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group recorder (mysql) - MySQL group_recorder class  New in 4.1! 

Synopsis

module mysql;
object group_recorder {
  file "legacy-file-name";
  table "database-table-name";
  group "target-object-name"; 
  property "target-property-name"; 
  mode {"w","w+","a","a+"}; 
  interval sampling-interval; 
  limit max-rows-recorded; 
  column_limit max-columns-per-table;
  strict boolean;
  print_units boolean;
  complex_part complex-parts-reported;
  data_type MySQL-complex-component-data-type;
  query_buffer_limit insert-buffer-size;
  recordid_fieldname record-id-field-name;
  datetime_fieldname date-field-name;
 }


Remarks

A group recorder provides the ability to collect a recording of one property from a group of similar objects, e.g., recording voltage from every meter in the system as a time series.

For example, the following lines in a model input file will record the values of the measured_energy variables in the every meter object in a GLM to a table called "meter" at 3600-second intervals for a total of 1000 time-intervals.

object group_recorder {
  name MeterCorder;
  group "class=meter";
  property measured_real_energy;
  table "meter";
  interval 3600;
  limit 1000;
  mode "w";
}

The group_recorder places a timestamp in the second column of every row it emits. This value is formatted as a DATETIME variable in MySQL, and its output formatting depends on the region settings applied to the database.

Properties

parent

object
Built-in property that specifies the object that the group_recorder childs to. Does not need to be specified.

property

string
Single property from the class to be recorded. Properties with units may be converted to other relevant units. Complex properties may be modified via the complex_parts setting.

table

string
The root table name MySQL should use to store output.

file

string
Backwards compatibility alias for the table property.

interval

integer
The frequency at which the recorder samples the specified properties, in seconds. A frequency of 0 indicates that they should be read & written every iteration (note, that each timestep often requires multiple iterations, so a frequency of zero may lead to multiple measurements in a timestep). A frequency of -1 indicates that they should be read every timestep, but only written if one or more values change. By default this is TS_NEVER.

limit

integer
The number of rows to write to the output stream. A non-positive value puts no limit on the file size (use at your own risk). By default, this is 0. The limit is only checked when output non-subsecond value.

group

string
Group definition string. Defines which class of device (required) and other information to create a group. See Finding_objects for more details.

strict

boolean
Causes the group_recorder to stop the simulation should there be a problem.

print_units

boolean
Flag to output units to the index table for each object.

complex_part

string
Which part of the complex to record if a complex property is specified. Default "REAL|IMAG". Available settings: "REAL", "IMAG", "MAG", "ANG_DEG", "ANG_RAD". Multiple complex components may be written to individual columns by pipe-concatenating the string. e.g. "MAG|REAL|IMAG"

mode

string
Specifies the read mode to use, which may be either "w", "w+", "a", or "a+". If "w" or "w+" is used, the table is purged before data from the current run is added. If "a" or "a+" is used, the data from the current run is appended.

column_limit

integer
The number of columns per MySQL table. Default 200.

Warning - Increasing this number may cause MySQL errors.

data_type

string
Designates the data format MySQL should use to store variable-precision values. Acceptable types are DECIMAL(M,D), FLOAT(M,D), and DOUBLE(M,D). Default: DOUBLE.

query_buffer_limit

integer
Max number of insertions to store in buffer before purging output. Default 200.

recordid_fieldname

string
Optional alternative name for the Record ID column.

datetime_fieldname

string
Optional alternative name for the Datetime column.

flush_interval

Unused variable for legacy compatibility with Tape group recorder.

format

Unused variable for legacy compatibility with Tape group recorder.

Examples

A group_recorder that will watch the 'A' voltage of all meters and record the magnitude every 60 seconds for 1000 time-intervals.

object group_recorder {
   group "class=meter";
   property voltage_A;
   interval 60;
   limit 1000;
   file "ThatNode_kV.csv";
   complex_part MAG;
   mode "w";
}

A group_recorder that measures real and imaginary power through every transformer in a specific section of the circuit (through groupid) every 5 mins for 1000 time-intervals using custom data storage, and buffer limit.

 object group_recorder {
   group "class=transformer";
   property power_out;
   interval 300;
   limit 1000;
   mode "w";
   query_buffer_limit 50;
   print_units TRUE;
   data_type "FLOAT(4,5)";
   table AllTransformers;
   complex_part REAL|IMAG;
}

See also