[Question]: Binary parameter ‘TimeDomainReduction’

[WeiAi-Energy]

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In Tutorial 1, it says that 'For example, to use TimeDomainReduction, you would set its parameter to 0', but in the table Model structure related settings parameters, it says that 'TimeDomainReduction: 0 = Use the data in the main case folder; do not perform clustering', so it seems there is a contradictory. Which one is correct?

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[abooda1981]

Hello, I am not one of the maintainers or anything but my operating assumption is that the latter is correct. Certainly, when I change TimeDomainReduction = 0 in the genxsettings file, the simulation takes relatively longer, suggesting that the clustering is not happening in this case.

[lbonaldo]

Hello @WeiAi-Energy, Thank you for catching this, and thanks @abooda1981 for assisting! You’re absolutely right—TimeDomainReduction: 1 enables TDR. I’ll push a fix right away.

As a general tip, whenever in doubt, I recommend checking the documentation. For example, here’s the page about the model settings. Regarding the TimeDomainReduction parameter, it states:

1 = Use time domain reduced inputs available in the folder defined by the TimeDomainReductionFolder setting. If such a folder doesn’t exist or is empty, time domain reduction will process the input data and save the results there.

I hope this clarifies things!

[lbonaldo]

I’m closing this issue as resolved. Please feel free to reopen it if further discussion is needed.