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Q: Metrix has a limit of 20 years of weather data. How do I continue to track and tune usage data after the 20 year weather capacity has been met?
A: There are two distinct procedures to track and tune data post-20 years weather data depending on whether the meter is bill-matched or tuned to weather. Both procedures are slightly complicated.
Tuned Meters
This process includes archiving your original project and deleting weather data.
1. Archive your Metrix project with winzip, winrar, etc. This protects your original project and allows you to report on the previous period.
2. Run a savings report showing baseline, actual kWh, and costs for your last year of data. Memorize and save this report because you will compare it to a report run later on.
3. In the Metrix project, lock your tuning by clicking the \'Closed\' and \'Manual\' box in the tuning tab. Write down tuning coefficients. By locking your tuning, it cannot be affected by any of the weather deletions later on in this procedure.
4. Export weather data.
5. Click on the weather item and record the source ID under the \'Weather Information\' tab.
6. Delete the weather item in the tree structure.
7. Open the weather file previously exported and remove several years (~10) at the beginning of the project.
8. Save the .hlt file (as a .csv file).
a. Click Save As
b. Save as type: CSV (Comma Delimited) (*.csv)
c. Change the file extension and put quotations on name (\'example.hlt\')
d. Click \'Yes\' for the next window.
e. Close the file, it will ask you if you would like to save changes-click \'No\'.
f. More information on creating and saving .hlt files can be found in Appendix C of the Metrix 4 User\'s Guide.
10. Open a new Metrix project and import the .hlt into Metrix. Drag and drop this weather level in the new Metrix project tree structure to the desired project.
11. Finally SAVE AS the project under a different name as your original.
12. Run the memorized report and confirm values are identical to verify the process worked.
Bill-Matched Meters
This process involves moving your bill-matched year from your original year to a future year. This might confuse reporting processes because the data reported on for the base year will not actually reflect the base year, but it will work when reporting on future years.
1. Archive your Metrix project with winzip, winrar, etc. This protects your original project and allows you to report on the previous period.
2. Run a savings report showing baseline, actual kWh, and costs for your last year of data. Memorize and save this report because you will compare it to a report run later on.
3. Remove data from the end of the bill-matched year to a year you would like to report from then on (i.e. bill-matched year is 01/1992-12/1992; delete 01/1993-12/2007).
4. Copy and paste bill-matched data into the first future year (i.e. 01/2008-12/2008).
NOTE: The first bill-matched year selected above is a leap year. If your bill-matched year is a leap-year then the new base year used MUST be a leap year, and vice versa for non-leap years.
5. Bill-match the new base year.
6. Finally SAVE AS the project under a different name as your original.
7. Run the memorized report and confirm values are identical to verify the process worked.
A: There are two distinct procedures to track and tune data post-20 years weather data depending on whether the meter is bill-matched or tuned to weather. Both procedures are slightly complicated.
Tuned Meters
This process includes archiving your original project and deleting weather data.
1. Archive your Metrix project with winzip, winrar, etc. This protects your original project and allows you to report on the previous period.
2. Run a savings report showing baseline, actual kWh, and costs for your last year of data. Memorize and save this report because you will compare it to a report run later on.
3. In the Metrix project, lock your tuning by clicking the \'Closed\' and \'Manual\' box in the tuning tab. Write down tuning coefficients. By locking your tuning, it cannot be affected by any of the weather deletions later on in this procedure.
4. Export weather data.
5. Click on the weather item and record the source ID under the \'Weather Information\' tab.
6. Delete the weather item in the tree structure.
7. Open the weather file previously exported and remove several years (~10) at the beginning of the project.
8. Save the .hlt file (as a .csv file).
a. Click Save As
b. Save as type: CSV (Comma Delimited) (*.csv)
c. Change the file extension and put quotations on name (\'example.hlt\')
d. Click \'Yes\' for the next window.
e. Close the file, it will ask you if you would like to save changes-click \'No\'.
f. More information on creating and saving .hlt files can be found in Appendix C of the Metrix 4 User\'s Guide.
10. Open a new Metrix project and import the .hlt into Metrix. Drag and drop this weather level in the new Metrix project tree structure to the desired project.
11. Finally SAVE AS the project under a different name as your original.
12. Run the memorized report and confirm values are identical to verify the process worked.
Bill-Matched Meters
This process involves moving your bill-matched year from your original year to a future year. This might confuse reporting processes because the data reported on for the base year will not actually reflect the base year, but it will work when reporting on future years.
1. Archive your Metrix project with winzip, winrar, etc. This protects your original project and allows you to report on the previous period.
2. Run a savings report showing baseline, actual kWh, and costs for your last year of data. Memorize and save this report because you will compare it to a report run later on.
3. Remove data from the end of the bill-matched year to a year you would like to report from then on (i.e. bill-matched year is 01/1992-12/1992; delete 01/1993-12/2007).
4. Copy and paste bill-matched data into the first future year (i.e. 01/2008-12/2008).
NOTE: The first bill-matched year selected above is a leap year. If your bill-matched year is a leap-year then the new base year used MUST be a leap year, and vice versa for non-leap years.
5. Bill-match the new base year.
6. Finally SAVE AS the project under a different name as your original.
7. Run the memorized report and confirm values are identical to verify the process worked.
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