Set Planning horizon: Left click at the “Simulation” top of main tree, and then click on to set the “Horizon” planning horizon. An object will show named “default” up. Double-click to edit its properties. In the “default” lower part of the panel, set 24 steps of 1 hour in one day so that the model will run hour by hour. You have completed End case construction: constructing the case. If you click on at the “System” top of the main tree, and then click on the “Objects” tab at the top of the data grid, it should appear as below. You should have a good, working Plexos case Save: at this point, but you may have made some errors. Save the case from on the menu bar. “File” Execute: Execution at this point will result in a which is the default “ST Schedule” solution, solution method for the software. The is for “ST” the program runs a unit “Short-term.” Essentially, commitment over the time period. One may go to the wiki pages at and search on to learn “ST Schedule” more about this solution method. This will lead to the page at , where you can read the following information (yellow shading is added to highlight some statements). Short Term (ST) Schedule | | Description: ST Schedule simulation phase Detail:
Set Planning horizon: Left click “Simulation” at the top of main tree, and then click on “Horizon” to set the planning horizon. An object named “default” will show up. Double-click “default” to edit its properties. In the lower part of the panel, set 24 steps of 1 hour in one day so that the model will run hour by hour. End case construction: You have completed constructing the case. If you click on “System” at the top of the main tree, and then click on the “Objects” tab at the top of the data grid, it should appear as below. Save: You should have a good, working Plexos case at this point, but you may have made some errors. Save the case from “File” on the menu bar. Execute: Execution at this point will result in a “ST Schedule” solution, which is the default solution method for the software. The “ST” is for “Short-term.” Essentially, the program runs a unit commitment over the time period. One may go to the wiki pages at and search on “ST Schedule” to learn more about this solution method. This will lead to the page at , where you can read the following information (yellow shading is added to highlight some statements). Short Term (ST) Schedule | | Description: ST Schedule simulation phase Detail:
PlexosTutorial.docx