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@Santos, I guess you've fixed the initial schedule_name errors by filling in the blanks. I'm addressing your subsequent question on warnings below. Ideally, this should have been a 2nd UMH post, as it's unrelated to the initial issue. I activated the OS:Output:Diagnostics, DisplayExtraWarnings feature (the output may be different).
'For a zone sizing run, there must be at least 1 Sizing:Zone input object'. Not sure what's going on here (maybe linked to this). Your .osm file indeed holds 10x OS:Sizing:Zone objects, yet they are not forward translated to the run/in.idf file. Maybe the most significant warning (to address)? This takes a deeper dive - hopefully this rings a bell for others.
You have 13x 'Invalid "until" field value is not a multiple of the minutes for each timestep' warnings. As addressed here, ensure schedule intervals coincide with zone time step duration.
'No "Ground Temperatures" were input' warning. Common, see here.
The 3x 'Base surface does not surround subsurface' warnings ("FACE 20", "FACE 74", "FACE 62") can either be ignored (see here), or fixed by raising your 3x doors by e.g. 5mm. Just open the .osm file and edit the Z-axis vertex coordinates, e.g.:
OS:SubSurface,
{d439e260-f7b6-42b0-9540-909042224849}, !- Handle
Face 20, !- Name
Door, !- Sub Surface Type
, !- Construction Name
{205e5dc4-5fd0-4fed-bf68-6dfecdc5b716}, !- Surface Name
, !- Outside Boundary Condition Object
, !- View Factor to Ground
, !- Frame and Divider Name
, !- Multiplier
, !- Number of Vertices
52.5, -60, 9.005, !- X,Y,Z Vertex 1 {m}
52.5, -60, 0.005, !- X,Y,Z Vertex 2 {m}
57.5, -60, 0.005, !- X,Y,Z Vertex 3 {m}
57.5, -60, 9.005; !- X,Y,Z Vertex 4 {m}
'Surface="FACE 54" is non-convex' warning. Usually not an issue (see here). In the future, maybe avoid non-convex (i.e. concave) surfaces and spaces.
There are 14 'coincident/collinear' vertex warnings. EnergyPlus is pruning away redundant vertices - it happens. You can safely ignore these warnings.
'Unused constructions' warnings: Benign - up to you to delete them (or not):
There are 8 nominally unused constructions in input. [...] The nominally unused constructions warning is provided to alert you to potential conditions that can cause extra time during simulation. Each construction is calculated by the algorithm indicated in the HeatBalanceAlgorithm object. You may remove the constructions indicated (when you use the DisplayExtraWarnings option).
Miscellaneous: The following are either (automated) OpenStudio additions or forward translation issues. I usually ignore them. Up to you to explicitely fill them out or not, e.g.:
