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CYME 8.1 - Steady State Analysis

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Contents
1 – Overview ...................................................................................................................... 1

2 – Energy Profile Manager .............................................................................................. 3

3 – Editing Profiles .......................................................................................................... 63

4 – Load Flow with Profiles ............................................................................................ 77

5 – Interfacing CYME with the Energy Profile Manager ............................................... 91

6 – Format Description ................................................................................................... 95

Index............................................................................................................................... 103

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1 – Overview

The CYME Steady State Analysis with Load Profiles module is a planning tool that allows users to
perform time range analysis based on a combination of historical consumption patterns and real-time
monitoring. The module’s two main applications are the Energy Profile Manager (CEPM) and the Load
Flow with Profiles.
Performing accurate time range analysis provides a wide range of engineering benefits to system
planners such as a better evaluation of the annual system losses, a better evaluation of device
overloads in percentage and in duration and a better identification of off-peak abnormal conditions often
undetected using traditional peak condition system analysis. The accurate modeling of the loading
conditions at any moment in time is achieved through a series of load scaling options combining
customer pattern consumptions and actual meter readings at strategic points on the systems.
The basis of time range analysis relies on the detailed modeling of customer consumption patterns
(load curves). These load curves may be provided by several systems including automated meter
reading systems, customer billing information systems and load research data. The data available is
usually classified in two types of metering: interval metering (15 min, 30 min or hourly readings) and
non-interval metering (monthly billing). To facilitate the management of these different types of data
sources, the Energy Profile Manager allows the viewing, editing and importing of load profiles and
metering demands from various types of data sources.
The Load Flow with Profiles analysis functionality utilizes the data organized with the Energy Profile
Manager which also supports the viewing of the results produced by the analysis for a period specified.

Accessing the applications

Energy Profile Manager

You can open the Energy Profile Manager module by clicking the Profiles and Consumption
buttons/hyperlinks found in a number of the dialog boxes into the CYME Power Engineering Software.
These commands access the module and display the profiles based on the data present. For more
details, refer to Chapter 5 – Interfacing CYME with the Energy Profile Manager. You can also open the
Energy Profile Manager using the CYME menu item Analysis > Load Flow with Profiles > Edit
Profiles.
When accessing the module using the File > Tools > Energy Profile Manager menu command in
CYME, the Energy Profile Manager Wizard is displayed; see section titled Wizard in this document for a
description of the commands.

Load Flow with Profiles functionality

The command Analysis > Load Flow with Profiles> Run displays the interface to set the parameters
of the analysis. The profiles that are to be used by the analysis are set using the Energy Profile
Manager software.

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2 – Energy Profile Manager

This chapter describes the menu commands and toolbar options of the Energy Profile Manager
software that allow the creation/editing of Energy Profiles. It also contains an overview of the commands
available to customize the charts.

File Menu

Open Database
Use this function to specify the profile database and the billing database you want to access during
simulation. Paired profile and billing databases will be given a connection name to allow quick selection.
Four database types are available: None, Microsoft Access, Oracle and SQL Server. Even if in our
examples below we illustrate profile and billing databases of same type, keep in mind that you can have
any combination of database types among the fifteen possible. It is not possible to choose None for
both profile and billing databases. In that case, the module will only be able to manipulate results from
CYME and you won’t need any connection to do that.
At initialization, when you first load the Energy Profile Manager module, any use of this command will
display the following dialog. The dialog box will contain different fields depending on the Database
Type selected. See Microsoft Access Database, Oracle Database and SQL Server Database for related
details.

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Click on this button to open the New Connection dialog box. In the New
connection name field, type in a descriptive name for the new connection
Add New and click OK to accept the new name and close the dialog box. You may click
Connection on Cancel to discard any change and close the dialog box.

When other connection names exist, you must choose this name so that it is
unique.

Profile This group box’ field (Database Type) will be enabled only if you enter a valid
Database name in Connection name. When enabled, click on the arrow of the drop
down list to expose the database types and choose the one you will be using.
The dialog box will be refreshed to match your choice.

Billing This group box’ field (Database Type) will be enabled only if you enter a valid
Database name in Connection name. When enabled, click on the arrow of the drop
down list to expose the four database types and choose the one you will be
using. The dialog box will be refreshed to match your choice.

When connection names exist and that one is selected in the Connection
Delete Name field, clicking on this button will allow you to delete the connection
Connection name, along with the profile configuration and the billing parameters
associated with it.

As shown in the illustration above, a confirmation will be required. Note that

this command will not delete the databases themselves. You may not have
appropriate rights to do that. If you are using Microsoft Access databases you
may go directly to the specified directory and use the appropriate command.

OK Click on this button to save the modifications and close the dialog box.

Cancel Click on this button to discard the modifications and close the dialog box.

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Microsoft Access Database

If you select Microsoft Access as the database type for both Profile Database and Billing Database,
the Database Connection dialog box will unfold as follows:

Connection Click on the arrow of the drop down list to expose the connection names
Name so you can select one.

Profile Database File name (*.mdb) Indicates the profile database file that is associated to
Group the selected connection name. Click on the browse button to select a new
file or to change the file already associated to the connection name.

Billing Database File name (*.mdb) Indicates the billing database file that is associated to
Group the selected connection name. Click on the browse button to select a new
file or to change the file already associated to the connection name.

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Oracle Database
If you select Oracle as the database type for both Profile Database and Billing Database, the
Database Connection dialog box will look like this:

Service Name Click on the arrow of the drop down list to expose the available database
server names and select one.

User Name and Type in the user code and the password assigned to you by your
Password database administrator so you can access the selected database server.

Schema Name Mark check this option in order to type in a name for the schema to be
used.

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SQL Server Database

If you choose SQL Server as database type for both Profile Database and Billing Database, the
Database Connection dialog box will look like this:

Server Name Click on the arrow of the drop down list to expose the available server
names and select one.

Database Click on the arrow of the drop down list to expose the available database
names and select one.

Use Windows When you check this checkbox, there is no need to enter your user name
authentication and password; your Windows login data will be used.

User Name and Type in the user code and the password assigned to you by your
Password database administrator so you can access the selected database server.

Close Database
This command will close the connection to the active database. If you have made modifications that
need to be saved, the program will offer you the opportunity to save them before closing the database.

Save Database
This command is enabled as soon as you modify data from the current database or you create new
data. Select File > Save Database to save the modifications in the current database.

Wizard
This command will open the following dialog box which is the same dialog that pops up at the startup of
the module.

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The functions Open/Create Database, Import Profiles, Import Billing are covered respectively in
chapters Open Database and Import. In this chapter, we will address only the command Add New
Profiles.

Database Click on the arrow of the drop down list to expose the connection names and
Name select one.

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Or click on this button to open the Database Connection dialog box where
you can create a new database connection or select an existing one.

You may refer to section Open Database to learn more about this dialog box
and its fields.

Profile Type This drop down list contains the list of the profile types available:
 Network
 Meter
 Metered Load
 Generator
 Customer Type
Click on the arrow of the drop down list to expose the names so you can
select one.

Profile Format Lists the name of the profile formats available. The default selection 8760
Hours corresponds to an hourly profile for a typical 365 days year. The 365
days format is almost the same, except that it will let you assign a different
time interval (Hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 1 minute).
The other available formats are:
 4 Seasons 1 Day Type
 4 Seasons 2 Days Type
 4 Seasons 3 Days Type
 4 Seasons 5 Days Type
 4 Seasons 7 Days Type
 12 Months 1 Day Type
 12 Months 2 Days Type
 12 Months 3 Days Type
 12 Months 5 Days Type
 12 Months 7 Days Type
Seasons and months speak for themselves.

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Let’s explain the day type part of the format.

 1 Day Type: a typical day will be used for all seven days of the week for a
given season or month.
 2 Days Type : for a given season or month, a typical day will be used for
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday another typical day will
be used for Saturday and Sunday.
 3 Days Type : for a given season or month, a typical day will be used for
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday ; another typical day will
be used for Saturday and another one for Sunday.
 5 Days Type: for a given season or month, a typical day will be used for
Monday; another one (Weekday) for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday;
another one for Friday; another one for Saturday; another one for Sunday.
This special feature will help to speed up the profiles data capture. For
example, for a 4 Seasons 1 Day Type, to enter the data profile for the 91
winter days, you will type in the profile data for one day and the same profile
will be copied automatically for the other days. In order to verify this fact,
change the view mode from View by Day Type to View by Date.
Note: Once you have defined a profile type as having a specific profile
format, this characteristic will be a permanent attribute of any
particular element within this profile type.

Time Interval Indicates the time interval at which the data is being recorded. The available
choices are: Hour, 30 minutes, 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 5 minutes, 1
minute. Click on the arrow of the drop down list to make your choice.

Customer Depending on the selection made for Profile type, this item might also be
Type named Source Node ID, Meter Demand ID, or Generator ID. Whatever the
case, enter a descriptive name in this field.

Network ID Except for profile type Customer type, this field is always enabled. It allows
you to identify the network involved.

Units Click on the arrow of the drop down list to select the profile variable whose
values are being recorded. You will notice that these units change depending
on what type of profile is being created:
 Customer Type: kW, pu-PF, %, pu, « %P,%Q ».
 Metered Load: kW, pu-PF, kW-PF, kW-kVAR, kVA-PF, Amps-PF.
 Generator: kW, pu-PF, %, pu, kW-PF, kW-kVAR, kVA-PF, Amps-PF,
« %P,%Q ».
 Meter: kW, pu-PF, %, pu, kW-PF, kW-kVAR, kVA-PF, Amps-PF,
« %P,%Q ».
 Network: kW, pu-PF, %, pu, kW-PF, kW-kVAR, kVA-PF, Amps-PF,
« %P,%Q ».

Phase Indicates which value of the profile units selected will be recorded: Total or By
Phase value.

OK Click on this button to save the modifications made and to close the dialog
box.

Cancel Click on this button to discard all modifications and close the dialog box.

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Import
The Import command uses data from specially formatted text files (CYME-ASCII format). Both
commands File > Import > Profiles and File > Import > Customer Billing Consumption share the
same interface. Their input data files are not exactly the same but they take advantage of the same
basic structure. The format description for both commands is given in chapter 6 – Format Description.
The import process has been designed so that you are notified every time a line or a value in the file is
invalid, letting you know exactly where the error is and how to correct it.

Profiles
The interface always opens in the following state, awaiting the addition of the files to be imported.
Buttons Import and Remove will not be enabled unless files are added.

Name Click on the arrow of the drop down list to expose the profiles database names
and select one.

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Or click on this button to open the Database Connection dialog box where you
can create a new database connection or select an existing one.

You may refer to section Open Database to learn more about this dialog box and
its fields.

File Presently, the format must be CYME ASCII.

Format

Add Files When you click on this button, the Open dialog box will open allowing you to
choose the file containing the data you want to import. The name of the selected
file will be listed in the multiple columns window under the column File.

File This column lists the name of the files that have been added.

Edit This column shows an Edit symbol icon for every added file. Click on the Edit
icon to open the associated file in order to correct errors.

Status This column shows the status of the listed files in the form of an icon. It can be :
 Added icon (when the file is loaded).
 Modified icon (if you click on the associated Edit icon).
 Error icon (if the importation process fails due to errors).
 Imported successfully icon (If the importation succeeds).
 Warning icon (If the importation process may create data conflicts or other
potential problems).

Path Displays the name of the selected file including its complete path.

Size Displays the size of the selected file.

Status Displays the status of the selected file as text:

 Added (when the file is loaded).
 Modified (if you click on the associated Edit icon).
 Error (if the importation process fails due to errors).
 Imported successfully icon (If the importation succeeds).
 Warning icon (If the importation process may create data conflicts or other
potential problems).

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Error This field will either indicate <no error> or View Details if the importation process
fails or gives a warning. In the latter case, the program will let you know exactly
the error / warning location and cause. Click on View Details to open the
message box.

Remove Click on this button to remove the selected file from the list.

Import Click on this button to begin the importation process. If the process fails or gives a
warning, click on View Details to read about the cause of the error or warning
and its location, and then use Edit to correct the error. If the process succeeds
you will get the message “Import successfully completed” and Status will display
“Imported successfully”.

Close Click on this button to save the modifications made and to close the dialog box.

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Customer Billing Consumption

The interface always opens in the following state, awaiting the addition of the files to be imported.
Buttons Import and Remove will not be enabled unless files are added.

This dialog box functions exactly the same way as the Import Profiles dialog. Refer to the preceding
section Profiles for field descriptions.

Export Chart
This command allows the user to export the chart currently selected towards different file formats.
Available formats or types are: bitmap, text, and metafile.

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Once you have selected the directory where you want to copy the file using the Save in drop down list,
select the type you want from the Save as type drop down list. From the File name list, select an
existing name or type in a new one then click on Save.

