Generation Profile File Format

The formatting criteria for files containing Generation Profile data to be imported into a Forecast Definition or a Powerflow Case Definition are described below.

The file must be in csv format and can be of any name. File format can be in one of two formats:

• Unit as Columns
• Unit as Rows

Units as Columns

The file must contain two row types:

• One header row
• One or more data rows

The header row must be the first row in the file and must contain the text formatted as presented in the following table:

Row	Column	Text
1	1	"Date"
	2	"Trading Period"
	3 - n	<Unit Name>(e.g. ARA2201_ARA0)

A data row will exist for each Trading Period and must conform to the formatting requirements as presented in the following table:

Column	Format
Date	3 Alpha day of the week (e.g. "Mon")
Trading Period	Numeric (1 - 50)
Unit Generation	Numeric (three decimal places) or zero

The following is a sample section of a Units as Columns Generation Profile file:

Units as Columns Generation Profile file

Units as Rows

The file must contain two row types:

• two header rows
• one or more data rows

The header row must be the first row in the file and must contain the text formatted as presented in the following table.

Row	Column	Text
1	1	"Generator Names/Dates"
	2 - n	3 Alpha day of week (e.g. "Mon")
2	1	"Trading Period"
	2 - n	Numeric (1 - 50)

A data row will exist for each Node and must conform to the formatting requirements as presented in the following table:

Column	Format
Generator Names/Dates	<Unit Name> (e.g. ABY0111)
Unit Generation	Numeric (three decimal paces) or zero

The following is a sample section of a Units as Rows Generation Profile file:

Sample section of a Units as Rows Generation Profile file

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