Step 7. ModuleInstances (ModuleConfigfiles)

ModuleConfigFiles are the configuration files which represent the actual processing steps that are part of a workflow. A workflow is referring to the names of the ModuleConfigFiles in a specific sequence. This sequence determines the order of the processing steps. All standard ModuleConfigFiles should be generated using some spreadsheet Tools which have been setup by Deltares. This spreadsheet Tool makes use of some VB Macros and some templates to generate the ModuleConfig xml-files based on data that has been specified in some sheets.

The tools to generate these ModuleConfigFiles are available in the attached file (ModuleConfig_Creation_Tools.zip). These tools have been updated the 14th of December 2007 in order to create ModuleConfigFiles with equidistant timeseries. The NGMS_ModInst_generator spreadsheet just contains the Macros and the YNN_ModuleInstances spreadsheet can be used as a worked out example.

Detailed explanation of elements in the spreadsheet:

ModuleInstances generate data (TimeSeriesSets) which are stored in the database. This data can be downloaded to the Operator Client dependent on the synchLevel defined at the moduleInstance. In other words: the ModuleInstance defines the synchLevel assigned to the data. The user login profile determines which synchLevels are downloaded.

Within NGMS, the following synchLevels are applied: