Command Line Usage¶
Basic command line usage¶
Most of the features available in Getting started are also available using the command line. Running:
python -m pysd Teacup.mdl
will translate Teacup.mdl to Teacup.py and run it with the default values. The output will be saved in Teacup_output_%Y_%m_%d-%H_%M_%S_%f.tab. The command line interface accepts several arguments, this can be checked using the -h/–help argument:
python -m pysd --help
Set output file¶
In order to set the output file path, the -o/–output-file argument can be used:
python -m pysd -o my_output_file.csv Teacup.mdl
Note
The output file can be a .csv or .tab.
Note
If -o/–output-file is not given, the output will be saved in a file that starts with the model file name followed by a time stamp to avoid overwritting files.
Activate progress bar¶
The progress bar can be activated using the -p/–progress argument:
python -m pysd --progress Teacup.mdl
Translation options¶
Only translate the model file¶
To translate the model file and not run the model, the -t/–trasnlate command is provided:
python -m pysd --translate Teacup.mdl
Splitting Vensim views in different files¶
In order to split the Vensim model views in different files, as explained in advanced usage, use the –split-views argument:
python -m pysd --split-views many_views_model.mdl
Outputting various run information¶
The number of output variables can be modified by passing them as arguments separated by commas, using the -r/return_columns argument:
python -m pysd -r 'Teacup Temperature, Room Temperature' Teacup.mdl
Note that the a single string must be passed after the -r/return_columns argument, containing the names of the variables separated by commas.
Sometimes, variable names have special characteres, such as commas, which can happen when trying to return a variable with subscripts. In this case we can save a .txt file with one variable name per row and use it as an argument:
python -m pysd -r output_selected_vars.txt Teacup.mdl
-R/–return-timestamps command can be used to set the return timestamps:
python -m pysd -R '0, 1, 3, 7, 9.5, 13.178, 21, 25, 30' Teacup.mdl
Note
Each time stamp should be able to be computed as initial_time + N x time_step, where N is an integer.
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The time outputs can also be modified using the model control variables, explained in next section.
Modify model variables¶
Modify model control variables¶
The values of the model control variables (i.e. initial time. final time, time step and saving step) can be modified using the -I/–initial_time, -F/–final-time, -T/–time-step and -S/–saveper arguments, respectively. For example:
python -m pysd -I 2005 --final-time=2010 --time-step=1 Teacup.mdl
will set the initial time to 2005, the final time to 2010 and the time step to 1.
Note
If the -R/–return-timestamps argument is used, the final time and saving step will be ignored.
Modify model variables¶
To modify the values of model variables, their new values may be passed after the model file:
python -m pysd Teacup.mdl 'Room Temperature'=5
this will set Room Temperature variable to 5. A time series or a lookup can also be passed as the new value of a variable as two lists of the same length:
python -m pysd Teacup.mdl 'Temperature Lookup=[[1, 2, 3, 4], [10, 15, 17, 18]]'
The first list will be used for the time or x values, and the second for the data values. See setting parameter values in Getting started for further details.
Note
If a variable name or the right hand side are defined with white spaces, they must be enclosed in quotes, as in the previous example.
Several variables can be changed at the same time, e.g.:
python -m pysd Teacup.mdl 'Room Temperature'=5 temperature_lookup='[[1, 2, 3, 4], [10, 15, 17, 18]]' 'Initial Temperature'=5
Modify initial conditions of model variables¶
Sometimes we do not want to change the actual value of a variable but we want to change its initial value instead. An example of this would be changing the initial value of a stock object. This can be done similarly to what was shown in the previos case, but using ‘:’ instead of ‘=’:
python -m pysd Teacup.mdl 'Teacup Temperature':30
this will set initial Teacup Temperature to 30.
Putting it all together¶
Several commands may be used together. The optional arguments and model arguments go first (those starting with ‘-’ or ‘–‘), then the model file path, and finally the variable or variables to change:
python -m pysd -o my_output_file.csv --progress --final-time=2010 --time-step=1 Teacup.mdl 'Room Temperature'=5 temperature_lookup='[[1, 2, 3, 4], [10, 15, 17, 18]]' 'Teacup Temperature':30
will save step 1 outputs until 2010 in my_output_file.csv, showing a progressbar during integration and setting foo to 5, temperature_lookup to ((1, 10), (2, 15), (3, 17), (4, 18)) and initial Teacup Temperature to 30.