v4.1.1.1

Release 4.1.1.1

Important

New Feature in ADVANCED and ACADEMIC Licenses: Veda now supports full interoperability between TIMES and OSeMOSYS!

Two primary workflows are supported:

• Starting from OSeMOSYS CSVs: Import data directly to seamlessly create OSeMOSYS or TIMES models.
• Starting from Veda Templates: Any simple model built with Veda templates can now be viewed and executed as either TIMES or OSeMOSYS.

Additionally, you can combine both workflows by starting from OSeMOSYS CSVs (treated as BaseYear templates) and further expanding your model using standard Veda input components like SubRES and Scenario files. A powerful use-case is conducting detailed sensitivity analyses around an existing OSeMOSYS reference case using Veda's parametric scenario files.

ALL VERSIONS

[New]

• Users can define and manage TIMES attributes with enhanced control - via UserTimesAttributes.xlsx file in the Model folder.
• Allows SysSettings to see seed values across all scenarios - including NSV and parametric scenarios.
• Introduces a new process IMPDUCZ to supply the dummy commodities used to relax User Constraints. See details
• New ~FI_PROCESS_Trades tag supported in the Trade links file for better control on Trade processes.
• Improved support in tags INS, UC_T, R_E, and R_S in RegionGroup.
• RegionGroup can now be used in both rows and columns in FI_T Tag.

[Enhancements]

• Controlled Splitting of Other_Indexes See details
• TFM_COMMGRP Tag can now be used in BY/SubRES files.
• Multiple UI upgrades including splash screen, grid icons, paddings, color schemes, and startup visuals.
• PostgreSQL Server version upgraded to 15.9.

[Fixes]

• Skip Fill-R Comparison When Output Sheet Is Missing.
• Fixed entries that were incorrectly marked with “X” for Timeseries Data Correction.
• Fix for Commodity Group Filtering in cset_set
• Removed Workbook Dependency in Excel Merge Logic
• Decimal Separator and Unit Conversion resolved in pivot and export formatting.
• Incorrect Numbers in Turkish Locales
• Excel Sheet Naming Restrictions replaces invalid characters with ~ in Batch Export.
• Validation on Sheet Name Entry for Results Views

ADVANCED VERSION

• Reporting enhancements
  • GIS Trades Enhanced with VAR_CAP and VAR_NCAP Support
  • Includes multiplication support, parent region mapping, and improved unit conversion to TS_Ratios.

v4.0.1.0

Release 4.0.1.0

v3.2.2.0

Release 3.2.2.0

v4.0.0.0

Release 4.0.0.0

ALL VERSIONS

[Enhancements]

• Introducing metadata in Veda.
• WildCard support for User Constraint field in INS and UPD tags.

v3.2.1.0

Release 3.2.1.0

ALL VERSIONS

[Enhancements]

• Included XLSM (macro enabled) workbook tag reading which contains FILL tag. Such workbooks were earlier being skipped.
• Introduced a button for SubResTrans file in the Navigator grid
• Simplified import of VO runs in Veda2.0
• UI enhancements
• Set default relative tolerance in GDXDiff to 1e-4

[Fixes]

• Can’t create new or view existing Table Master groups or select tables by filtering #44
• Expanded Excel export limit in Items List #43
• Enabled Excel export in Times and Veda Attributes #43
• Shorter list of VDA_FLOP Deletions #42
• Issue with UC on cum subsidies for period of years See details
• Controversial handling of CG indexes by VEDA (FI_T) See details
• Priority resolution of dimensions for tag processing See details
• CG declarations in col headers See details

v3.1.3.0

Release 3.1.3.0

ALL VERSIONS

[Enhancement]

• Removed more spurious sync log entries from FI_T tag processing.
• The announcements on Start page (“from the developers”) will show up in higher security environments as well.

v3.1.2.0

Release 3.1.2.0

[Note]
Reports and some other Advanced license features have been activated for the ETSAP license. This will be reviewed at the Winter 2024 ETSAP meeting.

ALL VERSIONS

[Enhancement]

• Major Enhancement: New feature on right click on any file on the navigator - all tags supported for that particular file will be listed under the Copy Veda-tag to clipboard option.
• New tag ~NOPCOL (No operation column headers) supported in SysSettings See details
• Items view: Processes and commodities in the auxiliary flow boxes are also color-coded (as per the set membership) like they are in the main flow boxes.
• Removed more spurious sync log entries from FI_T tag processing.
• Search in Attributes master section looks at attribute description as well.
• [Bugfix]: Handled a language issue in the new Fill-R data comparison feature.

ADVANCED VERSION

• Multiple enhancements in Reports - focused on making it easier to create Sankey diagrams.

v3.1.1.0

Release 3.1.1.0

ALL VERSIONS

[Enhancement]

• Enhanced data validation for Sync
• Enhanced GDX file reference on Run Manager See details
• Input validation - non-numeric values. User request
• Sync log warning if a single row uses seed values from multiple scenarios. See details
• Sync logs in a text file. User request
• New user option to not write Fill-R tables if the contents have not changed. Turned on by default. User request

[Fixes]

• Fill_R tag writing during Sync was starting from cell B1 instead of A1 when column A was empty
• Data type checking for hidden rows during tag reading
• SolveTime reporting (GAMS version 32 or higher is required as a minimum). See details
• Remove filter option from check all tables in result viewer. See details

ADVANCED VERSION

• Multiple enhancements in Reporting, especially in creating Sankey diagrams.
• Option on Run manager to automatically generate data to plot a histogram that guides the choice of cplex parameter barcolnz.

v3.0.7.0

Release 3.0.7.0

ALL VERSIONS

[Enhancement]

• IRE_XBND parameter handle See details
• Enhanced QC of non-FI_T tags and DINS tags.
• HiGHS solver made available on Run Manager.
• TOP_IRE entries for trade processes coming from BY/SubRES #28
• Enhanced GDX file reference on Run Manager

[Fixes]

• Units Conversion in Update Excel
• A bug was introduced in version 3.0.3 with FI_T tag QC. DINS tables in BY/SubRES trans files could lead to duplication.

v3.0.3.0

Release 3.0.3.0

ALL VERSIONS

[Enhancement]

• Enhanced synchronization log for FI_T/UC_T tags.
• Performance enhancements in set rules consolidation step of synchronization.
• Several UI enhancements on Run Manager.

[Fixes]

• Blank spaces after the Minus sign are removed in exclusion rules.
• Solving a case with multiple time slice definitions selected. See details
• Super region is now case insensitive.
• Veda assigns dimension based on the element in FI_T/UC_T col headers and table tags. The allocation will be done in the following priority order: attribute,currency,lim_type,region,side,time_slice,year,commodity.

[New]

• Veda version introduced in the title of LST files.
• Attrib_cond/Val_cond feature was purely a process filter so far. It now works as a process-commodity filter if the attribute in question has process and commodity indexes.

ADVANCED VERSION

• Reporting variables that are generated to support SANKEY diagrams are not shown in the list of variables.
• Multi-user support in Results and Reports views.