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  • id: identifier of the check.
  • variableDefinition: embedded variable definition (see above).
  • expression: A comparison between one or more variableIds (see examples below).
  • validatingVariableId: One or more identifiers for variables for which the flags have to be modified.
  • outputFlag: New flag value for time steps for which there is valid data and the expression holds. Either doubtful or unreliable.
  • outputMode: When this option is set to logs_only, the flags will not be updated but the log events will be generated.
  • logLevel: Log level for the log message that is logged if a time series does pass the check. Can be DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR or FATAL. If level is error or fatal, then the module will stop running after logging the first log message. Fatal should never be used actually.
  • logEventCode: Event code for the log message that is logged if a time series does pass the check. This event code has to contain a dot, e.g. "TimeSeries.Check", because the log message is only visible to the master controller if the event code contains a dot.
  • logMessage: Log message that is logged if a time series does pass the check. Some more options are available than in the other checks:
  • onErrorResumeNext When true, makes the secondary validation continue when an error logging is applied.

Tag

Replacement

%AMOUNT_CHANGED_FLAGS%

The number of flags that has been altered.

%CHECK_ID%

The id of the check that caused the flags to be altered.

%EXPRESSION%

The expression that caused the flags to be altered.

%HEADER%

The header names of the timeseries for which the flags were altered.

%LOCATION_ID%

The locationId where the alterations took place.

%LOCATION_NAME%

The name of the locations where the alterations took place.

%OUTPUT_FLAG%

The flag that has been set.

%PARAMETER_ID%

The parameterId where the alterations took place.

%PARAMETER_NAME%

The name of the parameter where the alterations took place.

%PERIOD%

The period in which flags were changed.

%NONE%

Hide the autogenerated location and period in the log message.

%VALUE%

The value of the last time that the flag for a timeseries has been updated.

It is not possible to compare two different location sets both containing more than one location id, but the following comparisons can be configured:

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Some mathematical functions worth mentioning are the following (these must be in lowercase):

Function

Description

avg(x1, x2, x3, ...)

Average

min(x1, x2, x3, ...)

Minimum

max(x1, x2, x3, ...)

Maximum

abs( x )

Absolute value

round( x )

Rounded value

floor( x )

Floor

ceil( x )

ceiling

sin, cos, tan

Trigonometric

mod( x , y)

x % y Modulus

sqrt( x )

SquareRoot

sum( x, y,...)

Sum of multiple variables

The following sample configuration sets the flags to unreliable when the values are smaller than 10 or bigger than 1000.

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Code Block
xml
xml
<secondaryValidation xmlns="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.wldelft.nl/fews http://fews.wldelft.nl/schemas/version1.0/secondaryValidation.xsd">

<!-- comparison of variables with similar location sets, different parameters, does comparison per location  -->
	<seriesComparisonCheck id="similarLocationSetSeriesComparisonCheck">
		<!-- referred to by locationset1 and locationset2-->
		<variableDefinition>
			<variableId>H_obs1_location1</variableId>
			<timeSeriesSet>
				<moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
				<valueType>scalar</valueType>
				<parameterId>H.obs1</parameterId>
				<locationId>location1</locationId>
				<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
				<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
				<relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
				<readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
			</timeSeriesSet>
		</variableDefinition>

		<!-- referred to by locationset1 and locationset2-->
		<variableDefinition>
			<variableId>H_obs1_location2</variableId>
			<timeSeriesSet>
				<moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
				<valueType>scalar</valueType>
				<parameterId>H.obs1</parameterId>
				<locationId>location2</locationId>
				<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
				<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
				<relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
				<readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
			</timeSeriesSet>
		</variableDefinition>
		<!-- referred to by locationset1 and locationset2-->
		<variableDefinition>
			<variableId>H_obs2_location1</variableId>
			<timeSeriesSet>
				<moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
				<valueType>scalar</valueType>
				<parameterId>H.obs2</parameterId>
				<locationId>location1</locationId>
				<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
				<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
				<relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
				<readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
			</timeSeriesSet>
		</variableDefinition>
		<!-- referred to by locationset1 and locationset2-->
		<variableDefinition>
			<variableId>H_obs2_location2</variableId>
			<timeSeriesSet>
				<moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
				<valueType>scalar</valueType>
				<parameterId>H.obs2</parameterId>
				<locationId>location2</locationId>
				<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
				<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
				<relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
				<readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
			</timeSeriesSet>
		</variableDefinition>

