Is it possible to get the window surface temperature in EnergyPlus?

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At the risk of getting a "check the user manual" rebuke, how do I reference the four windows for which I want the surface temperatures? In DOE-2, one would call out the object name, i.e., NORTHWNDW, etc., but I've never tried doing that in IDF. Or do I have to use regular expressions, and if so, is that explained in the documentation? I'm still using EPlus 8.0 .

You don't have to use regex. You can just request four output variables, one for each window of interest.

Output:variable, NORTHWINDOW, Outside Surface Temperature, hourly;
Output:variable, WESTWINDOW, Outside Surface Temperature, hourly;

And so on.

I tried that but it didn't work. The *.err file says

*** Simulation Error Summary ***

* Warning * The following Report Variables were requested but not generated

* ~~~ * because IDF did not contain these elements or misspelled variable name -- check .rdd file

*** Key=NORTHWNDW, VarName=OUTSIDE SURFACE TEMPERATURE, Frequency=Hourly etc.

But I've checked to make sure that the KEYs are correctly spelled (NORTHWNDW, etc.), don't know about the VarName, though. BTW, I'm running EPlus Version 7.0, not 8.0.

As the error message says ... the recommended way to do this is to open the .rdd file, grep for the surface names you want, and then copy the lines corresponding to the variables/frequencies you want into your IDF file.

Where does one get the *.rdd file? I've checked my E+ output files, and there is no file with the *.rdd extension. Does it have to be requested? Also, does it exist in E+ 7.0 ?