Print
This command is enabled only when a chart is being displayed. It will print the chart currently displayed
to the default printer according to the parameters set in the File > Page Setup dialog box.

Print Preview
Displays the selected chart as it will look when printed.

Page Setup
The Page Setup dialog box is used to set the Layout for the print out of the selected chart. Paper size
and source are set automatically and cannot be changed. However you may specify the orientation or
adjust the margins (Left, Right, Top and Bottom).

Preferences
This menu command allows you to access the Preferences dialog box. You will be able to define
and/or customize chart settings, to set reports directory for saving the simulation results, to select
profiles types and default display modes, and to specify CYME database connection file and default
synchronization actions to use when synchronizing with CYME.

Chart Settings
Click on the Chart Settings icon to define the profiles drawing parameters. You can customize almost
every characteristic to fit your specific needs here using either the toolbar at the top of the graph or the
menus that popup when you right-click in the graphic window below.

Chart Settings Toolbar:

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GALLERY. Click on the arrow to display the list of chart types you can use to plot selected profile
curves.
ANTI-ALIASING. Click on this icon to give a smooth visual effect to the chart.

PALETTE SELECTOR. Click on the arrow to display the list of available color sets for curves and
background. Any element from the list offers six different colors for curves and one color for
background.

3D/2D. Clicking on this icon toggles the chart between 2D and 3D presentation.

ROTATE VIEW. You must select the 3D presentation to enable this icon so that you can display 3D
charts as being rotated around either its Y or its X axis.
ROTATE AROUND Y AXIS. To show your graphs rotated around the Y axis. You must first click on
Rotate View to enable this icon.

ROTATE AROUND X AXIS. To show your graphs rotated around the X axis. You must first click on
Rotate View to enable this icon.

CLUSTERED (Z-AXIS). To display each curve side by side as a separate 3D element with a
constant depth in the Z axis. You must first select the 3D presentation to enable this icon.

AXES SETTINGS. To modify X and Y axes parameters and some graphic display options and
properties. Refer to Axes Settings for details.
POINTS LABELS. To show or hide the Y values of the curves points in charts.

DATA GRID. When you click on this icon, an array representation of the curve points will be
displayed at the bottom of your charts. Refer to Data Grid Functions for details.
LEGEND BOX. When you have more than one curve, this function allows you to identify the curves
using color codes. If you position the cursor in the area containing text and color code for a specific
curve, for example Series 1, for a few seconds (2), the Series 1 curve only will be displayed, while
the other curves will be kept hidden. This function allows you in fact to emphasize one specific
curve on the display.
ZOOM. Click on this icon to activate the zoom mode. To enlarge a zone, once the zoom mode
enabled, first make a left click keeping the mouse button down (the mouse pointer becomes a
magnifying glass.) While keeping the button down, move the mouse in such way to encircle the
area to magnify. Then release the button.
PROPERTIES. Click on this icon to open the Properties dialog box where you can specify general
parameters values, Y axis parameters and curves (series) characteristics. Refer to Chart Properties
for details.

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Reports
Allows you to set the report folder where you will save the simulation results that you want to display
and analyze.

Report Type in the name of the root directory so you can display all the results contained
Folder in any subdirectory. The Simulation Results tab will list only the results available
under the directory name you type in this field.

Alternatively, you may click on this icon to open the Browse for Folder dialog box
where you can select the report directory.

Use the button Make New Folder to create a new directory. This directory can be
set in the Output group box of the Output Tab in the Load Flow Analysis With
Profiles dialog box, so that CYME can save the simulation results in it.

Miscellaneous
Lets you set the following aspects of the program:

 Hide / Display the wizard at application startup.

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 The profile types to display in the profile browser.

 The default display modes of the profiles.

Select the Profile If you are not using a particular profile type, you may want to hide it.
Types displayed in the To do so, just uncheck the appropriate checkbox.
Profile Browser

Select the Default When you are creating a new profile, you may require the program to
Display Modes for always set itself in either chart or grid mode. You may require the
Profiles same thing when you are viewing or editing an existing profile. Click
on the arrow of the appropriate drop-down list to make your
selection.

Show the wizard when Uncheck the checkbox if you do not want the following wizard to be
starting the application displayed when you start the application. You may display it when
needed using the command File > Wizard.

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Synchronization
Lets you select the CYME database connection file which points to the database you want to
synchronize with and define the actions the program should take by default in the occurrence of certain
events.

CYME Database Type in the name of the XML file (including its path) that stores your
Connection File database configurations settings so the Energy Profile Manager may be
able to link to the databases you intend to use for synchronization.

Alternatively, you may click on the icon to access the Open dialog
box where you can browse for the configuration file you need.

Network ID Tells the program how to behave if there is a mismatch between Network
mismatch IDs. Click on the arrow of the drop-down list to expose the available
choices :
 No Actions
 Use the Network ID from CYME

ID in CYME only Tells the program how to behave if the ID exists in CYME but not in the
Energy Profile Manager database. Click on the arrow of the drop-down list
to expose the available choices :
 No Actions
 Use the Device ID from CYME

ID in Profiles only Tells the program how to behave if the device ID exists in the Energy
Profile Manager database but not in CYME. Click on the arrow of the
drop-down list to expose the available choices :
 No Actions
 Remove the Device ID from CEPM

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ID in Profiles only Tells the program how to behave if the device ID and network ID exist in
(with Network ID) Energy Profile Manager database but not in CYME. Click on the arrow of
the drop-down list to expose the available choices :
 No Actions
 Remove the Network ID from CEPM
 Remove the Device ID from CEPM

Exit
This command closes the Energy Profiles Manager module after asking you to save your work if you
have made modifications.

Edit Menu

Copy to Clipboard
This command copies the chart currently selected as a screen capture image into the Windows
clipboard, so that you may paste it into another application, such as a report. Since it is a screen
capture, the chart will be reproduced as an image.

Copy
This command is best explained by an example. Let’s say you have the following RESIDENTIAL
customer type profile for the month of January 2008. Suppose you want to create the profiles for
January 2009 and think that the January 1st profile of 2008 can be applied for 2009. This is where the
copy command comes handy.

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1. Make a left mouse click on the January 1st profile to select it.

2. Select the Edit > Copy menu command.

Paste
For this command, we will continue with the last example (Refer to Copy).

1. Display the RESIDENTIAL calendar for January 2009.

2. Select the January 1st cell in the 2009 calendar.

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3. Select the Edit > Paste command to paste the profile from memory into the calendar cell
as shown below.

Note: You can repeat the Paste command if you want to paste the same profile in different
places (month and day) within the same type. However you cannot copy profiles across
types. For example, you cannot copy a profile from a RESIDENTIAL type and paste it
into a COMMERCIAL type.

Holidays
Use this function to create your own day type Holiday. Select Edit > Holidays to open the Holidays
dialog box.

Click on this button to add a new row in the dialog box.

Click on this button to delete the associated row. You will be asked to confirm the
deletion.

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Date Click anywhere inside the Date cell to display the down arrow. Click on the arrow
to open the calendar so you can choose the date.

Click on this arrow to select a year that precedes the one displayed.

Click on this arrow to select a year that follows the one displayed.

Holiday Click anywhere in the Holiday Name cell and type in a descriptive name for the
Name holiday.

Synchronization with CYME

This function allows you to import information from the CYME Load Profile Database for all five profile
types to the Energy Profiles Manager module’s database while allowing you in the process to eliminate
or acknowledge some discrepancies between the two databases. Select Edit > Synchronization with
CYME to open the following dialog box. Alternatively, you may click on the icon from the main
application toolbar.

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CYME Database Click on the drop-down list arrow to select the desired database connection.
Connection This list will vary depending on the XML file name you entered in the
Synchronization tab of the File > Preferences dialog box.

Select Networks Click on the drop-down list arrow in order to select a specific network or all
the networks from the selected database.

Information to You may import information from CYME for all five profile types. To import
Import from an item, activate the associated check box.
CYME  Network IDs
 Customer Type IDs
 Meter Demand IDs
 Generator IDs
 Customer Load IDs
When you activate the option Customer Load Ids to import the load IDs,
you will have the choice to import them as metered loads in the profile
database or as non–metered loads in the billing database. To start the
synchronization process, you must select at least one of the available
options.
When you are synchronizing with CYME, make sure the profile and the
billing databases you set in the Database connection dialog box of the
Energy Profile Manager are the right ones (See Open Database).

OK Click on this button to acknowledge the changes and start the

synchronization process.

Cancel Click on this button to discard all changes made in this dialog box.

After you click on OK, the synchronization process starts by displaying an interface that gives you a
summary on the different importation options available. Also, depending on the active filters, it shows
you useful information on all the elements that will be imported and allows you to control the process in
some cases.

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The section Synchronization Summary displays the count for each profile type for the following
events:

Perfect Match Number of elements with the same device ID and network ID.

Network ID Number of elements with the same device ID but with different network
Mismatch IDs.

In CYME only The number of elements with device IDs found only in the CYME
database.

In Profiles Only The number of elements with device IDs found only in the Energy Profile
Manager database.

In Profiles Only The number of elements with device IDs found only in the Energy Profile
(with Network ID) Manager database that come with an associated network ID.

The section Filters gives you the ability to control the content of the other sections of the interface
relatively to the options you have selected in the Information to Import from CYME group box of the
Synchronization with CYME dialog box.
Note that the Filter icon symbolizes also the way the information will be presented in two columns (i.e.
CYME and Load Profiles).

Thus the following filter icon indicating a Perfect match ( ) means that, in the presentation, all
cells under CYME will be checked and all cell under Load Profiles will be checked . In the same

way, the In CYME Only icon ( ) means that cells in the CYME column will show a mark
whereas the cells in the Load Profiles column will show a mark.

Activate this filter to list all the elements with the same device IDs and the same
network IDs in the appropriate interface section.

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Activate this filter to list all the elements with the same device IDs but with different
network IDs in the appropriate interface section.
The following example illustrates a mismatch case :

It tells you that the metered load identified by 10313100001 exists in both the CYME
and the Energy Profile Manager databases but that the CYME network ID is 7174
whereas the Energy Profiles network ID is 7175. It tells you also that it is possible to
import the metered load using the network ID from CYME.

Activate this filter to list all the elements with device IDs found only in the CYME
database.

Activate this filter to list all the elements with device IDs found only in the Energy
Profile Manager database without an associated network ID.

Activate this filter to list all elements with device IDs found only in the Energy Profile
Manager database that come with an associated network ID.

Customer Type, Metered Loads, Meters, Networks, Generators, the other (profile types) sections of
the interface will be displayed depending on the profile type you choose to import from CYME. You may
have a maximum of 5 sections if you select all five types and there are elements of all types to import.
All five sections present basically the same interface. Customer Type profile presents a slight difference
in the first column. Instead of Ids or device numbers, it will list customer types.

Note: You may sort each table rows in alphabetical order by clicking on any column header.

ID/Device This column will list the device IDs, device numbers or customer types of the
Number/ elements involved.
Customer Type

Present In In this section, the column CYME will indicate if the associated element is
present in the CYME database or not, whereas the Load Profiles column will
indicate if it is present in the Energy Profile Manager database or not.
Presence or absence of an element is represented respectively by the
symbols and placed in the associated cell.

Network ID In this section, the column CYME will list the network IDs of the elements in
the CYME database if they exist. The column Load Profiles will list the
network IDs of the elements in the Energy Profile Manager database.

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Select the Any cell of this column is a drop-down list. Click anywhere in a cell and then
action click on the down arrow at the right side of the cell to display the list of
available actions. You may alternatively double-click anywhere within the cell
to display the same list. Depending on the profile type involved and the
context, available choices can be:
 No actions
 Use the Network ID from CYME
 Use the Device ID from CYME
 Remove the Network ID from CEPM
 Remove the Device ID from CEPM
No actions means while importing profile types do nothing, do not change
anything in the existing Load Profiles data whatever the differences found
regarding CYME.
Use the Network ID from CYME means while importing profile types to the
Energy Profile Manager, if the Network ID from CYME differs from the one in
the Energy Profile Manager, keep the Network ID from CYME.
Use the Device ID from CYME means while importing profile types to the
Energy Profile Manager, if the Device ID is present in CYME but not in the
Energy Profile Manager, keep the Device ID from CYME.
Remove the Network ID from CEPM means while importing profile types to
the Energy Profile Manager, if an element is present only in the CEPM
database and has a network ID at the same time, erase the Network Id from
the element‘s record in the CEPM database.
Remove the Device ID from CEPM means while importing profile types to
CYME Energy Profile Manager, if an element is present only in CEPM
database, delete the element’s record in CEPM database.

The last section of the interface consists of the buttons Apply and Cancel.

