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Combine Cases Macro doesn't work anymore.

pedroaquino
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26 Mar 2018 21:11 #6160 by pedroaquino

Combine Cases Macro doesn't work anymore. was created by pedroaquino

Good day, beloved fellows of the SAM community.

Recently a accepted the update for a brand new SAM's version (sam-windows-2017-9-5-r4) and now all my analyses using the Combine Cases Macro has stopped to work. The System Costs information that used to be imported from the other cases as a negative value at the year 0 now it is zero and the financial analyses results as payback period, Levelized LCOE (real and nominal) has came as zeros.

Does anyone have the same problem as me?

Thanks for the attention.

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pgilman

28 Mar 2018 18:39 - 18 May 2023 15:33 #6161 by pgilman

Replied by pgilman on topic Combine Cases Macro doesn't work anymore.

UPDATE: As of SAM 2021.12.02, the Combine Cases macro is replaced by the Calculate generation profiles and nameplate capacity from open cases option on the Power Plant page for the Generic System model and Generic Battery model. See the SAM YouTube channel for a short tutorial .

Dear Pedro,

Would you mind emailing me a copy of your SAM file?

You can use the contact form to find my email address:

sam.nrel.gov/contact

Best regards,
Paul.

Last edit: 18 May 2023 15:33 by pgilman.

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pgilman

10 Apr 2018 17:58 #6162 by pgilman

Replied by pgilman on topic Combine Cases Macro doesn't work anymore.

Dear Pedro,

Thank you for emailing me your file.

The problem is caused by changes we made to the Generic System Costs input page. To fix the problem, please use the link below to download a new

Combine Cases.lk

file. Then replace the old version of the file in the

runtime/macros

folder in your SAM installation folder. By default in Windows the folder is

c:/SAM/2017.9.5/runtime/macros

.

Download the file from this link:

github.com/NREL/SAM/blob/patch_release/deploy/runtime/macros/Combine%20Cases.lk

Best regards,
Paul.

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pedroaquino
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10 Apr 2018 20:38 #6163 by pedroaquino

Replied by pedroaquino on topic Combine Cases Macro doesn't work anymore.

Works like a charm!
Thank you so much for the solutions, Mr. Gilman.

Best regards,
Pedro.

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UMLSTU

21 Jun 2019 18:10 #7475 by UMLSTU

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page not found??

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UMLSTU

21 Jun 2019 18:13 #7476 by UMLSTU

Replied by UMLSTU on topic Combine Cases Macro doesn't work anymore.

Hello, I can not combine cases in SAM I have a multi-array PV simulation that I would like to connect to a single battery system. Possibly use a backup generator as well. but one thing at a time

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