Replicate Runner
- rachelb (Deactivated)
- Teamcity
- Paul Manser
Job Setup
Choose Project Zip
Click "Choose project zip" and select the .zip file that contains your Replicate project. Depending on the size of the file it may take a moment for the file to upload.
Once the project has finished being uploaded, the Replicate Runner configuration options will be displayed.
Source Project
Table 1 lists the eWater Source project configuration options
Table 1. eWater Source project configuration options.
| Configuration Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Scenario | Choose the eWater Source scenario to be run |
| Running Configuration | Choose which Source Running Configuration should be simulated. Currently, the Run Manager is only designed to be used with Single Simulation. |
Time Series Cycle Creator (TSCC)
The TSCC generates variants (called replicates) of an existing time series by repetitively 'cycling' the start of the time series to the end. Table 2 lists the TSCC parameters.
Table 2. TSCC parameters.
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| Number of Replicates | The number of replicates (output time-series) that will be created |
| Start Cycle Date | The first data date that will be used by the TSCC to generate the replicates. This will default to the start date of the running configuration. |
| Start Reporting Year | The year that the replicates will be reported as starting in (the replicates will always use the same start day and month as the input time-series). The Start Reporting Year cannot be after the Source simulation start date, as this will cause the simulation to fail. This will default to the year of the running configuration's start date. |
| End Reporting Year | The year that the replicates will be reported as ending in. The End Reporting Year cannot be before the Source simulation end date, as this will cause the simulation to fail. This will default to the year of the running configuration's end date. |
Example
Consider a daily time-series that spans the following 10 year period: 1/01/2000, 2/01/2000, 3/01/2000, ..., 31/12/2009. The data is used by a model that simulates a 4 year period from 01/07/2004 to 30/06/2008.
Running the TSCC with the following parameters would produce 4 replicates:
- Number of Replicates = 4
- Start Cycle Date = 01/01/2005
- Start Reporting Year = 2004
- End Reporting Year = 2008
The start date for all replicate timeseries files will be 01/01/2004 (the first day of Start Reporting Year) and the end date will be 31/12/2008 (the last day of End Reporting Year).
The values of the replicates will be taken from the input timeseries files corresponding to the original values as follows:
Replicate 1 - the time series values would correspond to the following years of the original timeseries files:
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
The model would use the original 2005 to 2009 data for the simulation (and would report this as being 2004 to 2008).
Replicate 2 - the first year of replicate 1 (2000) would be moved to the end. Hence, the values of replicate 2 would correspond to the following years of the original timeseries files:
2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2000
The model would use the original 2006 to 2009 data, plus 2000 data (and would report this as being 2004 to 2008).
Replicate 3 - the first year of replicate 2 (2001) would be moved to the end. Hence, the values of replicate 3 would correspond to the following years of the original timeseries files:
2007, 2008, 2009, 2000, 2001
The model would use the original 2007 to 2009 data, plus the 2000 and 2001 data (and would report this as being 2004 to 2008).
Replicate 4 - the first year of replicate 3 (2002) would be moved to the end. Hence, the values of replicate 4 would correspond to the following years of the original timeseries files:
2008, 2009, 2000, 2001, 2002
The model would use the original 2008 and 2009 data, plus the 2000 to 2002 data (and would report this as being 2004 to 2008).
Care must be taken when including timeseries files to be cycled:
- All timeseries files must cover the same dates otherwise cycling will result in different years being used for different files
- Only full years of data can be cycled otherwise the cycled data will not match the correct month and day
- Timeseries files must be in csv format
- Do not include any additional csv files in the zip which are not used as inputs in the project, particularly non-timeseries files as the TSCC tool will not be able to cycle the data resulting in the job failing
Job Outputs
Choose which outputs the user would like to store and be able to access on completion of the job.
Queue
The Queue enables the user to configure the job details, estimate costs, and send the job to the queue. Table 3 lists the queue options.
Table 3. Queue options.
Configuration Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Job Name | The name given to the job when viewed in the Run Manager |
| Agent Endpoints | Choose which type of agents should be used to run the job (will be hidden if Run Manager is configured to only have one type of agent endpoint) |
| Source Version | Choose the Source version to use for the Job |
| Number of Agents | Choose the maximum number of agents used to run the job |
| Model Run Estimate (Minutes) | (Optional) The user's estimate of how long it will take to run the Source project once |
| Estimate | (Optional) Estimates the costs of running the job based on the user's Model Run Estimate, the selected agents, and the job type. |
| Queue | Adds the job to the queue of jobs to be run |
Results
The Replicate Runner will provide the following result files in a zip:
- job.log - Log file containing information and messages generated during the Job
- A folder for each replicate run containing:
- results.res.csv - The Source results file for all recorders enabled in the Source project
- Replicate input timeseries files used for the run in the same folder structure as provided in the original zip file