Apply Imports the elements listed in the tables based on the action specified for each
one of them. Because action is selected by default for each element, it is
important to make sure appropriate action is specified for each element before
clicking on this button.

Cancel Stops the importation process and closes the interface. No data is transferred to
CYME Energy Profile Manager database.

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View Menu
The options in this menu will hide or show the following tabs: Profile Browser, Simulation Results, Chart
Options, Profile Summary, Customer Billing Consumption, and Error Report. When one or more options
are selected from this menu, they will be made accessible directly in the pane from tabs displayed at the
bottom of the pane. Despite the default layout of these tabs, keep in mind that you can move, arrange
or regroup them as you please, using the cross-shaped splitter panel function explained in section
Multiple Windows Editing.

When they are regrouped in the left or the right corner of the screen, as shown in the example above,
the tabs have the following functions:

Click on this icon to close the tab that has the focus within its group.
Close

Click on this icon so the tabs are automatically hidden when working in other parts of
Hide the interface. They will be placed vertically along the left / right edge of the screen thus
minimizing the screen space required to display them.

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You may access tab functionality even if it is hidden. To do that, position the cursor
over the symbol of the tab you want to access. The tab window will automatically show
up allowing you to select the command as usual.

When you move the cursor outside the tab window limits, the window will
automatically close itself reverting back to the minimal space representation of the
tabs.

When you hide a group of tabs, the icon changes from a vertical pin to a horizontal
Show one. Click on this icon to revert to the original tabs display.

When you select any one of the View menu commands, if the associated tab is not among the list of
selectable tabs, it will be added to that list and automatically get the focus. If it is already in the list of
selectable tabs then it will get the focus.

Profile Browser
Select the menu command (View > Profile Browser), to access the following tab:

Five types of profiles can be handled:

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 Customer Type Profiles

 Metered Load Profiles

 Generator Profiles

 Meter Profiles

 Network Profiles

When the cursor is moved anywhere over the associated grey strip containing
this icon, the latter will change to to indicate that you can expand the item
further. Click anywhere within the strip to expand the item as shown in the
illustration above for Customer Type Profiles.

When the cursor is moved anywhere over the associated grey strip containing
this icon, the latter will change to to indicate that you can collapse the item
to hide interface details. Click anywhere within the strip to collapse the item. In
the illustration above, Customer Type Profiles is in its expanded form while the
other profile types are in their collapsed form.

Click on this button to add a new profile in the associated profile type list. The
following dialog will open.

Refer to section Wizard for more details about this dialog.

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When you first create a new customer type profile and you click on this button
the following calendar type form will open.
Show

You may enter one profile for any day of selected month and year. To enter a
new profile, double-click anywhere inside the region representing a day in the
calendar. Depending on the choice made in the field When creating a new
profile at the Miscellaneous tab of the Preferences dialog box, a chart or a
grid will open to allow you to enter profile points. Note also that whatever choice
you might make, you can always change your mind here by selecting the
appropriate command in the Chart menu (Chart > Basic Chart or Chart > Grid
(by Hour)).

In the example above, for Grid (by Hour) type, you will enter profile data in the
column kW. For a Basic Chart type, profile data may be entered in the grid at
the bottom of the chart.

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Allows you to display the profile curves within a date range. The example
below illustrates the command for a customer type profile but the dialog box will
Show With
apply for any profile type.
Range

Click on the down arrow of the drop-down list to display the calendar so you
can select the beginning (From) date and ending (To) date. Alternately, you
may modify the month and day fields of the date by typing in directly the desired
value. You may also use the down and up arrow keyboard keys to respectively
decrease or increase month, day and year values. Right and left arrow
keyboard keys will allow you to move through the fields (mm/dd/yyyy) within
either date field. When you finish entering the dates, click on OK to display the
profiles and close the dialog box.

Allows you to delete the selected item from the list and the data associated
from the database. However, you will be asked to confirm the deletion. If you
Delete
answer « Yes », you will lose permanently all data for the selected item.

Allows you to visualize profile information and profile format parameters of the
selected item. Depending on the selected item at the moment you click on this
Properties
button, the following dialog box will be displayed.

The example illustrates the properties of a metered load profile type.

The same functions Show, Show with Range, Delete and Properties can be accessed through the
following contextual menu.

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To do so, select the element on which the required function will operate and make a right-click within
the element list window. The menu will pop up as shown below to allow function selection.

Simulation Results
Select the menu command (View > Simulation Results), to access the following tab:

It is aim at showing you all the results available in the currently set report folder. You may refer to
chapter Reports for more details on setting the report folder. The Simulation Results tab is presented
in a tree structure whose branches names are based on the contents of the Output tab of CYME Load
Flow Analysis with Profiles dialog box as well as the date and time of the simulation.

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The figures above will be used to explain the tree structure nomenclature. Simulation Reports is the
name of the root. In fact it replaces the name of the report folder you set in the Reports tab of the
Preferences dialog box as mentioned in section Reports.

The branch (subdirectory) name “LoadProfiles_Sep_19_15h06m28” is made up of the prefix

LoadProfiles with which the date of the simulation in the format _Month_Day_ is first concatenated
and then the simulation time in the format HHhMMmSS. Thus the subdirectory name tells you that the
Load Flow Analysis with Profiles took place on September 19th at 15h06m28.
The Charts, Global Reports, Time Interval Reports subdirectories under
“LoadProfiles_Sep_19_15h06m28” come from the selection made in the Load Flow Analysis With
Profiles dialog box. See the first illustration above.

 Charts means that you have selected at least one element in the group box Charts for Monitored
Device and results are probably available.

 Global Reports means that results are available for some or all global report types in the group
box Global Reports.

 Time Interval Reports means that you selected at least one element in the group box Reports for
Time Intervals and results are probably available.

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We continue the explanation on the tree structure nomenclature by expanding the three subdirectories
Charts, Global Reports and Time Interval Reports as shown in the illustration above.
The element KVA Profile_Recloser_NEW220_2008_09_18, under subdirectory Charts, indicates that
the user requested a KVA Profile chart for the recloser NEW220 during a simulation that took place on
September 18th of year 2008.
The five subdirectories (Device Usage Curve, Load Duration Curve, Monitored Device Summary,
Network Losses, Network Summary) under Global Reports show that the user activated all available
options in the Global Reports group box from the Output tab of the CYME Load Flow Analysis with
Profiles dialog box.
Subdirectory Device Usage Curve contains two curves: the first for the distributed load with Device
Number 10008-1, the second for the fuse with Device Number 10161-1.
Subdirectory Load Duration Curve contains three curves: all three for distributed loads 10008-1,
10063-1 and 10081-1.
Subdirectory Monitored Device Summary contains two summary reports: the first on cable equipment
132470 and the second on two-winding transformer NEW224.
Subdirectory Network Losses contains two reports: one for each network selected, GA04 and GA05.
Subdirectory Network Summary contains two summary reports: one for each network selected, GA04
and GA05.
The report names under Time Interval Reports follow the format Voltage drop –
Complete_YYYY_MM_DD_HHhMM. It means a complete voltage drop report is generated for a
simulation at time HHhMM on MM DDth of year YYYY. The figure above illustrates a simulation for a
th
time range mode type analysis over a twelve hours period on September 18 of year 2008 at an interval
of 60 minutes (1hour). Other Time interval Reports exist, but the nomenclature will follow the same
pattern so you can infer at first glance what report it is.

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Simulation charts and reports will be displayed upon a double-click on the items of the Simulation
Results tab.

Chart Options
Select the menu command (View > Chart Options), to access the following tab:

Note: Items in Chart Options will be enabled only if a chart is currently being displayed.

Draws the chart as 2D style graphic.

Gives a 2D top view representation of a 3D surface.

Gives a 3D representation in accordance with a constant Z axis value

of profile curves.

When you click on this icon an array representation of the current

chart curve points will be displayed within the current tab. Values are
listed for each hour that means 24 rows for one day period.

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When you click on this icon an array representation of the current

chart curve points will be displayed within the current tab. Values are
listed for each day that means one row for one day period.

All data points on the chart curve are identified with the marker
selected in the dialog Properties. Marker shape and size can be
modified in the Series tab of the same dialog.

Displays the load peak value and the time of the day it occurs.

Displays the load minimum value and the time of the day it occurs.

Displays the average value of the loads registered for the day.

Takes profile curves drawn on separate chart windows and redraws

them together on a single chart window (See procedure in chapter
Merge).

Takes profile curves drawn on a single chart window and redraws

each one of them on a separate chart window (See procedure in
chapter Split).

When you are viewing charts, check / uncheck this item to show /
hide the Chart Settings toolbar.

When this item is checked, an array representation of the profile

curve points will be displayed at the bottom of your charts. You may
refer to section Data Grid Functions for more information.

When this item is checked, a legend box is drawn next to the chart
that allows you to identify the profile curves using color code. You
may refer to Legend Box in section Charts Toolbar for more
information.

When this item is checked, data points on the profile curve are
identified by a text label representing the points Y values.

Check this icon to give a smooth visual effect to the profile curve.

Check this option to change from 2D to 3D representation of the

current chart. If the current chart type is not 2D at the moment you
mark check this item nothing will happen.

Displays profile curves side by side as separate 3D surface with a

constant Z axis depth. This function is enabled only when 3D Chart is
activated.

Click on this icon to open the dialog box Properties where you can
specify general parameters value, Y Axis parameters and profile
curves (series) characteristics.

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Note: Filters Show All Points, Show Daily Peak, Show Daily Minimum and Show Daily
Average are effective only when the charts show profiles for more than one day.

Profile Summary
Presents key information about the profile chart currently displayed. Profile Summary will display the
profile type, the profile date, the unit of demands, the peak and minimum demands and the time they
occurred, the profile average demand and the area under the profile curve. Select the menu command
(View > Profile Summary) in order to show the tab.

The illustration above shows a profile chart with the Profile Summary tab that displays valuable
information.

Customer Billing Consumption

Lets you define non-metered loads by using customer historical billing information.

To add billing information about a new customer. Click on the icon to open the following
dialog box.

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Customer ID Identifies the customer involved.

Customer Type This drop-down list will display all customer type profiles available in
the profile database.
Network ID Identifies the network involved.
OK Click this button to display the next interface.
Cancel Discards all the values entered and closes the dialog box.

Date Date of the existing profile whose values you want to adjust based on
the customer billing information given. Click on the down arrow of the
drop-down list button to display the calendar and select the desired
date. Note that the selected date must fall within the date interval you
have defined in the Customer Billing Consumption table (see below).

Click on this icon to compute and display the adjusted curve. This
function will not operate if all the records values in the section
Customer Billing Consumption are not known. Use Compute kWH
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task.

Compute kWh when the usage factor has been entered in the
Customer Billing Consumption table.

Compute the usage factor when kWh has been entered in the
Customer billing Consumption table.
Customer Billing Consumption table

From The start date of the Billing period. Double-click in a cell to change it to
a drop-down list. Click on the down arrow of the drop-down list button
to display the calendar and select the desired date.
To The end date of the Billing period. Double-click in a cell to change it to
a drop-down list. Click on the down arrow of the drop-down list button
to display the calendar and select the desired date.
kWh Customer billing kWh for the period delimited by the From date and the
To date.
Usage Factor Customer usage factor for the period delimited by the From date and
the To date.

Click this icon to add a new row in the Customer Billing

Consumption table.

Click this icon to delete the associated row in the Customer Billing
Consumption table. A confirmation is required for the deletion.

Deletes a customer ID in the tree structure. First select the customer ID from the tree
structure then click on this icon. The program will ask you to confirm the deletion. Click
on Yes to delete the selected element.

Shows the billing consumption data for the selected customer if they exist. Otherwise,
this function is the equivalent of the Add function but for an existing customer.

Error Report
This tab displays the errors generated while using the Energy Profile Manager Functions.

The first column of the report displays the error severity icon while the second column gives a
description or a hint about the probable cause of the error.

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Chart Menu

Merge
This function allows you to take many charts drawn separately and redraw them on a single graphic
page. Before using this function you must first select the charts you want to merge. Let’s illustrate the
procedure by an example. In the drawing below, you have two tabs labeled RESIDENTIAL with one
curve each that you want to merge but the procedure can be applied for more than two charts.

1. Click on one of the RESIDENTIAL tabs to display the curve.

2. Press the keyboard Ctrl key.

3. While you are still pressing it down, make a mouse left-click anywhere in the chart area. The top
part of the chart should change color to indicate that it has been selected.
4. Repeat step 1 through 3 for the other RESIDENTIAL tab.
5. Now, both charts being selected, select Chart > Merge to merge the two charts.

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Note that the two RESIDENTIAL tabs have been reduced to one.

