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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Each of the 2<sup>nd</sup>, 3<sup>rd</sup>, 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup> values for equipment schedules has a different DOE-2 default value based on the
 entry for the previous schedule. For example, default for the second schedule is, “if(#RV(#L("EQUIP-SCHEDULE",0))!=0) then unused else no_def endif”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You can change the defaults for each of these manually in the eQUEST user interface in their respective input fields or you can combine them all into a single
 expression in an input file. Expanding on your example below, copy the following into a text file and do a “File -> Import File…” of the text file. Note that each value is separated by a comma, and you can use “&D” (without the quotation marks, and without
 brackets) for any interim value if you want to use the DOE-2 default.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">~Bill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">SET-DEFAULT FOR SPACE       
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">   EQUIP-SCHEDULE   = (
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">{$ Expression for EQUIP-SCHEDULE[0]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">if(#SV(#L("ZONE-TYPE"))!=1) then no_def /* Conditioned zones only */<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">else switch (#L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC") + #L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC",1))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">case "Apartmen": #SI("ESMFHR Unit Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">default: #SI("ESMFHR Non-Res Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">endswitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">endif},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">{$ Expression for EQUIP-SCHEDULE[1]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">if(#SV(#L("ZONE-TYPE"))!=1) then no_def /* Conditioned zones only */<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">else switch (#L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC") + #L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC",1))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">case "Apartmen": #SI("ESMFHR Unit Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">default: #SI("ESMFHR Non-Res Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">endswitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">endif},<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">{$ Expression for EQUIP-SCHEDULE[2]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">if(#SV(#L("ZONE-TYPE"))!=1) then no_def /* Conditioned zones only */<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">else switch (#L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC") + #L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC",1))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">case "Apartmen": #SI("ESMFHR Unit Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">default: #SI("ESMFHR Non-Res Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">endswitch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">endif} )<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> mccampbell04@gmail.com [mailto:mccampbell04@gmail.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Campbell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 07, 2017 2:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nicholas Caton <Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bishop, Bill <bbishop@pathfinder-ea.com>; Chris Jones <Christopher.Jones@rwdi.com>; equest-users@onebuilding.org; David Reddy <IMCEAEX-V@eurprd04.prod.outlook.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Ok - I am now trying to set up default expressions to auto-populate 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th values for plug loads.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I have the following which is working for inputting the plug load schedule in EQUIP-SCHEDULE 1, but how can I specify the equipment schedule for Equipment Load #2/3/4/5?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've tried using the BDLDFT document as reference but was unable to get anything to work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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   EQUIP-SCHEDULE   = ( <br>
{switch(Local("C-ACTIVITY-DESC",0)+Local("C-ACTIVITY-DESC",1))<br>
case "Apartmen" : #SI("ESMFHR Unit Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<br>
default :  #SI("ESMFHR Non-Res Eqp Sched", "SPACE", "EQUIP-SCHEDULE")<br>
endswitch<br>
} )<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Nicholas Caton <<a href="mailto:Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com" target="_blank">Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Stop asking me hard questions! It’s a Friday!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If I had to guess I would likely credit David Reddy & the rest of crew at 360 Analytics… but honestly I can’t recall
 (could have been you, Bill?).  </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">More constructively and to your point however, this optional argument however is what the doe2 reference manual is
 generally referring to when it lists “i" or “i1, i2” in its syntax / explanations of the BDL functions.  Example:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">These inputs can become very important if you are trying to set up user defaults for, say, the 2<sup>nd</sup> or
 3<sup>rd</sup> plug load entries.  Study the doe2 defaults expressions in that area for further reference material.  That’s how the 3<sup>rd</sup> inputs know to be “n/a” before you entered at least the 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> entries for a  given
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">~Nick</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#626469">  Regional Energy Engineering Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#626469">  Schneider Electric</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#57B069">E  </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:nicholas.caton@schneider-electric.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#626469">nicholas.caton@schneider-electric.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#626469">15200 Santa Fe Trail Drive<br>
Suite 204<br>
Lenexa, KS 66219<br>
