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Weather Feed Properties dialog

Weather feeds are used to control the switching of database objects to be used in projection runs based on the current weather forecast.

For example, different demand diagrams may be used according to the forecast temperature.

The Weather Feed Properties dialog is used to set the connection properties to the server providing the forecast data.

The dialog is displayed when the Properties button is pressed for the weather feed currently selected on the Weather Feed Configuration dialog in the Administrator view .

Field Description
Weather
Feed

Read-only. This is the weather feed name.

Refer to the Weather Feed Configuration dialog topic for a list of available weather feeds.

Connection
Type

Select the feed format:

  • File - specify path to the weather feed file, or click the Browse. button to search for a file
  • Ftp - specify path to the weather feed file (the Browse button is currently disabled when using the Ftp option)
Server

Enabled when connection Type is set to Ftp

Name of the Ftp server

Username

Enabled when connection Type is set to Ftp

User name for the connection to the server

Password

Enabled when connection Type is set to Ftp

Password associated with the specified user

Path

Path to weather feed data (directory or file).

If referencing a directory location, the path must end in either a slash ('/') or backslash character ('\'), e.g. \IWLive\ or /IWLive/.

Test button

Enabled when connection Type is set to Ftp

Click the Test button to test the connection to the specified ftp server.

Browse button

Enabled when connection Type is set to File.

Click the Browse button to display a standard file open dialog.

Select the file containing the weather feed data and click Open.

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