Split
This function is the opposite of the merge function. It takes many charts drawn on a single graphic page
and redraws each one of them on a separate graphic page.
The procedure to split a chart is the following:
1. Click on the Chart tab to display the curves.
2. Press down the keyboard Ctrl key.

3. While you are still pressing it down, make a mouse left-click anywhere in the chart area. The top
part of the chart should change color to indicate that it has been selected.
4. Now, the chart being selected, you can use command Chart > Split to split the chart.

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Show 2D Chart
This command produces a 2D graphical representation (series of points connected by straight / curve
lines) of the profile data.

This category encompasses the other commands Show All Points, Show Daily Peak, Show Daily
Minimum, Show Daily Average. You will notice that for anyone of these commands to operate, Basic
Chart must be active.

Show Grid (By Hour)

This command displays the profiles data as a grid where the Time column values are measured in
hours.

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Show Grid (By Day)

This command displays the profiles data as grids with header columns, with as many columns as there
are curve points and where the grids are sorted by profile date.

Show 3D Surface Plot

This command produces a 3D graphical representation of at least two consecutive profile curves.

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The illustration above is the 3D representation on the same time domain of the four profile curves
shown below.

Show Contour Plot

This command produces a 2D top view of at least two consecutive profile curves seen as a 3D Surface
chart. The diagram below is the contour chart of the surface chart example shown in section Show 3D
Surface Plot.

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Show All Points

This command represents the profiles data as curves with all points shown. This function works only
when a 2D Chart or a Grid (by Hour) is displayed.

Show Daily Peak

When you have many profiles on the same chart, use this command to display a graph showing the
peak points. If you have only one profile, the command Show Peak in the Main Application Toolbar is
more suitable. This function works only when a 2D Chart or a Grid (by Hour) is displayed.

Show Daily Minimum

When you have many profiles on the same chart, use this command to display a graph showing the
minimum points. If you have only one profile, the command Show Minimum in the Main Application
Toolbar is more suitable. This function works only when a 2D Chart or a Grid (by Hour) is displayed.

Show Daily Average

When you have many profiles on the same chart, use this command to display a graph showing the
average points. This function works only when a 2D Chart or a Grid (by Hour) is displayed.

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Window Menu
The main window at the center of the illustration (the graph) represents the window on which the
Window menu functions will operate.

The illustration indicates that two windows (represented by tabs at the top of the area) have been
opened: Calendar (RESIDENTIAL) and RESIDENTIAL, the latter being the active one.

Close
Lets you close the active window. The illustration above shows that the window RESIDENTIAL is the
one that will be closed upon invoking this command.

Close All
Closes all opened windows. The illustration above shows that both the Calendar (RESIDENTIAL) and
RESIDENTIAL will be closed upon invoking this command.

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Help Menu

Content
Displays the Energy Profile Manager User Manual (this document) as a help file. The Contents tab
selected by default, displays the chapter titles of the manual. Click on a title to view its contents.

About
Select this command to know the version and revision of the Energy Profile Manager you are using.

Main Application Toolbar

OPEN DATABASE. Click on this icon to open the Database Connection dialog. This
will automatically close all opened windows. Refer to chapter Open Database for
further instructions on how to use the dialog box.
SAVE DATABASE. This icon is disabled by default, but as soon as you have modified
or created an element that pertains to the database, it becomes active. Click it to
permanently save the modifications in the current database.
HOLIDAYS. Use this function to create your own Holiday day type. Refer to chapter
Holidays for further instructions on how to proceed.
MERGE CHARTS. Same as the Chart > Merge menu command. First, select the
charts you want to merge then click on this icon.
SPLIT CHART. Same as the Chart > Split menu command. First, select the chart you
want to split then click on this icon.
SHOW BASIC CHART. Same as the Chart > Show 2D Chart menu command.
Whatever command is active among Show All points, Show Daily Peak, Show
Daily Minimum and Show Daily Average, when you click on this icon the respective
basic chart will be displayed.
SHOW CONTOUR CHART. Same as the Chart > Show Contour Plot menu
command. Click on this icon to obtain a 2D top view of at least two consecutive profile
curves seen as a 3D Surface chart.
SHOW SURFACE CHART. Same as the Chart > Show 3D Surface Plot menu
command. Click on this icon to obtain a 3D representation of at least two consecutive
profile curves.
SHOW GRID (BY HOUR). Same as the Chart > Show Grid (By Hour) menu
command. Click on this icon to represent profiles data as a grid. In this format, the
Time column values are measured in hours.
SHOW GRID (BY DAY). Same as the Chart > Show Grid (By Day) menu command.
Click on this icon to represent the profiles data as grids. These grids are made of
header columns with as many columns as curve points, and are regrouped by profile
date.
SHOW ALL POINTS. Same as the Chart > Show All Points menu command. Click
on this icon to obtain a 2D graphical representation of the profile curves data.
SHOW DAILY PEAK. Same as the Chart > Show Daily Peak menu command. Click
on this icon to obtain the graph of a line connecting the peak points of the profile
curves.

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SHOW DAILY MINIMUM. Same as the Chart > Show Daily Minimum menu
command. Click on this icon to obtain the graph of a line connecting the minimum
points of profile curves.
SHOW DAILY AVERAGE. Same as the Chart > Show Daily Average. Click on this
icon to obtain the graph of a line connecting the points representing the average value
of the profiles.
VIEW MODE. This drop-down list will display the profiles either Day Type
or by Date depending on the profile format type you select when you
create the current profile.
A “Day Type” type profile can be handled as a Date type profile. For
example, if you choose to view a “4 seasons, 1 day type” profile by date
and you decide to edit the profile for the first day of January, then this
profile will be copied for all the other winter days. The following illustration
is a “4 seasons 1 day type” displayed in the View by Day Type mode.

The illustration below is the same one, but displayed in the View by Date
mode.

SHOW PEAK. Indicates the peak time and the peak value in a tooltip displayed on the
profile curve.

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SHOW MINIMUM. Indicates the minimum time and the minimum value in a tooltip
displayed on the profile curve.

PROFILE UNITS. This drop-down list will display the list of the unit choices
available depending on the profile unit you select when you create the
profile type of the currently active profile.
PROFILES BROWSER. Click on this icon to display the Profile Browser tab if it is
temporarily hidden.
SIMULATION RESULTS. Click on this icon to display the Simulation Results tab if it
is temporarily hidden.
CHART OPTIONS. Click on this icon to display the Chart Options tab if it is
temporarily hidden.
PROFILE SUMMARY. Click on this icon to display the Profile Summary tab if it is
temporarily hidden.
CUSTOMER BILLING CONSUMPTION. Click on this icon to display the Customer
Billing Consumption tab if it is temporarily hidden.
ERROR REPORT. Click on this icon to display the Error Report tab if it is temporarily
hidden.
NETWORK SELECTION. Allows you to work with one
network at a time or with all networks at the same
time. Click on the down arrow to display the list of
available networks and select the desired one. This
will filter all the profile IDs shown in the Profile Browser
according to the selection.
SYNCHRONIZATION WITH CYME. Click on this icon to access the Synchronization
with CYME dialog box that allows you to import information from the CYME Load
Profile Database to the Energy Profile Manager database. Refer to chapter
Synchronization with CYME for further instructions on how to use this dialog box.

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Charts Toolbar
When you are viewing charts, you have the choice to display or hide this toolbar. To do so, right click on
either side of the graphic and select the Toolbar option to display/hide the toolbar. The set of functions
available in the toolbar allows you to customize the graphic presentation of your results.

GALLERY. First, click on the down arrow to display the list of chart types you can use
to plot selected profile curves, then select the chart type.
Available types are: Line, Bar, Area, Scatter, Pie, Curve, Pareto, Step, High-Low-Close,
Radar, Cube, Doughnut, Pyramid, Bubble, Open-High-Low-Close, Candlestick, Area-
Curve, and Gantt.
ANTI-ALIASING. When the anti-aliasing function is not active, click on this icon to give
a smooth visual look to your charts.

PALETTE SELECTOR. Click on the arrow to display the list of available colors sets for
the curves, the chart box and the background. Any element from the list offers six
different colors for the curves, one color for the chart box and one color for the
background.
3D/2D. Click on this icon to toggle between the 2D and the 3D representation of the
curves.
ROTATED VIEW. You must first select the 3D representation of the graph to enable
this icon so that you can display 3D charts as being rotated around either Y or X axis.
ROTATE AROUND Y AXIS. To show your graphs rotated around the Y axis. You must
first activate Rotated View to enable this icon.

ROTATE AROUND X AXIS. To show your graphs rotated around the X axis. You must
first activate Rotated View to enable this icon.

CLUSTERED (Z–AXIS). To display each curve side by side as a separate 3D element

with a constant depth in the Z axis. You must first select 3D presentation to enable this
icon.
AXES SETTINGS. Allows you to modify X and Y axes parameters and some graphic
display options and properties. Click on this icon to display the following menu. See
section Axes Settings for more details.

PROPERTIES. Click on this icon to open the Properties dialog box where you can
specify the general parameters value, the Y axis parameters and the curves (series)
characteristics. See section Chart Properties for all details.

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POINTS. To show or hide the Y values of charts curves points.

DATA GRID. When you click on this icon an array representation of the curve points will
be displayed at the bottom of your charts. See section Data Grid Functions for more
information.
LEGEND BOX. Allows you to identify the curves using color code. If you position the
cursor in the area containing text and a color code for a specific curve, let’s say Series
1, and make a single click, the Series 1 curve will be hidden, and the other curves will
stay displayed. This function allows you in fact to emphasize some curves at the
expense of the others.
ZOOM. Click on this icon to activate the zoom mode. To enlarge a zone, once the zoom
mode is enabled, first make a left click with the mouse keeping the button down (the
mouse pointer becomes a magnifying glass.) While keeping the button down, move the
mouse in such way to encircle the area to magnify. Then release the button.

Axes Settings

The Axes settings contextual menu obtained with the button in the Charts toolbar allows to:

Y Axis - Grid Shows / Hides the horizontal grid lines that intersect the Y axis.

Y Axis - Interlaced Creates a background consisting of different shades of horizontal color

strips alternating alongside the Y axis.

X Axis - Grid Shows / Hides the vertical grid lines that intersect the X axis.

X Axis – Vertical Writes the X axis tick mark division labels in the vertical direction.
Labels

X Axis - Staggered Writes the X axis tick mark division labels on two horizontal areas (so as
not to say “lines” because of the Vertical Labels function) so that
consecutive texts are not in the same horizontal area.

X Axis – Show Displays the X axis tick mark division labels in the vertical or horizontal
Labels direction depending on the status of Vertical Labels.

Options… Select this function to open the Properties dialog box. This dialog
consists of three tabs: General, Series and Y Axis. All three tabs share
the following buttons :
OK: Accepts your changes and close the dialog.
Cancel: Discards all changes and close the dialog.
Apply: Accepts your changes without closing the dialog.
Note: Depending on the context, the Y Axis tab can change to X
axis tab (see section Axis Tick Mark Labels Area).

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Chart Properties

Properties General Tab

Some of the functions you will find here are already covered in preceding chapters. So we will focus on
new properties.

Palette Allows you to select a color set for curves, chart box and background.

Backgro Allows you to set the color for the whole graphic window.
und

Chart Allows you to set the color for the box delimited by the X and Y axes.
box

Stacked Bar charts of curves may be presented in different ways :

Stacked Side By Side Stacked

100%

Axes Axes of 3D graphs may be represented in different ways :

 None: Curves are shown without the axes.
 3D Frame: Axes are shown as color strips to give the 3D impression.
 Math: axes are shown as straight lines.
 Flat Frame: axes are shown as straight lines around the chart box.

Anti- Check this checkbox for a smooth visual look to your charts.
Aliasing

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3D Check this checkbox for a 3D representation of 2D graphics.

Rotated When 3D is active this checkbox is enabled. Check it so that you can display 3D charts as being rotated
View around either Y or X axis. You may use the globe to select a perspective for the 3D rotated view.

Cluster When 3D is active, activating this function will display each curve as a separate 3D element with a constant
(Z axis) depth in the Z axis.

X, Y When 3D is active, these fields are enabled. Change them to modify the 3D perspective.

Properties Series Tab

This tab will help you customize the profile curve in general, but some fields will not be enabled unless
you select a profile curve (See the field Properties in chapter Curve Line).

Depending on the choice you make in field Gallery, the Series tab may also look like this:

Gallery Lets you select the chart type to use when plotting the current profile curves.

Point Labels Enable this option to display point labels on the profile curves.

Visible Depending on the item selected in field Gallery, this function may not be
enabled. When it is active, it means that (for example) the border around the
bars of the Bar chart will be visible.

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Effect Changes the aspect of the border.

Border Color Depending on the chart type and border effect selected, it will let you
choose/change the border color.

