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Yes -- you can use a schedule of load values along with a LoadProfile:Plant object on the demand side of a plant loop to set demand load values. In your project, if the schedule is used to set the chilled water demand, then all of the plant loop equipment (absorption chiller, cooling tower, solar collector, etc.) should operate together to meet that demand.
For the Schedule:Compact object in your screen shot, there is no From: input field line for dates where schedule values are applied -- there are only Through: input field lines. If you only want to have these cooling loads occur from May 1 through October 31, then schedule values should be zero for the rest of the year. Your schedule object will look like this:
Schedule:Compact,
Cooling Load Profile - Full Production Capacity, !- Name
ChW Loop Any Number, !- Schedule Type Limits Name
Through: 05/01, !- Field 1
For: AllDays, !- Field 2
Until: 24:00, !- Field 3
0, !- Field 4
Through: 10/31, !- Field 5
For: AllDays, !- Field 6
Until: 08:00, !- Field 7
0, !- Field 8
Until: 12:00, !- Field 9
-232800, !- Field 10
Until: 13:00, !- Field 11
0, !- Field 12
Until: 20:00, !- Field 13
-232800, !- Field 14
Until: 21:00, !- Field 15
0, !- Field 16
Until: 24:00, !- Field 17
-232800, !- Field 18
Through: 12/31, !- Field 19
For: AllDays, !- Field 20
Until: 24:00, !- Field 21
0; !- Field 22