United States</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Bishop, Bill [mailto:<a href="mailto:bbishop@pathfinder-ea.com" target="_blank">bbishop@pathfinder-ea.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 03, 2017 3:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nicholas Caton <<a href="mailto:Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com" target="_blank">Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com</a>>; Chris Jones <<a href="mailto:Christopher.Jones@RWDI.com">Christopher.Jones@RWDI.com</a>>; Michael Campbell <<a href="mailto:mcamp1206@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcamp1206@gmail.com</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Nick,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nicholas Caton [<a href="mailto:Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com" target="_blank">mailto:Nicholas.Caton@schneider-electric.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 03, 2017 4:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bishop, Bill <<a href="mailto:bbishop@pathfinder-ea.com" target="_blank">bbishop@pathfinder-ea.com</a>>; Chris Jones <<a href="mailto:Christopher.Jones@RWDI.com" target="_blank">Christopher.Jones@RWDI.com</a>>; Michael Campbell <<a href="mailto:mcamp1206@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcamp1206@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Appending to this, while ("C-ACTIVITY-DESC") returns the first 4 characters by default, if you ever need to further
 distinguish inputs within spaces sharing the same/similar activity descriptors, you can also reference the 2<sup>nd</sup> set of 4 characters (or the 3<sup>rd</sup> set, or the 4<sup>th</sup> set…).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To do this, append the optional argument “,#” wherever you’d normally specify “C-ACTIVITY-DESC.” 
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">To build on the running example, say you had 2 tenants to distinguish in a building with “Retail” space, but they
 had two different occupancy densities.  You could handle that by first adding to their descriptors, such as follows:
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Retail_–_Best Buy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The first 4 characters for each case are the same:  “RETA” (list position 0).  The second set of 4 is “IL_–“ (list
 position 1).  The third set is finally distinguishable:  “_BES” and “_HOM” (list position 2).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From here you could either insert an if/then statement for the “Reta” case, or just nest another switch statement. 
 Added some formatting for clarity, but <span style="background:yellow">highlighted</span> the new addition:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">   AREA/PERSON      =
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">{if(#SV(#L("ZONE-TYPE"))==2) then no_def else</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">  if(#RV(#L("PEOPLE-SCHEDULE"))!=0) then unused else</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">  switch (#L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC"))</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">    case "Reta":
<span style="background:yellow">switch (#L("C-ACTIVITY-DESC",2))</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D;background:yellow">                   case “_Bes” : 67</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D;background:yellow">                 endswitch</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">    case "Lobb": 150</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">    case "Clas": 100</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">    default: 500</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#626469">  Regional Energy Engineering Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bishop, Bill via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 03, 2017 12:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chris Jones <<a href="mailto:Christopher.Jones@RWDI.com" target="_blank">Christopher.Jones@RWDI.com</a>>; Michael Campbell <<a href="mailto:mcamp1206@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcamp1206@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Mike,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">You can start with the expression below. Paste only the text between the brackets if you are pasting
 within the interface. If pasting into the input file, this would go after “SET-DEFAULT FOR SPACE”. Like Chris said, the case statement names should be four characters or less. However, they are not case sensitive, so upper/lower case doesn’t matter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Equest-users [<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Jones via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 03, 2017 12:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michael Campbell <<a href="mailto:mcamp1206@gmail.com" target="_blank">mcamp1206@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:equest-users@onebuilding.org" target="_blank">equest-users@onebuilding.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Note, only the first 4 characters of the C-ACTIVITY-DESC field are recognized in user defined expressions.
 Therefore, if your UDF uses “RETAIL” as the test, it may fail because only “RETA” is used.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Other than that, I suggest reviewing the BDLDFT.TXT file in the eQUEST 3-65 Data folder. It is full
 of example default expressions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Campbell via Equest-users<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 03, 2017 12:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> equest-users<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Equest-users] User-Defined Default Expressions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi eQUEST Users,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I'm trying to create default user expressions in an effort to auto-populate certain fields in my models.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I want to reference the activity description (C-ACTIVITY-DESC) have it automatically fill in fields such as Area/Person.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">So for this example, I'm trying to make all spaces that have Activity Description of "RETAIL" to be populated with a Area/Person value of 67.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I've tried using the "Switch" function and if-then statements but haven't been able to get it to work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt">Any assistance is appreciated.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Mike Campbell<o:p></o:p></p>
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