Style Lets you change line or border type. Available choices are :

Weight Lets you change line or border thickness. Available choices are :

Marker Shape Lets you change the shape and size of the data points on the profile curves.
/ Size

Use border When the chart type (Gallery) selected is line, checkmark this option in order
for lines to define a border for the lines. In this case, the group box Line will change to
Border.

Scheme Lets you change the pattern and the color of the profile surfaces in 3D.
Available choices are :

 Solid: No pattern is used. The 3D surface is filled with the color selected
for this purpose.
 Monochrome: A black and white pattern is used. The 3D surface is filled
with the pattern selected among those available in the field Pattern.
 Patterns: Same as Monochrome but with the pattern in color.
 Gradients: No pattern is used. Instead, the 3D surface is filled with an
alternate blend of both Fill Color and Alternate Color.

Fill Color Lets you choose the color to use to fill the 3D surface of the selected profile
curve.

Alternate Lets you choose the color to use along with the fill color selected in order to
create the available patterns.

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Pattern This field is enabled only when Monochrome or Patterns is the selected
scheme. It will show the patterns either in black and white or in color from
which you can select to fill 3D surface of the selected curve. The drawing
below shows a list of monochrome pattern.

Bar Gap width Controls the space between the bars in a bar chart.

Square, Changes the shape of the bar used to represent the bars in a bar chart.
Cylinder,
Cone

Properties Y Axis Tab

Step Lets you control the value associated with consecutive tick marks on the Y axis.
Starting from the lower tick mark, each successive tick mark will be
incremented by this value.

Minimum Lets you set the minimum value for the Y axis.

Maximum Lets you set the maximum value for the Y axis.

Decimals Use this parameter to control the number of tick marks on the Y axis. A value of
“0” allows you to have only integer values along the Y axis.

Format Along with the Decimals, Maximum, Minimum and Step fields, it allows you
to control how many values will be displayed along the Y axis and what will be
their general presentation format: Number, Scientific, etc.

Logarithmic Checkmark this option in order to use a logarithmic scale for the Y axis.

Angle Lets you choose the orientation of the tick mark division labels for the Y axis.

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Staggered Writes the Y axis tick mark division labels on two vertical areas (so as not to
say lines) so that consecutive texts are not in the same vertical area.

Show Hides / Shows the grid lines starting from the Y axis tick mark.
Gridlines

Tickmark Lets you control the use of tick marks and their position on the Y axis.

Grid Lines - Lets you change the color of grid lines starting from the Y axis.
Color

Grid Lines - Lets you change the type of grid lines starting from the Y axis. Available
Style choices are :

Grid Lines - Lets you change the thickness of the grid lines starting from the Y axis.
Weight Available choices are :

Interlaced Lets you create a background consisting of different shade of horizontal color
strips alternating alongside the Y axis.

Interlaced - Lets you choose the color to use for the Interlaced function.
Color

Data Grid Functions

This representation will allow you to give prominence to a curve over the others and to locate data in a
given curve. It is at the same time a data editor. You can change the Y values by selecting the desired
cells and typing in the new values. When needed, a scrolling bar is available to allow you access to all
curve values.
The illustration above shows the data grid for three curves (Red, Blue, and Cyan). The X values shown
in dark grey cannot be changed. The scroll bar is not shown because all values are covered within the
window.

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If you position the cursor in the cell containing Series 1 for a few seconds (2), the entire row will be
highlighted in order to indicate that you want to emphasize only the curve Series 1 while keeping the
other curves hidden. In that state, if you drag the cursor over Series 2 cell, this curve will be the only
one displayed and its associated row will be highlighted.
In like manner, if you position the cursor in any cell of the grey tinted row (abscissa values) for a few
seconds, the entire column will be highlighted to indicate that you want to emphasize values of all
curves for the selected abscissa while keeping the rest of the curves hidden. The same function works
for any of the other cells at the only difference that one curve value will be displayed at the expense of
all other curves values.

If you make a right click anywhere within the data grid area, the following menu will pop up.

It offers functions that allow you to position the data grid and change its text font as it suits you.

Charts Contextual Menus

Depending on where you make a right-click on the chart window, different types of menus will pop up.

Legend Area or Grid Area

A right-click within a legend or a grid area will pop up the following menu.

Left Positions the legend / grid at the left margin of the chart window, to the left of the
Y axis title.

Top Positions the legend / grid at the top of the chart window, above the chart title.

Right Positions the legend / grid at the right margin of the chart window.

Bottom Positions the legend / grid at the bottom of the chart window, below the X axis title.

Font… Lets you change the legend / grid text aspect by modifying font, font style, font
size and other font properties.

Title Area
Whatever the title is “Y axis title”, “X axis title” or a “chart title”, a right-click within this area will pop up
the following menu.

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Edit title Lets you change the selected title. When you select the function, an editing field
that automatically selects and highlights the old title (like the one below) will
open, thus allowing you to type in the new title.

Text Color Lets you change the title text color.

Font… Lets you change the title text aspect by modifying font, font style, font size and
other font properties.

Axis Tick Mark Labels Area

A right-click within an axis tick mark labels area, either axis Y or X will pop up the following menu.

Text Color Lets you change the labels’ text color for selected axis.

Font… Lets you change the aspect of the labels’ text of the selected axis by modifying
font, font style, font size and other font properties.

Edit title Lets you change the selected axis title. When you select the function, an editing
field that automatically selects and highlights the old title (like the one below)
will open, thus allowing you to type in the new title.

Staggered Writes the axis tick mark division labels on two parallel areas alongside the axis
(so as not to say lines) so that consecutive texts are not in the same area.

Vertical Position the axis tick mark labels text in a vertical direction (from bottom to up).
Labels

Grid Shows / Hides the grid starting from the selected axis.

Interlaced Lets you create a background consisting of different shade of color strips
alternating alongside the selected axis.

Properties Lets you access the selected axis tab in the dialog Properties. You may refer
to section Properties Y Axis Tab of chapter Axes Settings for more details.

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Curve Line
A right-click anywhere on a curve line will pop up the following menu.

Gallery Lets you change the chart type used to plot the selected profile curve.

Color Lets you change the color of the selected curve.

Point Labels Shows / Hides data point labels on the selected profile curve.

Bring to Front In the case where the curves are overlapping, the whole profile curve
selected will stand out. No part will be hidden by others.

Send to Back In the case where the curves are overlapping, any part of the selected
profile curve may be hidden because another curve will get the focus.

Properties Lets you access the Series tab in the Properties dialog box. You may
refer to Properties Series Tab.

Tab Title Area

The tab title area is the rectangle inside which the widow titles are displayed.

If you make a right-click inside a title-free area, a menu if one exists, for the active window will pop up.
Depending on the type of the active window, you can expect either one of the following menu.

or

If you make a right-click inside a title area, you are actually activating the window it stands for and
associated contextual menu, if any.

Close Closes the active window.

2D Chart Gives a 2D graphical representation (series of points connected by straight

/ curve lines) of the profile data.

Contour Chart Gives a 2D top view of the profile curves seen as a 3D surface chart.

Surface Chart Gives a 3D graphical representation of at least two profile curves.

Grid (By Hour) Represents the profiles data as a grid and where the Time column values
are measured in hours.

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Grid (By Day) Represents the profiles data as grids with header columns and as many
columns as there are curve points, and where grids are sorted by profile
date.

General Contextual Menu

If you make a right-click on a chart window in an area that is not a legend area, a grid area, a title area,
an axis tick mark label area, a point on a curve or a tab title area, the following menu will pop up.

Toolbar Hides / Shows the toolbar at the very top of the chart window.

Data Grid Hides / Shows the data grid on the chart window. Using the contextual
menu commands (See section Legend Area or Grid Area), you may locate
the data grid on the chart window on either one of the following part: left,
top, right, bottom.

Legend Box Hides / Shows the legend box on the chart window. Using the contextual
menu commands (See section Legend Area or Grid Area), you may locate
the legend box on the chart window on either one of the following part: left,
top, right, bottom.

Gallery Lets you change the chart type used to plot the selected profile curve.

Color Lets you change the background color of the chart window.

Edit Title Depending on where you make the right-click, this function will let you add
or modify either one of two titles.
If you click within the rectangle area delimited by the Y and X axes, you will
be able to modify the title area directly above the top of this rectangle.
Otherwise, it will be the main title at the very top of the chart window.

Point Labels Shows / Hides data point labels on the selected profile curve.

Font… Lets you change the aspect of the following texts by modifying font, font
style, font size and other font properties:
 Tick mark label text on both Y and X axes.
 Text in the title area located directly above the rectangle area
delimited by the Y and X axes.
 Data point label text.
 Text in legend.

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Properties Lets you access the General tab in the dialog Properties. You may refer
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3 – Editing Profiles

Regardless of the profile type, adding profiles will start with the same dialog Add New Profile. You may
refer to chapter Wizard for more details about this dialog box. The following is the dialog box for the first
element (GP-4S-2D) of the profile type Generator.

The important thing to remember about this dialog box is that once you have created the first element of
a profile type, the profile format and the time interval cannot be changed. This explains why the dialog
box to edit the next elements of a profile type contains only the parameters that may be changed. This
condition will hold until you delete the last element of a given profile type.
This being said, we will focus in the next sections on the actual aspect of capturing profile data points
for the selected profile type element. The best way to approach this aspect is in the View Mode
perspective (see Main Application Toolbar, Date and Day Type Profiles).

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Editing Date Profile

We call a date profile any type of profile created with either one of profile 8760 Hours or 365 Days.
When you invoke the Show function in the Profile Browser tab for the date type profile for anyone of
the five profile types available, the following calendar-style interface will open. It allows you to define a
profile for each day of the selected year.

Click on the left or the right arrow next to the year (2008 in the illustration) to respectively select the
preceding or the next year. Make a right click on any tab from Jan trough Dec to select the desired
month.
Double-click anywhere inside the region representing a day in the calendar in order to enter a new
profile. Depending on the choice made in the field When creating a new profile found in the
Miscellaneous tab of the Preferences dialog box, a chart or a grid will open to allow you to enter the
profile points. In the case where a chart opens, the function Data Grid must be active so you can enter
the data; you cannot enter the data graphically by moving points for example.

Note: Whatever choice you might make, you can always change your mind by selecting the
appropriate command in the Chart menu (Chart > Basic Chart or Chart > Grid (by Hour)
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Editing a Profile through the Grid

The interface to enter data through a grid looks like the following.

You will have to fill in only the columns initialized to zero; the other columns are not editable. You may
have to fill either one, two, three, or six columns depending on whether the Phase attribute you select
for the profile is Total or By Phase, or the Units attribute has two components (kW-P, Amps-PF, etc.).
You may also have more data to enter if you have chosen either one of 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10
minutes, 15 minutes or 30 minutes as the time interval when you create the profile.

To enter new data, you can proceed in one of these following ways.

 Make a left-click in a cell to give it the focus; then start typing in the value.

 Double-click in a cell to select it (the old value is highlighted). Then start typing in the new value.

 Make a left-click in a cell to give it the focus. Make a right double-click on this cell to select it (the
old value is highlighted). Then start typing in the new value.
To modify a data, use one of the last three methods to select the old data. Then use the keyboard
arrows, <Home>, <End>, <Delete>, or <Backspace> keys to move the cursor within the cell and delete
the characters.
When the data entry is completed, you may continue the editing by going back to the Calendar
(Element) tab and select another day. When you enter profile data for a day, the profile curve is
automatically displayed in the calendar at the day location as shown below.

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If you open a grid window to enter the profile data for a day, and then close it without entering any data,
the profile will still be saved with all values initialized to zero. This type of profile will appear in the
calendar as shown below. You must delete these profiles.

Editing a Profile through the Chart

The interface used to enter data though chart looks like the following.

If the grid at the bottom (you may change this location) of the chart is not there, click on the data grid
icon to display it. For the same reasons mentioned in the previous chapter, you may have to fill either
one, two, three, or six rows to complete the data entry.
To enter new data, double-click in a cell to select it (the old value is highlighted). Then start typing in
the new value. When required, a horizontal scroll bar will appear under the grid to allow you access to
the cells that might not be visible in the current view.
To modify a value, select it first. Then use the keyboard arrows, <Home>, <End>, <Delete>,
<Backspace> keys to move the cursor within the cell and delete characters.
After completing the data entry for a day, continue the editing by going back to the Calendar (Element)
tab and select another day.

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Editing Day Type Profile

The day-type profile uses basically the same type of interface with the small difference that the day-type
essentially requires less data entry work.
We have ten day-type types in two groups: Season and Month. We will not cover them all, because the
underlying principle is the same. Instead, we will address the essential points through two examples,
one for each group having in mind what was said in chapter Wizard, specifically the description about
the Profile Format field in the Add New Profile dialog box.

Editing a 12 Months – 2 Days Type Profile

For a Month day type profile, you will be required to enter data for all twelve months as illustrated in the
example shown below. What will change from a specific 12 Months type to another one is the total
number of profiles you should define for each month.
In this example, you have three profiles to define: HOLIDAY, WEEKDAY and WEEKEND. The
interesting point about these profiles is that HOLIDAY will apply to all holidays type of days of the
selected month if any, WEEKDAY will apply to all Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays,
Fridays of the selected month whereas WEEKEND will apply to all Saturdays and Sundays of the
selected month.

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In term of interaction with this interface, all we have said about data entry for a given day in the Date
type calendar holds here also. In fact, you can switch from a View by Day Type representation to a
View by Date representation even though the reverse is not true if the profile type has been created
with the format attribute 8760 Hours or 365 Days. In a View by Date mode, the data duplicating /
copying effect is preserved. If you enter profile data for any week day, it will be applied to all other week
days of the selected month. It is the same for any weekend day, if you enter profile data for any
Saturday or Sunday, it will be applied to all Saturday and Sunday of the selected month.

Editing a 4 Seasons - 2 Days Type Profile

For a Season day type profile, you will be required to enter data for all four seasons as illustrated in the
example shown below. What will change from a specific 4 Seasons type to another one is the total
number of profiles you should define for each season.

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For the Season day type type, you are also given the opportunity to define a Holiday profile and
additional specific day type profiles that you might consider useful in some special circumstances. The
important point about this specific day type lies in its date independence aspect.
When you enter a new profile for this specific day type, double-clicking inside the Add Day Type box
will not give immediate access to a chart or a grid. Instead, you will have to first fill in the Add Day Type
dialog.

Day Type Enter the name desired for this special day type profile.

Apply to all Check this option to create a day type with the same name in all four
seasons seasons. Note that the profile data you are about to enter will not be
automatically copied given that you have the freedom to define a different
profile for each season. Nonetheless, if you want to have the same profile
you may use the Copy command.

Apply to all IDs Check this option to create a day type with the same name for all existing
of the same elements of the same group. By group we mean either one of Customer
group type Profiles, Metered Load Profiles, Generator Profiles, Meter Demand
Profiles, Network Demand Profiles.

Ok Click on this button to access a chart or a grid where you can enter the profile
data as previously explained.

Cancel Click on this button to discard any modification and close the dialog.

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Multiple Windows Editing

In normal utilization, the active window takes up all the space below the Tab Title Area. Multiple
windows functionality makes it possible for many windows to share this space. You can make the most
of it in many situations but in particular it can be convenient for comparison purpose or for getting visual
feedback when editing profile data in grid. The illustration below is an example of window partitioning
you can create.

Let us see how this function works. First of all, this function is enabled only if at least two windows are
opened. Let’s say that you have the following windows opened that you want to be able to visualize at
the same time.

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You can proceed like this:

1. Make a left-click in a window title (let’s say Calendar (RESIDENTIAL)) and keep the left-mouse
button pressed so you can see the cross-shaped splitter panel.

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2. While you keep the left-mouse button pressed, move the cursor over the splitter panel to select
where you want the window to be located. Choose one of the four boxes with the arrow. A color
feedback shows you where the window will be inserted.

3. Now that you have selected the location, release the left-mouse button to move the window in its
new location.

To deal with more than two windows, the procedure is essentially the same except that after the first
subdivision you should also select, among available partitions, the one you want to subdivide further.

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Consequently, from step 1 you will have to slide the mouse in such a way that the splitter panel appears
in that partition.
To merge two windows after they have been partitioned, use the same procedure with the modification
suggested in the previous paragraph for step 1 and in addition, modify step 2 to select the center
position of the splitter panel instead of one of the other four positions.

Profile Editing Contextual Menu

When you are about to define profile data for a particular day or day type, the day’s box is in the Add
Profile state as follows.

The box being in that state, if you make a right-click anywhere inside it, the following menu will pop up.

Add Profile Lets you enter a new profile data for selected element. It will lead you either to
a chart or a grid form for the data captures (see Editing a Profile through the
Grid and Editing a Profile through the Chart).

Compare This function will be active depending on the context. Basically it lets you
compare different profiles by plotting them on the same chart. You must select
first the profiles you want to compare. To do so use the keyboard Shit key to
select a range or the keyboard Ctrl key for a list of individual selections.

The range selection procedure is as follows:

1. Make a left-click inside the box of the first / last element to select it (the
element is highlighted).
2. Press down the Shift key and keep it down.

3. Make a left-click inside the box of the last / first element to select it (the
element is highlighted) while you are still pressing down the Shit key.

4. All the elements in the range defined by both selected elements will be
highlighted.
5. Make a right-click on any highlighted box to display the contextual
menu.
6. Select the function Compare.

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The selection procedure for a list of individual selections is basically similar:

1. Make a left-click inside the box of any the first element to select it (the
element is highlighted).

2. Press down the Ctrl key and keep it down.

3. Make as many left-clicks as needed inside the box to make your

selections (the elements are highlighted) while you are still pressing
down the Ctrl key.

4. Make a right-click on any highlighted box to display the contextual

menu.

5. Select the function Compare.

Note: In both procedures, if you swap step 1 and step 2 you will obtain
the same results.
Note: In the first procedure at step 5 and in the second procedure at step
4, if instead of making the right-click on highlighted box you select a
new one, the latter will be added to the list of selected elements
and yet the menu will be displayed. This function can be helpful in
cases where you do not want to resume the procedure.

Copy In relation with the Paste command, it will let you copy the profile data of a
date to another (see Copy and Paste).

Paste In relation with the Copy command, it will let you paste the profile data of a
date to another (see Copy and Paste).

Delete Deletes the profile data entered for the selected element.

Properties Lets you consult some key profile parameters values like the following.

Once you have entered profile data for a particular day or day type, the day’s box is in the Added
Profile state where the profile curve is depicted inside it, as follows.

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When the box is in this state, if you make a right-click anywhere inside it, the following menu will pop up.

Show 2D Chart Displays a 2D graphical representation of the selected profile in a new

window / tab bearing the name of the profile group name.

Show Grid (By Displays the selected profile data as a grid where the Time column values
Hour) are measured in hours.

Show Grid (By Displays the selected profile data as a grid with header columns, with as
Day) many columns as there are curve points.

Show Grid Displays a tabular representation of the selected profile in a new window / tab
bearing the name of the profile group name.

Show 3D Displays 3D representation of at least two selected profile curves.

Surface

Show Contour Displays a 2D top view of profile curves seen as a 3D Surface chart.
Plot

Compare This function will be active depending on the context. Basically it lets you
compare different profiles by plotting them on the same chart. You must
select first the profiles you want to compare. To do so use the keyboard Shift
key for range selection or the keyboard Ctrl key for list of individual
selections.
The range selection procedure is as follows:
1. Make a left-click inside the box of the first / last element to select it (the
element is highlighted).
2. Press down the Shift key and keep it down.

3. Make a left-click inside the box of the last / first element to select it (the
element is highlighted) while you are still pressing down the Shit key.

4. All the elements in the range defined by both selected elements will be
highlighted.
5. Make a right-click on any highlighted box to display the contextual
menu.
6. Select the function Compare.

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The selection procedure for a list of individual selections is basically the

same.
1. Make a left-click inside the box of any the first element to select it (the
element is highlighted).
2. Press down the Ctrl key and keep it down.

3. Make as many left-click as needed inside the box of the elements to

select (the elements are highlighted) while you are still pressing down
the Ctrl key.

4. Make a right-click on any highlighted box to display the contextual

menu.
5. Select the function Compare.

Note: In both procedures, if you swap step 1 and step 2 you will obtain
the same results.
Note: In the first procedure at step 5 and in the second procedure at step
4, if instead of making the right-click on highlighted box you select a
new one, the latter will be added to the list of selected elements
and yet the menu will be displayed. This function can be helpful in
cases where you do not want to resume the procedure.

Copy In relation with the Paste command, it will let you copy the profile data of a
date to another (see Copy and Paste).

Paste In relation with the Copy command, it will let you paste the profile data of a
date to another (see Copy and Paste).

Delete Deletes the profile data entered for the selected element.

Properties Lets you consult some key profile parameters values like the following.

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4 – Load Flow with Profiles

The Load Flow with Profiles interface includes four tabs: Parameters, Networks, Load Scaling and
Output. You access the dialog box through the command Analysis > Load Flow with Profiles> Run.
This dialog box contains four commands that you can access whatever tab is active. These are: Run,
Save, OK, Cancel.

Run Saves all the modifications made and then runs the simulation in accordance with
the selections you made in the different tabs mentioned above.

Save Saves all the modifications made in all tabs of the dialog box.

Cancel Closes the Load Flow Analysis with Profiles dialog box and discards all
modifications that were not saved beforehand.

OK Saves all the modifications made in all tabs and closes the dialog box.

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Parameters Tab

Load Flow Select in the combo box the Configuration Name containing the parameters
Parameters wanted for the analysis.
Click on the Edit button to open the Load Flow Analysis dialog box to
select/edit the Calculation Method along with other parameters for the load
flow analysis part of the simulation. Once done, click on OK to return to the
Load Flow Analysis with Profiles dialog box.
Refer to the Distribution Basic Analyses Users Guide or to the Power Flow
Users Guide for a thorough description of the different parameters contained in
these tabs.

Single Time Allows you to run one load flow at a specific day and time using the profiles.
Analysis

Single Time: The time picker control allows you to modify specifically the time
components hour, minute, and period (AM, PM). To modify a component, first
select it and then click on either the up and down arrow. For the option Save
Adjusted Loads in Network, select “Yes” if you want the loads obtained from
running the load flow to be saved in the network.

At Peak Demand: Allows you to run one load flow at the specific time of the
measured peak load using the profiles. Using the different drop-down lists, you
may simulate the peak load of a specific year, a specific month within a year or a
specific season within a year. For the option Save Adjusted Loads in Network,
select “Yes” if you want the loads obtained from running the load flow to be
saved in the network.

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At Minimum Demand: Allows you to run one load flow at the specific time of the
measured minimum load using the profiles. Using the different drop-down lists,
you may simulate the minimum load of a specific year, a specific month within a
year or a specific season within a year. And you may also specify the time. For
the option Save Adjusted Loads in Network, select “Yes” if you want the loads
obtained from running the load flow to be saved in the network.

Time Range Allows you to perform a series of load flow using date and time boundaries
Analysis entered in the fields Start Time and End Time. In the field Time Interval, you
can specify the time step to use for each load flow. For the option Perform
analysis on entire day, select “Yes” if you want to perform load flows at a
specified time step for the entire day entered in the field Start Time.

Networks Tab

Networks All networks from the active database are being displayed in this section as a
tree structure organized by network type (Network, Substation, Secondary
network).
Check the networks you want to include in the simulation. During the execution,
Load Flow with Profiles will see to load in memory any network necessary to
accomplish its duty. Check / Uncheck the check box next to the network type in
order to select / unselect all networks of this type. Check / uncheck the check
box next to the network name to include / exclude it from the simulation. The
field Selected will display the number of networks selected for the simulation.
Click on the symbol to expand the reduced tree structure or on the symbol
to reduce it again.

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Find Allows you to find quickly a network in the networks tree structure. In the
associated editing field, enter the network name you want to find or any
substring of this name and then click on Find. The network with this name (or
the first occurrence of a network name with the substring) will be found and
displayed (highlighted) in the network tree structure within the visible part of
section Networks window.
Obviously, if the tree where the network is found was reduced when the search
begun, then it will be expanded. When you are searching a characters string,
successive calls to the command Find will allow to get all the occurrences of
the string in the tree structure.
Note: You may also proceed in this way; first you enter the string you are
looking for in the field and then you click on <Enter>.

All Allows you to select for simulation all the networks displayed in the tree
structure of section Networks.

None Allows you to unselect all the networks displayed in the tree structure of section
Networks.

Load Scaling Tab

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Load Scaling The first method Use the loads as defined in the load profiles means to use
Method the loads from the currently active Load Profile database without any
adjustment. Apply the coincidence factors by customer type means the
coincidence factors specified for each customer type in Customer Types
dialog. You can access this dialog using the command Network > Customer
Types (Load Allocation Tab) from the main menu or you can click on the
Edit button. Coincidence factors can be defined for metered and non-metered
loads. You may refer to chapter Load Allocation Tab in the CYME Reference
Manual for more details.
The second method Scale the loads defined in the load profiles to match
meter and/or network demands implies that a load allocation analysis must
be run to adjust the loads from the profiles based on meter or network
demands. Obviously, to use this option effectively you must previously provide
meter load profiles for the simulation time period (See chapter Profile Browser
for more details on the procedure to add meter load profiles in the database).
When you choose this option, it is possible to specify what type of loads can
be adjusted and what type of loads must be considered as fixed loads. The
checkboxes under the columns Metered and Non-metered allow you to enter
this information for each customer type available. Checkmark the option
Unlock manually locked loads to instruct CYME not to subtract their values
from the metered demand.

Adjustments Tab
Use this tab to indicate how loads and generators will be updated.

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Load The “Customer type” column will be filled with the different client types
Adjustments associated with the loads found in the network. For each customer type you
can choose to use either setting: Customer type settings or Global settings.
Customer type settings: This choice ensures that the supplied load’s profile
will be recovered and used. If no profile was provided for this load, the profile
corresponding to the customer type (the value in the 'Customer type'
column) of this charge will be used.
Global settings: This choice allows you to manually specify the name of a
profile to apply to all loads of a type. For example, if you have an
ALL_LOADS profile that contains a typical curve to use for all loads, you can
enter the name of this profile and therefore, at the time of the analysis, the
same curve will be used for each of the loads found. The selection of “Global
settings” will prevail over the option “Adjust customer loads using customer
type profiles only”.
Adjust customer loads using customer type profiles only: This option
aims to improve the performance of the analysis by searching profiles using
only the customer types instead of searching profiles using the identifier of
each load. This applies to a customer owning profiles by types of clients and
who wants to avoid unnecessary research to the database.

Generator The “Device Type” column will be filled with the available types. For each
Contribution device type you can choose to use either setting: Individual settings or Global
Adjustments settings.
Individual settings: While updating the generator, its identifier is used to
search for its profile among the database’s profiles.
Global settings: This choice allows you to manually specify the name of a
profile to apply to all generators of a type. For example, if you have an
ALL_GENERATORS profile that contains a typical curve to use for all
generators, you can enter the name of this profile and therefore, at the time
of the analysis, the same curve will be used for each of the generators found.
Adjust the generators contribution using the profiles: This option means
the profile associated with each device type selected (Photovoltaic, WECS,
Synchronous Generator etc) that can be applied individually or globally.

Profile ID -
Display
Column
Options
Resize to fit content: Resizes the column width to the longest string in the
column.
Modify…: To change column’s content.

In the “Change to” field, type in the new value to replace the old one.

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Note that you may also acces the “Modify” function by clicking on the “Modify
content” icon.

Device type -
Display
Column
Options
Uncheck All: To unselect all the device types listed in the column. Note that
you obtain the same result by unchecking the following checkbox:
.
Resize to fit content: Resizes the column width to the longest string in the
column.

Output Tab

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Global Reports Check Network Summary to create a summary report for each one of the
Network selected networks. Click on the Properties icon to open the Network
Summary Summary dialog box to customize the report content.

You may include/exclude reports on worst abnormal conditions.

Check/uncheck the desired options and click on OK to save them or Cancel
to discard them.

Global Reports Check Monitored Device Summary to create a summary report for each
Monitored one of the selected devices. The Properties icon will give you access to
Devices the same dialog box as for Network Summary. If you check this option and
Summary try to run an analysis without selecting any device, the program will signal the
problem by an error message. To select devices, click on the Monitored
Devices icon to open the Monitored Device Summary – Monitoring
dialog box.

All available devices are listed in the Devices group box. Click on the “+” sign
to expand the tree of the device type whose devices you want to monitor.
Check the checkbox next to the device ID of the device to monitor. If you
want to select all the devices of a given type, check the checkbox next to the
device type. To select all devices of all available device types, enable the
checkbox next to the root All devices.

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Find Allows you to find quickly a device in the devices tree structure. In the
associated editing field, enter the device name you want to find or any
substring of this name and then click on Find. The device with this name (or
the first occurrence of a device name with the substring) will be found and
displayed (highlighted) in the devices tree structure within the visible part of
group zone Devices window. Obviously, if the tree where the device is found
was reduced when the search begun, then it will be expanded. When you
are searching a characters string, successive calls to the command Find will
allow to get all the occurrences of the string in the tree structure.
When you complete the modifications, click on OK to save them or click on
Cancel to discard them and close the dialog.

Global Reports Check Load Duration Curve Report to create a summary report for each
Load Duration one of the selected loads. Click on the Properties icon to open the
Curve Report Load Duration Curve Report dialog box in order to customize the report
content.

 kW Demand: Check the option in this group box to obtain a tabular report
on the demand in kW over the simulation time period.
 Load Duration Curve: Allows you to represent time domain either in
percent of time or in hours (minutes).
 OK: To save the modifications you have made.
 Cancel: To discard them.
If you check the Load Duration Curve Report option and try to run an
analysis while no load device is being monitored, the program will signal the
problem by an error message. To select devices (loads), click on the
Monitored Devices icon to open the Load Duration Curve Report –
Monitoring dialog box.

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As you can see that this dialog box offers exactly the same functions as the
Monitored Device Summary – Monitoring dialog box.

Global Reports Check Device Usage Summary to create a summary report for each one of
Device Usage the selected devices. Click on the Properties icon to open the Device
Summary Usage Summary dialog box in order to customize the report content.

 Keyword: Type in the variable name whose values you want to monitor.

Alternately, you can click on the Add icon to open the Keyword
Selection dialog box in order to select the desired variable. You cannot
enter more than one variable in this field and the use of expressions is
not allowed. You may refer to chapter 13.3 of CYME Reference Manual
to learn how to use the Keyword Selection dialog.
 Display keyword in spreadsheet: Checkmark this option to create a
tabular report showing the variation of the keyword value over the
simulation time period.
 X-Axis Value: Lets you choose to represent time domain either in
percent of time or in hours (minutes).

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To select devices, click on the Monitored Devices icon to open the

Device Usage Summary – Monitoring dialog box.

This dialog offers exactly the same functions as the Monitored Device
Summary – Monitoring dialog box.

Global Reports Check Device Energy Summary to create a summary report for each one of
Device Energy the selected devices. Click on the Properties icon to open the Device
Summary Energy Summary dialog box in order to customize the report content.

Checkmark the power type you want to include in the report.

To select devices, click on the Monitored Devices icon to open the

Device Energy Summary – Monitoring dialog box.

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This dialog offers exactly the same functions as the Monitored Device
Summary – Monitoring dialog box.

Global Reports Check Network Losses Summary to create a summary report for each one
Network of the selected networks. Click on the Properties icon to open the
Losses Network Losses Summary dialog box in order to customize the report
Summary content.

 Base Voltage Boundaries: To define the meaning of high, medium and

low voltages to apply when creating the reports.
o High voltage: Value greater than High/Medium Voltage value.
o Medium voltage: Value greater than Medium/Low Voltage
value and less than or equal to High/Medium Voltage value.
o Low Voltage: Value less than or equal to Medium/Low Voltage
value.
 Losses: Lets you choose the unit of the losses you want to include in the
report.

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Reports for
Click on this icon to open the Reports dialog box so you can select the
Time Interval
reports to generate for this report category. For more details on how to
use and customize these reports, you may refer to chapter 8.2 in the
CYME Reference Manual.

Allows you to delete a report from the associated Reports for Time
Interval list. First, make a left-click on an element in the list to select it
and then click on the Remove icon. This icon becomes active only
when you select an element from the list. Note also that multiple
selections are allowed and you don’t need to confirm the deletion.

Charts for
Click on this icon to display the Chart Selection dialog box. Place a
Monitored
checkmark next to the charts you wish to display and click OK. To
Devices
close this dialog box without saving anything, click on Cancel. You
may also click on the Customize button to open the Charts Selection
dialog box in order to customize the look of the selected charts. For a
description of the customization parameters, refer to chapter 11.9 of
CYME Reference Manual.

The chart names selected from the Chart Selection dialog will be
displayed in the Monitored Devices list of the Charts group box.

Allows you to delete the selected element from the list. In fact, it will not
become active unless one element is selected. Note that multiple
selections are not allowed.

Allows you to customize the look of the selected charts the same way
as with the Customize button from the Chart Selection dialog box.

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Output Type in the directory name in the edit field or click on the Browse button

to select the directory where you will save the simulation reports and
charts files.
Check the option Display simulation log to open the Load Flow With
Profiles – Log window.

The cells under columns Status and Errors/Warnings are hyperlinks. Click
on a cell to get more information about the associated error or warning.

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5 – Interfacing CYME with the Energy Profile

Manager

The CYME Energy Profile Manager will be accessible from many CYME dialogs through the buttons
Profiles>> and Consumption. You will be able to define profile data for any of the five profiles group or
category: Customer Type, Metered Load, Generator, Meter Demand, Network Demand and also
customer billing consumption data.

Adding Customer Type and Metered/Non Metered Load Profiles

When you click on the button Profiles… in a Settings group box of a Properties dialog box in CYME
you are given the choice to edit either a Customer Type profile or a Metered Load profile. The
Customer Type ID suggested will be the same you select in the Customer Type field. Depending on
your choice, you will access the appropriate interface of the Energy Profile Manager in order to enter
profiles data (see Wizard and Chapter 3 – Editing Profiles).

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Adding Generator Profiles

The button Profiles… in a Generator Settings group box allows you to access the Energy Profile
Manager dialog box where you can edit profiles data for the selected Generator. Data may be defined
for all generator types.

Adding Meter Demand Profiles

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Profiles data can be defined for any switching and protecting device meter selected by clicking on
Profiles…, as illustrated above.

Adding Profiles and Consumption Data from the Customer Load Dialog Box

This dialog box can be accessed by clicking on the button Details… from a Settings group box in
section’s Properties dialog box for distributed load or spot load specification.
Also, if you click on the button Details… you will access the Customer Load where the hyperlinks
Profiles and Consumption will let you respectively access the interface to edit the Customer Type
Profile or the Customer Billing Consumption for the given non metered load. (see Profile Browser
and Customer Billing Consumption, respectively).

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Adding Network Demand Profiles

This function allows you to set a reference date for all loads in the network when using those loads to
scale the loads defined in load profiles.

Activate the option Enter Network Demand to enable the date and time fields. Check the box next to
the date and the time fields (indicated in red in the illustration above) in the Demand group box to
enable them. Click on the date drop-down list arrow to open the calendar so you can choose the
desired date. The time picker control allows you to modify specifically the time components hour,
minute, and period (AM, PM). To modify a component, first select it and then click on either the up and
down arrow. The load adjustment will then be made based on the demand specified for the particular
date and time.

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6 – Format Description

Import Profiles
This section presents the format used for the file needed by the import process of the Energy Profile
Manager. This file is not an XML file nor a CSV file, but a CYME-defined format that will allow the user
to easily create and modify its own import files. The import process has been designed so that the user
is notified every time a line or a value in the file is invalid, letting him know exactly where the error is and
how to correct it.

General
The user must create a text-file, using a simple text editor, and then define one or more profile blocks.
The process will then import each profile data defined in the file.

Format

[PROFILE_VALUES]

FORMAT=ID,PROFILETYPE,INTERVALFORMAT,TIMEINTERVAL,GLOBALUNIT,NETWORKID,YEAR,SEASON,DAYTYPE,UN
IT,PHASE,VALUES

RESIDENTIAL,CUSTOMERTYPE,4SEASONS_2DAYTYPES,HOUR,%,GA01,2008,WINTER,ALLO,%,TOTAL,40,50,60,70,80,80
,90,100,100,80,90,70,65,60,50,40,30,40,45,50,50,50,50,50

COMMERCIAL,CUSTOMERTYPE,4SEASONS_1DAYTYPE,HOUR,%,GA01,2008,WINTER,ALLO,%,TOTAL,40,50,60,70,80,80,
90,100,100,80,90,70,65,60,50,40,30,40,45,50,50,50,50,50

7174,METER,4SEASONS_1DAYTYPE,HOUR,%,GA04,2008,SUMMER,ALLO,KWPF_KW,TOTAL,40,50,60,70,80,80,90,100,,80
,90,70,65,60,50,40,30,40,45,50,50,50,50,50

A profile block is defined by the tag [PROFILE_VALUES]. Each time the import process runs into this
tag, it creates a new data to import.

Tags
This section presents the different tags and their permitted options and values. There are two types of
tags: section tags and options tags. A section tag is a tag beginning with an opening square bracket ( [ )
and ending with a closing square bracket ( ] ). An option tag is a tag under a section tag, ending with an
equal character ( = ) .