		<variableDefinition>
			<variableId>locationSet1</variableId>
			<timeSeriesSet>
				<moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
				<valueType>scalar</valueType>
				<parameterId>H.obs</parameterId>
				<locationSetId>locationset1</locationSetId>
				<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
				<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
				<relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
				<readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
			</timeSeriesSet>
		</variableDefinition>

		<variableDefinition>
			<variableId>locationSet2</variableId>
			<timeSeriesSet>
				<moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
				<valueType>scalar</valueType>
				<parameterId>H.obs</parameterId>
				<locationSetId>locationset2</locationSetId>
				<timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
				<timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
				<relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
				<readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
			</timeSeriesSet>
		</variableDefinition>

		<expression>abs(locationSet1 - locationSet2) .gt. 3</expression>
		<validatingVariableId>locationSet1</validatingVariableId>
		<validatingVariableId>locationSet2</validatingVariableId>
		<outputFlag>unreliable</outputFlag>
		<logLevel>INFO</logLevel>
		<logEventCode>TimeSeries.Check</logEventCode>
		<logMessage>%AMOUNT_CHANGED_FLAGS% flags set to %OUTPUT_FLAG% by %CHECK_ID%.</logMessage>
	</seriesComparisonCheck>
</secondaryValidation>

An even more smart configuration is where you use a locationRelation to the downstream and upstream locations. Then the configuration looks like:

Code Block
xml
xml
<seriesComparisonCheck id="Check_if_waterlevel_upstream_higher_than_downstream">
    <variableDefinition>
        <variableId>H_us</variableId>
        <timeSeriesSet>
            <moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
            <valueType>scalar</valueType>
            <parameterId>H.obs</parameterId>
            <locationRelation>H_US_LOC_ID</locationRelation>
            <locationSetId>Locations_with_US_and_DS_H</locationSetId>
            <timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
            <timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
            <relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
            <readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
        </timeSeriesSet>
    </variableDefinition>
    <variableDefinition>
        <variableId>H_ds</variableId>
        <timeSeriesSet>
            <moduleInstanceId>SeriesComparisonCheckTest</moduleInstanceId>
            <valueType>scalar</valueType>
            <parameterId>H.obs</parameterId>
            <locationRelation>H_DS_LOC_ID</locationRelation>
            <locationSetId>Locations_with_US_and_DS_H</locationSetId>
            <timeSeriesType>external historical</timeSeriesType>
            <timeStep unit="minute" multiplier="15"/>
            <relativeViewPeriod unit="day" start="-30" end="0"/>
            <readWriteMode>read only</readWriteMode>
        </timeSeriesSet>
    </variableDefinition>
    <expression>H_us .gt. H_ds</expression>
    <validatingVariableId>H_us</validatingVariableId>
    <validatingVariableId>H_ds</validatingVariableId>
    <outputFlag>unreliable</outputFlag>
    <logLevel>INFO</logLevel>
    <logEventCode>TimeSeries.Check</logEventCode>
    <logMessage>%AMOUNT_CHANGED_FLAGS% flags set to %OUTPUT_FLAG% by %CHECK_ID%.</logMessage>
</seriesComparisonCheck>

Sample screenshot

The sample screenshot below demonstrates the use of the seriesComparisonCheck. In this case it has been used to set flags to unreliable for timesteps where the waterlevel measurements upstream are below the measurements downstream. The different output flags have been displayed using different colors at the bottom of the screenshot. In this case the flags of the values above the yellow part have been set to unreliable, whereas the flags of the values above the purple line have remained the same.

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