# ******************************************************************************* # OpenStudio(R), Copyright (c) Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC. # See also https://openstudio.net/license # ******************************************************************************* # see the URL below for information on how to write OpenStuido measures # http://openstudio.nrel.gov/openstudio-measure-writing-guide # see the URL below for access to C++ documentation on mondel objects (click on "model" in the main window to view model objects) # http://openstudio.nrel.gov/sites/openstudio.nrel.gov/files/nv_data/cpp_documentation_it/model/html/namespaces.html # start the measure class AddOutputVariable < OpenStudio::Measure::ModelMeasure # 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 def name return 'Add Output Variable' end # human readable description def description return 'This measure adds an output variable at the requested reporting frequency.' end # human readable description of modeling approach 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 # define the arguments that the user will input 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 # define what happens when the measure is run 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 end # this allows the measure to be use by the application AddOutputVariable.new.registerWithApplication