Example
Section tag: [PROFILE_VALUES]
Option tag: FORMAT=value
Section tags
PROFILE_DESCRIPTION

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*** OBSOLETE ***

PROFILE_VALUES

This tag indicates the beginning of a list of data to import for the given profile type and
format. Here are the permitted options under this section:
FORMAT

 This tag is optional. If no format is specified, default format will be used:

ID,PROFILETYPE,INTERVALFORMAT,TIMEINTERVAL,GLOBALUNIT,
NETWORKID,YEAR,SEASON,DAYTYPE,UNIT,PHASE,VALUES

 Permitted values:
 If DateType (INTERVALFORMAT is 8760HOURS or 365DAYS)
Permitted values: ID, ROFILETYPE, INTERVALFORMAT,
TIMEINTERVAL, GLOBALUNIT, NETWORKID, YEAR, MONTH, DAY,
UNIT, PHASE, VALUES

 If DayType (All others INTERVALFORMAT)

o If INTERVALFORMAT = 12MONTHS_xxDAYTYPES
Pemitted values: ID, ROFILETYPE, INTERVALFORMAT,
TIMEINTERVAL, GLOBALUNIT, NETWORKID, YEAR,
MONTH, DAYTYPE, UNIT, PHASE, VALUES

o If INTERVALFORMAT = 4SEASON_xxDAYTYPES
Pemitted values: ID, ROFILETYPE, INTERVALFORMAT,
TIMEINTERVAL, GLOBALUNIT, NETWORKID, YEAR,
SEASON, DAY, UNIT, PHASE, VALUES

 All the values are required, and the case (uppercase or lowercase) is not
important.
 The order of the values is not important.

Following this tag is a list of data separated by commas. Each line represents a set of
data for one phase and one unit. For example, if the profile is KW_KVAR and 3
phases, a set of 6 lines of data will represent a single day. Note that the case of the
values is never important.

Name Type Permitted values

ID string -
PROFILETYPE string NETWORK
METER
GENERATOR
CUSTOMERTYPE
METEREDLOAD
INTERVALFORMAT string 8760HOURS
4SEASONS_1DAYTYPE
4SEASONS_2DAYTYPES
4SEASONS_3DAYTYPES
4SEASONS_5DAYTYPES
4SEASONS_7DAYTYPES
12MONTHS_1DAYTYPE
12MONTHS_2DAYTYPES
12MONTHS_3DAYTYPES
12MONTHS_5DAYTYPES
12MONTHS_7DAYTYPES
365DAYS

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Name Type Permitted values

TIMEINTERVAL string 5MINUTES
10MINUTES
15MINUTES
30MINUTES
HOUR
GLOBALUNIT AVERAGEKW
KW-KVAR
KW-PF
KVA-PF
AMP-PF
%
%PQ
PU
NETWORKID string -
YEAR integer -
MONTH string JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
SEASON string See notes below
DAY integer 1 to 31
DAYTYPE string -
UNIT string AverageKW
%
PU
KWKVAR_KW
KWKVAR_KVAR
KWPF_KW
KWPF_PF
KVAPF_KVA
KVAPF_PF
AMPPF_AMP
AMPPF_PF
%PQ_P
%PQ_Q
ALL
(see notes below)
PHASE string A
B
C
TOTAL
VALUES double - (see notes below)

Notes

 Year: Four-digit year format is used (for example “2008” and not “08”)

 Season: Depending on the PROFILE_FORMAT defined, the permitted values for

this field change.

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PROFILE_FORMAT Permitted valued

4SEASONS_1DAYTYPE WINTER
4SEASONS_2DAYTYPES SPRING
4SEASONS_3DAYTYPES SUMMER
4SEASONS_5DAYTYPES FALL
4SEASONS_7DAYTYPES

JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
12MONTHS_1DAYTYPE APRIL
12MONTHS_2DAYTYPES MAY
12MONTHS_3DAYTYPES JUNE
12MONTHS_5DAYTYPES JULY
12MONTHS_7DAYTYPES
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

 Units: Some units must be paired with others while some units must be unique.
Here is a list of all the units and their restrictions.

Units Restrictions
KW Unique
% Unique
PU Unique
KWKVAR_KW Paired with KWKVAR_KVAR
KWPF_KW Paired with KWPF_PF
KVAPF_KVA Paired with KVAPF_PF
AMPPF_AMP Paired with AMPPF_PF
%PQ_P Paired with %PQ_Q

 Values: A number n of numerical values separated by commas. The number of

values is defined by the TIMEINTERVAL value. If the profile used is the database
profile, the day interval defined in database will determine the number of values
expected.
Also note that the point delimiter (.) is used for the decimal separator and no
thousands delimiter is used.

Day interval Number of values expected

5MINUTES 288
10MINUTES 144
15MINUTES 96
30MINUTES 48
HOUR 24

Example

[PROFILE_VALUES]

FORMAT=ID,PROFILETYPE,INTERVALFORMAT,TIMEINTERVAL,GLOBALUNIT,NETWORKID,YEAR,SEASON,DAYTYPE,UN
IT,PHASE,VALUES

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RESIDENTIAL,CUSTOMERTYPE,4SEASONS_2DAYTYPES,HOUR,%,GA01,2008,WINTER,ALLO,%,TOTAL,40,50,60,70,80,80
,90,100,100,80,90,70,65,60,50,40,30,40,45,50,50,50,50,50

COMMERCIAL,CUSTOMERTYPE,4SEASONS_1DAYTYPE,HOUR,%,GA01,2008,WINTER,ALLO,%,TOTAL,40,50,60,70,80,80,
90,100,100,80,90,70,65,60,50,40,30,40,45,50,50,50,50,50

7174,METER,4SEASONS_1DAYTYPE,HOUR,%,GA04,2008,SUMMER,ALLO,KWPF_KW,TOTAL,40,50,60,70,80,80,90,100,,80
,90,70,65,60,50,40,30,40,45,50,50,50,50,50

Import Billing
This section presents the format used for the file needed by the import process of the Energy Profile
Manager for the billing data. This file is not a XML file, nor a CSV file, but a CYME-defined format that
will allow the user to easily create and modify its own import files. The import process has been
designed so that the user is notified every time a line or a value in the file is invalid, letting him know
exactly where the error is and how to correct it.

General
The user must create a text-file, using a simple text editor, and then define one or more billing blocks.
The process will then import each billing data defined in the file.

Format

The file must begin by the tag [PROFILE_BILLING]. To create multiple blocks of data to import with
different formats, simply defines multiple FORMAT sections. Each time the import process runs into this
tag, it creates a new section of data to import using this format.

Tags
This section presents the different tags and their permitted options and values. There are two types of
tags: section tags and options tags. A section tag is a tag beginning with an opening square bracket ( [ )
and ending with a closing square bracket ( ] ). An option tag is a tag under a section tag, ending with an
equal character ( = ) .
Example
Section tag: [PROFILE_DESCRIPTION]

Option tag: PROFILE_TYPE=value

Section tags
PROFILE_BILLING

This tag indicates the beginning of a file of data to import. The file must contain at
least one of this tag in order to begin the import process. Here are the permitted
options under this section:

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FORMAT
 This tag is optional.
 Permitted values: LOADID, NETWORKID, CUSTOMERTYPE, FROMDATE,
TODATE, KWH, USAGEFACTOR
 All the values are required, and the case (uppercase or lowercase) is not
important.
 The order of the values is not important.

Following this tag is a list of data separated by commas. Each value must match the
FORMAT defined in the PROFILE_BILLING section. Each line represents a set of
data for one time. Note that the case of the values is never important.

Name Type Restrictions

LOADID string -
CUSTOMERTYPE string -
FROMDATE date A valid date (see notes below)
TODATE date A valid date (see notes below)
KWH double - (see notes below)
USAGEFACTOR double - (see notes below)

Notes

 FROMDATE and TODATE: Format required: dd/MM/yyyy. For example:

th
29/01/2008 stands for January 29 , 2008. Four-digit year format is used (for
example “2008” and not “08”). If date doesn’t follow this format, an error will be
generated.

 KWH and USAGEFACTOR: Note that the point delimiter (.) is used for the
decimal separator and no thousands delimiter is used.

Example

[PROFILE_BILLING]
FORMAT=LOADID,NETWORKID,CUSTOMERTYPE,FROMDATE,TODATE,KWH,USAGEFACTOR
LoadID_1,GA04,METER,22/04/2007,23/04/2007,23.5,45.7
LoadID_1,GA04,METER,22/04/2007,23/04/2007,23.5,45.7
LoadID_1,GA04,METER,22/04/2007,23/04/2007,23.5,45.7
LoadID_2,GA04,LOAD,22/04/2007,23/04/2007,23.5,45.7
LoadID_3,GA04,METER,22/04/2007,23/04/2007,23.5,45.7
LoadID_3,GA04,METER,22/04/2007,23/04/2007,23.5,45.7

FORMAT=FROMDATE,LOADID,CUSTOMERTYPE,NETWORKID,TODATE,KWH,USAGEFACTOR
22/04/2007,LoadID_TEST,TEST,GA04,23/04/2007,23.5,45.7
23/04/2007,LoadID_TEST,TEST,GA04,26/04/2007,43.5,23.7
24/04/2007,LoadID_TEST,TEST,GA04,25/04/2007,11.9,123.6

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Editing a Profile through the Grid................................. 65

Editing Date Profile ...................................................... 64
Editing Day Type Profile .............................................. 67
Index Editing Profiles............................................................. 63
Energy Profile Manager ............................................. 1, 3
Error Report ................................................................. 40
About........................................................................... 48
Exit .............................................................................. 20
Accessing the applications ............................................ 1
Export Chart ................................................................ 14
Adding Customer Type and Metered/Non
Metered Load Profiles ............................................. 91 File Menu ....................................................................... 3

Adding Generator Profiles ........................................... 92 Format ................................................................... 95, 99

Adding Meter Demand Profiles ................................... 92 Format Description ...................................................... 95

Adding Network Demand Profiles ............................... 94 General .................................................................. 95, 99

Adding Profiles and Consumption Data from the General Contextual Menu ............................................ 61
Customer Load Dialog Box ..................................... 93 Help Menu ................................................................... 48
Adjustments Tab ......................................................... 81 Holidays ....................................................................... 22
Axes Settings .............................................................. 52 Import .......................................................................... 11
Axis Tick Mark Labels Area ......................................... 59 Import Billing ................................................................ 99
Chart Menu ................................................................. 41 Import Profiles ............................................................. 95
Chart Options .............................................................. 36 Interfacing CYME with the Energy Profile
Chart Properties .......................................................... 53 Manager .................................................................. 91

Chart Settings ............................................................. 15 Legend Area or Grid Area ........................................... 58

Charts Contextual up Menus ....................................... 58 Load Flow with Profiles ................................................ 77

Charts Toolbar ............................................................ 51 Load Flow with Profiles functionality .............................. 1

Close ........................................................................... 47 Load Scaling Tab......................................................... 80

Close All ...................................................................... 47 Main Application Toolbar ............................................. 48

Close Database............................................................. 7 Merge .......................................................................... 41

Content ....................................................................... 48 Microsoft Access Database ........................................... 5

Copy............................................................................ 20 Miscellaneous .............................................................. 17

Copy to Clipboard ....................................................... 20 Multiple Windows Editing ............................................. 70

Curve Line ................................................................... 60 Networks Tab .............................................................. 79

Customer Billing Consumption .............................. 14, 38 Open Database ............................................................. 3

Data Grid Functions .................................................... 57 Oracle Database............................................................ 6

Edit Menu .................................................................... 20 Output Tab................................................................... 83

Editing a 12 Months – 2 Days Type Profile ................. 67 Overview ....................................................................... 1

Editing a 4 Seasons - 2 Days Type Profile .................. 68 Page Setup .................................................................. 15

Editing a Profile through the Chart .............................. 66 Parameters Tab ........................................................... 78

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Paste ........................................................................... 21
Preferences ................................................................. 15
Print............................................................................. 15

Print Preview ............................................................... 15

Profile Browser ............................................................ 29
Profile Editing Contextual Menu .................................. 73
Profile Summary.......................................................... 38
Profiles ........................................................................ 11
Properties General Tab ............................................... 53

Properties Series Tab ................................................. 54

Properties Y Axis Tab ................................................. 56
Reports ....................................................................... 17
Save Database.............................................................. 7
Show 2D Chart ............................................................ 43

Show 3D Surface Plot ................................................. 44

Show All Points ........................................................... 46
Show Contour Plot ...................................................... 45
Show Daily Average .................................................... 46
Show Daily Minimum................................................... 46
Show Daily Peak ......................................................... 46

Show Grid (By Day) .................................................... 44

Show Grid (By Hour) ................................................... 43
Simulation Results ...................................................... 33
Split ............................................................................. 42
SQL Server Database ................................................... 7

Synchronization........................................................... 19
Synchronization with CYME ........................................ 23
Tab Title Area.............................................................. 60
Tags ...................................................................... 95, 99
Title Area ..................................................................... 58
View Menu .................................................................. 28

Window Menu ............................................................. 47

Wizard ........................................................................... 7

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