the export for series that have any of the warning types listed to it and an error message will be written to the status log. The ‘compareextract’ option refers to warnings after comparing the export values to previous forecasted values. ‘Forecast’ refers to warnings coming from the forecast process and ‘Fraction’ referes to missing fraction warnings.

‘Datacheck’ blocks all exports if the data check finds that some data status requirements are not met. The ’Min’ option blocks the export if the forecast contains values that are equal to the minimum value set for the series and the ’Max’ option  blocks the export if the forecasts contains values that are equal to the maximum value set for the series.

List of valid warning types separated by  ’@’

Valid types are:

Compareextract

Forecast

Fraction

Datacheck

Min

Max

<none>

/chunklength

The length in hours for each forecasted subperiod for which the models are reestimated

Positive Integer

168

/savelength

Determines the maximum length of forecasts that should be saved. Default is empty, meaning all data is saved.

Positive Integer

<none>

/exportdata

Specify if data should be exported or not.

Boolean

true

/writehomelive

Specify whether HomeLive files should be written for later evaluation.

Boolean

true

/exportlen

Execute all exports with this length.

Integer

48

/exportdate

From which day do we start the export?

Integer

0

/exporthour

From which hour do we start?

Integer

1

/exportdatetype

Start from ""Now"" or same hour everyday

String

“Forecast”