Main Menu

• Model

  • Add new: to add new model folder. (Better done via the Start page)

  • Select: to select from models that have already been synced. (Better done via the Start page)

  • Manage disc space: shows all models and the associated GDX/VD files.

  • Stop server and Exit: to stop PosgreSQL server and exit (only in the localhost installation).

• Modules: to launch the main functions:

  • Navigator (keyboard shortcut F6) - to see all Excel files that are included in the model.

  • Browse (F7) - for a tabular view of the input data - across all Excel files.

  • Items List - lists of all items - processes, commodities, commodity groups, and user constraints.

  • Items Detail (F8) - to see topology and input parameters for items.

  • Run Manager (F9) - to define and run cases.

  • Results (F10) - to analyse model output.

• Information

  • TIMES attribute: presents all the TIMES model generator attributes/parameters.

  • VEDA tags: list of all VEDA tags by template (e.g.~FI_T).

  • Model:

    • Sync log: the synchronization log that is displayed at the end of the synchronization process.

    • NSV candidates: scenarios that can be converted to “no seed value” scenarios, because they don’t provide seed values to any other scenario.

    • UD sets usage: usage of user-defined sets in different data files.

    • Tag details: processing time by data table.

    • Manage duplicates: displays duplicate declarations of processes and commodities across files.

• Tools

  • User Options:

    • Syncing options:

      • Threads count: Number of cores used by Veda can be restricted. -1 will use all cores of the machine during Synchronization and DD writing.

      • Dummy imports: Dummy imports will be created by default for the selected commodity types. Dummy commodities can also be created for user constraints.

    • Layout settings: To restore the saved layouts to default ones.

    • GAMS Engine: To declare GAMS engine credentials.

  • Update TIMES Code: to update the TIMES source code.

  • Delete Log: to delete model log files.

  • Convert XLS to XLSX/M: converting xls files into xlsx/m files.

  • Jacobian Analysis: this option can be used to improve the scaling of models, showing all equations (and variables) where the largest and smallest coefficients are different by more than 4 orders of magnitude.

    • To do jacobian analysis for a particular case, solve it with “CONVERTD” as the Solver and “CONVERTD” as the Solver option.

  • Import GDX Files: to import data GDX files.

  • Import VD Files: to import VD files.

  • License information: to deactivate licenses or to change the license key (deactivate first).

  • Sets

    • Browser

    • Editor: this is a very powerful functionality that also updates the set definitions in the Excel file.

• Reports: available only in the advanced version.

  • Select: to select one of the reports that have been created.

  • Create: to create a new report.