This function returns the last timestep in the model for which dispatching is allowed.
Description
The last dispatch timestep.
Type
DATETIME
Arguments
Type
Meaning
Evaluation
Returns the DATETIME that is the last timestep at which the current controller allows dispatching. If this function is called from a context in which the current controller does not have a last dispatch timestep (i.e. optimization), then the end date of the run is returned.
Comments
The
Number of Post-Run Dispatch Timesteps
is set on the Run Control Parameters dialog for Simulation or Rulebased Simulation. For more information on changing the
Number of Post-Run Dispatch Timesteps
, click
DispatchEndDate()
If the Run Finish is March 19, 2011 (daily timestep) and the
Number of Post-Run Dispatch Timesteps
is 3, the function will return: