Importing Event Data To Time Series Databases

Events listed below can be imported into scalar time series databases:

• Rainfall event
• Ground Infiltration event (applicable to InfoWorks networks only)
• Level event
• Inflow event
• Regulator event
• Pollutograph event (applicable to InfoWorks networks only)
• SWMM Pollutograph event (applicable to SWMM networks only)

• Flow survey

  • Observed depth
  • Observed flow
  • Observed velocity

 

To import events into a scalar TSDB:

1. Create a new TSDB:
   • Right click on a Model Group in the Explorer Window and select either the New InfoWorks | Time series database or New SWMM | Time series database option from the context menu. A New Master Database Item dialog appears.
   • Enter the name for the new TSDB into this window and click OK. The new TSDB icon appears under the Model Group in the tree the Explorer window.
2. Drag the TSDB object from the Explorer Window and drop it onto the GeoPlan.
3. From the Network menu, select the Event data into time series database option, and the Import event data to TSDB dialog is displayed.
4. Configure the import as appropriate (See Import event data to TSDB dialog for more information).
5. If you want to import the events' initial conditions, drag an empty Catchment initial conditions object into the Also import initial conditions to drop target.
6. When finished, click on OK. The dialog closes and a report is displayed, listing the results of the import:



7. Close the report.
8. Open the TSDB by dragging the object onto the InfoWorks ICM background.