There are 2 ways to modify demands with live data:
- Directly uploading live demands through the Ingest API;
- Adjusting them according to the flowmeter readings. This is only possible when each zone includes the following information:
- Customer points
- Flowmeter readings
- Zone name/ID
- Inlet/Outlet IDs
The adjustment is made every 15 minutes, distributing the net flow (inlet readings minus outlet readings) of the zone (DMA) among its customer points. The distribution is made taking into account the demand of the base version of the network in each step. This means that junctions that originally had no demand assigned will remain so after the adjustment.
Learn how to specify the information above in this article.
Edge cases of junction demands/consumptions
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Flowmeter readings every 15 minutes + patterns every 1 hour:
We only use the flow readings for every hour. The values delivered in other 15-minute time steps are discarded. -
Pattern step < 15 minutes
The pattern values are completed.
For example: If we have live demands at 00:00, 00:15, 00:30 etc, then:
→ the value from 00:00 is assigned to pattern values to 00:00, 00:05, 00:10, etc.
→ the value from 00:15 is assigned to the pattern values to 00:15, 00:20, 00:25.
etc. -
Negative real consumptions
No adjustment made. -
Flowmeter has no value in a step
No adjustment made in this step for that DMA.