Triggers are used to initiate or cancel certain actions for an account, account host, account type or system in a resource assessment system. This page provides details of the different types of triggers available in Resource Assessment systems, along with types of actions that can be initiated.
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Condition | Description |
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End of water year | Triggers an action at the end of the water year. |
Function | Triggers an action using a defined function. The format of a function should be as follows: if( A > B,1,0), where “1” indicates the action will occur and “0” means the action will not happen. |
Monthly trigger | Tiggers an action for a particular month. You must specify whether to offset from the start or end of the month, along with the number of days. |
Per-timestep | Triggers an action per a specified number of time-steps. You can choose to reset the repeat interval at the start of each water year. |
Season | Triggers an action for a specified season. You must define and start and end dates. |
Specified date | Triggers an action on a specified date. |
Start of water year | Triggers an action at the start of the water year. You can choose to repeat the action at a specified number of timesteps, and whether to reset the repeat interval at the start of each water year. |
Storage level | Trigger based on a specified storage level. You must specify the storage, the level and whether the level is rising or falling. |
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Many actions affect or are affected by a user-configureable model parameter, such as Account Balance, Carryover or Entitlement, these are defined in Table Y2.
Figure AA. Example Trigger, Carryover with independent mapping
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Table
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2. Triggers, model parameters
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- If enabled, Available water = Account balance + Carryover Water.
- If disabled, Available water = Account balance + Carryover Water − Spillable water.
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Parameter | |
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Account Balance | The remaining volume/proportion of water available to an account (not including carryover). |
Carryover | The remaining volume/proportion of water available to an account that was carried over from the previous water year, ie. carryover balance. |
Carryover Start of Water Year | At the start of the water year, the volume of water carried over from the previous water year. |
Entitlement | Annual volumetric entitlement for an account. |
Total Water | Account Balance + Carryover Balance. |
Available Water in Account Balance or Available Account Balance | For Annual Accounting systems with access to spillable water*: Max(0, Account Balance - Minimum Balance) For Annual Accounting systems without access to spillable water: Max(0, Account Balance - Max(0, Spillable Water - Carryover Balance) - Minimum Balance) For all other resource assessment systems, this parameter is equivalent to Account Balance. |
Available Carryover | For Annual Accounting systems without access to spillable water*: Max (0, Carryover Balance - Spillable water) For Annual Accounting systems with access to spillable water and for all other resource assessment systems, this parameter is equivalent to Carryover. |
Available Water | For Annual Accounting systems with access to spillable water*: Max(0, Account Balance + Carryover Balance - Minimum Balance) For Annual Accounting systems with without access to spillable water*: Max(0, Account Balance + Carryover Balance - Spillable Water - Minimum Balance) For all other resource assessment systems, this parameter is equivalent to Total Water. |
Order / Use Debit | Water debited from an account. ??? |
Total Usage Water Year |
*Access to spillable water is set at the Account Type level on the Carryover tab by enabling Water Available While Spillable, see Annual Accounting - Account Type - Carryover..
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