Scenario

The Operations Support Interface is a fully user-configurable feature in ResSim that allows the user to create their own Overrides (and Inflows) Editor. But the configuration information is stored per alternative and there is no option in the OSI, yet, to copy the configuration to another alternative.
But configuring the OSI is not a trivial process. So, if you have two or more alternatives that are all built using the same network, then the OSI configuration information CAN be copied from one alternative to another.

Assumptions

The instructions in the document are based on the following assumptions:

  • You have completed the OSI configuration for one alternative.
  • Your other alternatives (that you want to copy the OSI configuration to) use the same network and do NOT have the OSI configured.

If these assumptions are not valid for your watershed, then these instructions are not for you.

The Process

  • Using a text editor – not Word – use Notepad or better.  I use Notepad++.
  • In the rss folder of your watershed, look for the .ralt file for the alternative that already has the OSI completely setup. For example, if your alternative is named NormalOps, the file you want is named NormalOps.ralt. This is your source file.  Open it. 
  • Look carefully at the figure below to identify the block of lines that represent the OSI configuration information.
  • Select those lines in your file and copy them to the clipboard (Ctrl-C).

  • Next, in your text editor, open the .ralt file for the alternative you want to copy the OSI configuration into. For example, if the alternative is named ByTheBook, then ByTheBook.ralt is the target (or destination) file.
  • Paste (Ctrl-V) the lines you copied into the bottom of the target .ralt file. See the next figure.


 

  • After pasting in the OSI configuration info, Save the file. 
  • Open ResSim or the CAVI and add the target alternative to a simulation or forecast.  Make the alternative active. Compute it. 
  • Open the OSI.  The OSI for the target alternative should be now be fully configured.