Creating Output Filter Issues

[ledmar3056]

Hi RuFaS community
I have been trying to create the output filter files with the recommended prefixes: csv, json, or graph, using RegEx, but I'm not getting the expected results. After running RuFaS (python main.py), I can see the logs, but the output folder (results) is empty. Could someone please explain the steps to me? I'm sure I'm missing something. I've tried to follow: https://ruminantfarmsystems.github.io/RuFaS/_wiki/Output-Manager.html#output-filters, but failed.

Your help would be appreciated!

[ew3361zh]

Hi, thank you for the question/discussion @ledmar3056, happy to help.

Step 1: Create a filter file. For this example let's do a report for emissions estimations. Call this file report_emissions.json and put it in output > output_filters directory.

Step 2: add the filter information to the file. For this example I want to capture everything output from the EmissionsEstimator class during the simulation so I have a regex pattern that will match every variable output that contains that class in the full address:

{
      "name": "Emissions",
      "filters": [
        ".*EmissionsEstimator.*"
      ]
    }

Step 3: run the simulation - this will generate a report in the output > reports directory:

Let me know if this works for you and what further questions you have that would help you set up more filters for your own use.

[ledmar3056]

Hi, thanks for your help! I went through the steps, but I'm still running into some errors directing to the RUFAS folder, like '../RUFAS/output_manager.py line 1347 in load_filter_content', ".../RUFAS/output_manager.py' line 2508 in validate_filter_content". I noticed that I don't have the 'reports' folder. Should I have to create one?
Your help would be greatly appreciated!

[ew3361zh]

Hi, can you tell me where your output directory is located in your file structure? The reports folder is generated automatically by running the model and getting a report generated. Also if you could reprint/screenshot any error messages you're seeing from the console that would be helpful context. Thank you!

[ledmar3056]

Hi, thanks for the reply! The issue has been resolved. Thanks. I just discovered that the error message was caused by a failure to save the 'report_emissions.json' file. The 'reports' folder did not appear automatically, so I created it. After doing all of this, I reran 'python main.py' and received the expected results.

Thanks for your help!

[ew3361zh]

Thank you, glad to hear it was resolved! If you are willing to share, we would be curious and it would be helpful on our end to know where the outputs folder was located in the file structure when you ran this simulation. I will mark this as resolved.