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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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ConditionDescription
End of water yearTriggers an action at the end of the water year.
FunctionTriggers 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 triggerTiggers 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-timestepTriggers an action per a specified number of time-steps. You can choose to reset the repeat interval at the start of each water year.
SeasonTriggers an action for a specified season. You must define and start and end dates.
Specified dateTriggers an action on a specified date.
Start of water yearTriggers 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 levelTrigger 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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Table 2. Triggers, model parameters
Parameter 
Account BalanceThe 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 YearAt 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 WaterAccount Balance + Carryover Balance.

Available Water in Account

Balance 

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 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 DebitWater 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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