Introduction
Version 2001/1 of Delft-Fews includes a new Archiving Module with a user interface that should make it easier for users to get access to the archives.
Introduction to the Archive Module
In an operation Delft-Fews system a workflow (usually called Archive_Scheduled) runs that creates four separate archive files. These four archives are generated as zip files and contain the following information:
- Archive_Forecasts: All approved forecasts that run from midnight to midnight on the pervious day.
- Archive_Thresholds: All details of threshold crossings from forecasts that run from midnight to midnight on the pervious day.
- Archive_Timeseries: All details of timeseries that have been generated the previous day.
- Archive_Configuration: All details of configuration changes made.
The Archive database polls file shares for any zip files. If it sees any zip files it copies them to the storage location and takes a snapshot (known as metadata) of the archive into the archive database.
Users can then query the archive database from the Delft-Fews operator client. Querying is based on the metadata stored in the database. Retrieving archives is then done by finding the appropriate zip files in the file system and copying them to the Archive/Import directory configured in Delft-Fews.
h1 Manual Archiving from Delft-Fews
Manual Archiving can be used if users want to archive forecasts that haven't been approved - these could be test forecasts or forecasts run with what-if scenarios. The only archives that can be run manually are the forecast archives; all others can only be generated by the scheduled archiving workflow.
To manually archive a single forecast, open the Operator Client where the forecast was run. Select Archiving from the Tools Menu, Select Forecast Runs filter under Upload to Archive. Select the forecast that you want to archive and click on Upload:
