Simultaneous timeseries generation for multiple history files types within a model component

[jshaw35]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am currently using CUPiD for timeseries generation. The flexibility and ease-of-use is awesome, but I can only process a single history file type from a model component at a time (e.g. not both monthly and daily CAM outputs).

Describe the solution you'd like
I have made some minor changes to cupid/run.py that allow users to specify multiple history file strings and data variable lists for each model component (in a config.yml file). I wasn't sure if these changes were compatible with other CUPiD functionality that I haven't used and wanted to check.

Describe alternatives you've considered
It is less convenient but still totally functional to create a config.yml file for each history file type to post-process (e.g. h0, h1, etc).

Additional context
N/A

[AgentOxygen]

The GenTS implementation I developed for #143 processes all of the history file types by default, ignoring the history file string parameter. I was looking into adding a parameter to filter out undesired history files, but haven't gotten that far yet. The current version might be practical enough for your use case though

[jshaw35]

Hi Cameron, thanks for the heads up on the GenTS implementation! Being able to specify history files and variables is definitely helpful for time and storage use in my applications. I will check out your implementation. I am also interested in what CUPiD users/developers think about the proposed functionality and if it would be relevant to the broader user base.

[mnlevy1981]

@jshaw35 The API for generating time series is a work in progress, but @TeaganKing and I are hoping to come up with a redesign that would provide more control over the time period covered by each file as well as support for variables in multiple streams. We'll start that work next week, but I don't have a good estimate for when it will be ready.

[jshaw35]

@mnlevy1981 thanks for the update! I have added handling of multiple streams and some simplistic output chunking for my own use. My changes are on this fork: https://github.com/jshaw35/CUPiD feel free to use them if it is helpful!