About Problem Formulation Files

A problem formulation file is a text file that stores the information to define a problem formulation. You can create a problem formulation file outside of Isight and import the file for use in your model. Similarly, you can export a problem formulation file. It is often helpful to export a problem formulation file and use that file to ensure that the file you want to import has the correct format.

The problem formulation file must contain:

• a row for each parameter that you want to import,

• a column for each attribute to set for those parameters, and

• a header row specifying which attribute is defined in each column.

When supplying information for scalar, array, and aggregate parameters:

• Use square brackets ([]) to define the element for individual array elements.

• Use the full path ("aggr.member") to specify aggregate members.

• Use <> as the value if an attribute does not exist for a given parameter.

The following shows an example of a correctly formatted file: