Completing Runs in Sequence

You should always aiming for a set of results that have been run in sequence.

•For the Base, that means that year number X of the Base was last run after the previous year number X-1 of the Base was last run.

•For the Rerun and Policy, that means that year number X was last run after the previous year of the same run (Rerun or Policy) was last run. It also means that year number X was last run after the same year number X of the Base was last ran (since year number X of the Rerun and Policy depends on year number X of the Base). If you are rerunning the Base with Policy closures (that is, if you are doing the Rerun), it also means that year number X of the Policy was last run after the bot job for year number X (since the bot job produces the .BOT file used in year X of the Policy and of the Rerun). If you are doing the Rerun, it also means that the bot job for year number X was run after the simulation for year number X-1 of the Rerun since that bot job uses updated data from that simulation as part of its starting data.

•Each spreadsheet job must be last run after all relevant years of the corresponding run have been last run. For example, the spreadsheet job of the Base must be last run after each of the simulations for the Base were last run.

•The spreadsheet job for the Policy computes the differences between the results from the Policy and either the results from the Rerun (if that is done) or from the Base. Thus, in order to be completed in sequence, the spreadsheet job for the Policy must be completed after each of the spreadsheet job for the Rerun (if are doing the Rerun) or for the Base (if not doing the Rerun).

The software records time and dates when you complete any simulations and any spreadsheet jobs. It uses this information to check how much of the whole application has been completed in sequence.

The algorithm used by the software for telling which jobs have been run in sequence is described here.

URL of this topic: www.copsmodels.com/webhelp/rundynam/hc_runinsequence.htm

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