Is SqlFile the only way used by Open Studio in RunManager to get the E+ result? And the only output used is the sql format?
OpenStudio manages the EnergyPlus simulation process directly, it does not call the RunEP.bat file. OpenStudio does try to use the SqlFile as the only source for EnergyPlus results. This reduces the number of output formats that OpenStudio needs to deal with. One exception is the error file, OpenStudio does read the error file directly. OpenStudio has the ability to run Reporting Measures. These measures take the EnergyPlus simulation results and write out human readable html reports. Does that answer your question?
Yes. Thanks very much. So it will call EPMacro.exe, ExpandObjects.exe energyplus.exe directly? What's the benefit compared with RunEp.bat?
And why Open Studio design a little bit complicated EP run framework like workflow, job? To be generic to support other engines in the future?
OpenStudio does not support EPMacro (OpenStudio Model Measures and EnergyPlus Measures replace this functionality). OpenStudio does run the ExpandObjects preprocessor but this may be removed in the future, especially if all HVAC templates are implemented as OpenStudio Measures. The standard workflow is defined here
OpenStudio's RunManager was designed with a lot of extra requirements that we do not use anymore. We plan to replace RunManager with a wrapper around the simpler OpenStudio Workflow Gem. You can use the workflow gem to run EnergyPlus and OpenStudio Measures now. However, there is no C++ wrapper around the workflow gem yet so if you want to use this from C# you would have to make a system call to Ruby (or write a batch file) yourself.
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Asked: 2015-09-01 02:42:11 -0600
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I'm not sure if it's the only way (you can see the HTML table for example). But I assume you're looking for a way to get CSV data? If so there are a few options here, either by extracting them from the SQL file, or by rerunning the IDF that OpenStudio created directly in EnergyPlus.
Actually I'd like to understand the way Open Studio dealing with the EnergyPlus results. 1. SqlFile to parse the SQL result and display in Runmanager. Is this the only way in Open Studio? 2. How OpenStudio triggers the EnergyPlus simulation? Is it also use the RunEP.bat in EnergyPlus or call the EnergyPlus.exe directly? Looks OpenStudio uses a lot of code like workflow, job in its RunManager.